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Cayman Islands votes for Parliament seats and holds a referendum on possessing marijuana
April 30, 2025 - 10:00 PM
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The Cayman Islands are holding general elections on Wednesday, with voters choosing candidates from a record three parties vying for seats in Parliament.
NHL players are all about pregame routine, whether it's naps, walking the dog or eating same meal
April 30, 2025 - 9:00 PM

Before games, Dallas forward Matt Duchene relies on the same, tried-and-true routine. He blocks out a two-hour window for a nap, eats an identical meal — pasta and salmon — and spends time reviewing notes he's made in his journal.
'We've been busy': Last minute notice for West Kelowna water customers' debt repayment
April 30, 2025 - 7:00 PM

The Rose Valley water treatment plant in West Kelowna has been mired in controversy since it was built, and the most recent episode in the saga is the city’s request for a “debt repayment”.
BC nurse who took nude photo at work loses case after being suspended
April 30, 2025 - 6:00 PM

A BC nurse, who sent his girlfriend a nude photo of himself while working a night shift at a hospital, has failed in his attempt to sue her after the couple separated and the photo found its way to his boss and he was suspended.
'It was all consensual,' woman says in video shown at hockey players' trial
April 30, 2025 - 2:22 PM

LONDON - Holding a white towel against her body, a young woman smiles and looks into the camera.
Collective trauma after festival attack could ripple for months, experts say
April 30, 2025 - 2:14 PM

VANCOUVER - Communal grief following the ramming attack at a Filipino festival in Vancouver that killed 11 people on the weekend will likely persist for months, mental health experts in British Columbia warn.
Filipino nurses shaken by Vancouver festival attack say tragedy 'will not define us'
April 30, 2025 - 1:06 PM

Filipino-Canadian nurse Glesy Banton-Victoria says she had planned to attend the Lapu Lapu Day street festival in Vancouver on Saturday but took a nap instead, exhausted by a funeral earlier in the day.
Penticton RCMP officer cleared of wrongdoing in fatal shooting
April 30, 2025 - 12:00 PM

A Penticton RCMP officer has been cleared of any wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of a knife-wielding man near Penticton Regional Hospital last October.
Event planners across Canada rethinking security practices following Vancouver attack
April 30, 2025 - 11:38 AM

TORONTO - The deadly attack on a Vancouver street festival has prompted event organizers across Canada to comb over their security practices in a bid to protect attendees and assure them festivals are safe.
Festival suspect had mental health team, no sign he needed hospitalization: ministry
April 30, 2025 - 8:58 AM

VICTORIA - The man accused of killing 11 people at a Vancouver festival was under the care of a mental health team, but there was nothing to indicate a change in his condition that warranted involuntarily hospitalization, British Columbia’s Health Ministry said Tuesday.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the week of April 28. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at

$5M for wind machines, heaters to protect tree fruit in Okanagan, Kootenays
Following some extremely challenging years for B.C. farmers the provincial government has allocated $5 million for tree fruit growers in the Okanagan and Kootenay regions so there can be more local fruit for everyone to enjoy. “Earlie

Cayman Islands votes for Parliament seats and holds a referendum on possessing marijuana
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The Cayman Islands are holding general elections on Wednesday, with voters choosing candidates from a record three parties vying for seats in Parliament. Two parties were created ahead of the elections: th

BC NDP to introduce prompt-payment legislation for construction
For Sarah Walker of electrical contractor Bryant Electric, late payments are a regular part of doing business. Walker, the company’s chief financial officer, said that while most of the

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