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Vernon musician charged in fatal pedestrian collision
February 20, 2025 - 6:00 AM
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A Vernon musician has been charged in relation to a fatal pedestrian collision which killed a much-loved Splatsin First Nation elder on Canada Day 2023.
Canada, US ready for 4 Nations final with political tensions high off the ice
February 19, 2025 - 9:00 PM

BOSTON - Jon Cooper is a hockey coach. He's also aware of the world outside the rink.
Trump warns Zelenskyy to quickly negotiate war's end with Russia or risk not having a nation to lead
February 19, 2025 - 7:42 PM

MIAMI (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that he “better move fast” to negotiate an end to Russia's invasion of Ukraine or risk not having a nation to lead.
Two Okanagan companies hit with hefty fines for safety violations
February 19, 2025 - 7:00 PM

A pair of Okanagan construction companies are facing costly WorkSafeBC penalties for recent safety violations on their Kelowna worksites.
Odds are even between Canada and US in 4 Nations final: BCLC
February 19, 2025 - 6:00 PM

Sports gamblers are getting their cash out for the 4 Nations Face-Off Final Thursday, and the BC Lottery Corporation thinks it’s going to be the most bet-on hockey game.
Delta offering US$30,000 to passengers on plane that crash landed in Toronto
February 19, 2025 - 5:30 PM

TORONTO - Delta Air Lines is offering US$30,000 to passengers who were on the plane that crashed at Toronto's Pearson airport earlier this week, with a company spokesperson saying the money "has no strings attached and does not affect rights."
BC expanding provincial parks in Thompson and Shuswap
February 19, 2025 - 5:00 PM

The B.C. government has introduced legislation to rename and expand several provincial parks including parks in the North Okanagan, Shuswap and Thompson regions.
B.C. ending take-home safer supply of opioids to stop criminal diversion
February 19, 2025 - 4:39 PM

VICTORIA - British Columbia Health Minister Josie Osborne has announced a major revamp of its safer-supply anti-addiction program, converting it to a "witnessed-only" model in which users are watched as they consume opioids they have been prescribed.
UPDATE: Kamloops RCMP raid North Shore home looking for stolen property
February 19, 2025 - 4:15 PM

RCMP officers executed a search warrant at a home in Kamloops on the North Shore in connection to a property crime investigation.
Trudeau says democracy at stake as Ukraine is kept away from peace talks
February 19, 2025 - 3:01 PM

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ukraine must have a seat at the table in any peace talks, now that negotiations between Washington and Moscow have left Canadian and European leaders grappling with how to respond.
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Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of February 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jo

$10M from province for BC fruit growers in the face of US tariffs
Fruit growers are getting some reprieve in the form of $10 million from the provincial government after the BC Fruit Growers Association advocated for it. “We are incredibly grateful to Premier David Eby and the government for recogni

France targets traffickers and recreational drug users as minister warns of a 'tsunami of cocaine'
PARIS (AP) — “Every day, people pay the price for the drugs you buy.” Amid record cocaine seizures and deadly shootings, the slogan is simple and aims to raise awareness among France’s millions of recreational drug u

Kelowna rental property manager gets licence cancelled
The managing broker of a Kelowna property management company whose clients complained they hadn't gotten their money has been suspended. According to a Feb. 10 BC Financial Services Authority decision, Tao Guo, who goes by Terry Guo, ha

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