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Measles vaccine 'catch-up clinics' open across Interior Health region
May 22, 2025 - 6:00 PM

Interior Health is offering measles vaccinations across the region as the virus makes a comeback in other jurisdictions across North America.
Live updates: Israel lets food into Gaza even as its forces attack a hospital, Palestinians say
May 22, 2025 - 5:44 PM

Israeli tanks and drones attacked a hospital in northern Gaza overnight, igniting fires and causing extensive damage, Palestinian hospital officials said on Thursday. Videos taken by a health official at Al-Awda Hospital show walls blown away and thick black smoke billowing wreckage.
Court papers say suspect in embassy killings declared, 'I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza'
May 22, 2025 - 5:28 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The man accused of fatally shooting two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington outside a Jewish museum told police after his arrest, “I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza," federal authorities said Thursday in announcing charges in the killings they called a targeted act of terrorism.
Crown counsel union says staff shortage in Okanagan, Kootenay slows justice
May 22, 2025 - 1:30 PM

The BC Crown Counsel Association says it has filed a formal workload grievance against the BC Prosecution Service over what it calls "inadequate staffing" in its Okanagan and Kootenay offices.
Former world junior hockey player tears up at ex-teammates' sexual assault trial
May 22, 2025 - 1:26 PM

A former member of Canada’s world junior hockey team briefly broke down in tears Thursday at the sexual assault trial of five of his ex-teammates as he faced questions over texts he sent a week after the encounter at the heart of the case.
Diplomats in Canada feel safe but 'vigilant' after U.S. shootings: Israeli ambassador
May 22, 2025 - 12:50 PM

OTTAWA — Israel's ambassador in Canada said the country's diplomatic team in Ottawa feels safe but must remain "vigilant" after a shooting killed two employees of the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday.
Union says Canada Post offers 'fall short' as strike deadline nears
May 22, 2025 - 11:32 AM

OTTAWA — The union representing about 55,000 Canada Post employees said the latest offers from the postal service "fall short" with hours to go until a looming strike deadline.
Israeli ambassador meets with Canadian officials after summons from foreign minister
May 22, 2025 - 11:24 AM

OTTAWA — Israel's Ambassador in Canada met with senior officials from the foreign affairs ministry on Wednesday to discuss an incident in the West Bank that saw Israeli soldiers fire warning shots near a diplomatic tour that included four Canadians.
Merritt naturalist shares his wilderness passion while fighting for his life
May 22, 2025 - 6:00 AM

BC naturalist and wildlife photographer Frank Ritcey has spent a lifetime exploring the wilderness and taking others with him on the trails to share is vast knowledge of the natural world.
iN VIDEO: Great basin gopher snake slides across South Okanagan backyard
May 22, 2025 - 4:00 AM

A nature lover in Penticton had an interesting visitor slide very smoothly and slowly across a section of her yard earlier this month.
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iN DISCUSSION: Hot takes on cold facts
This is where cold facts yield to the hottest of takes. Here you'll find reader responses to stories and newsletter editorials, or letters to the editor for the week of May 12. They may have been edited slightly for readability. Th

How a union at a Kamloops A&W beat the odds
After 18 months of effort, 20 workers at a Kamloops A&W have their first collective agreement. The workers are the first staff at a Canadian A&W restaurant to successfully unionize, acco

Thailand vows to tighten control on cannabis after smuggling cases involving tourists soar
BANGKOK (AP) — Thai officials on Wednesday said they planned to tighten regulations on cannabis sales after cases of tourists attempting to smuggle the drug out of the country soared in recent months. Thailand became the first country

Clearwater woman argues to get her dog back — but not her 10 cats
A North Thompson woman has managed to get her dog back after it was seized by the BC SPCA but not her 10 cats. According to an April 11 BC Farm Industry Review Board decision, Kristi Gerigk had two dogs and 10 cats seized in February when s

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