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Searching for a stranger: Dozens of people brought in by bus to look for Ryan Shtuka
April 23, 2018 - 8:00 PM

SUN PEAKS - It's been nearly 10 weeks since Ryan Shtuka went missing in the Sun Peaks area after leaving a house party on Burfield Drive, but volunteers are still showing up in droves hoping to find any sign of him.
Why — and how — Vernon is evicting marmots from Kal Tire Place property
April 23, 2018 - 6:30 PM

VERNON - Marmots sprawl on rocks, nibble at grass and frolic by the creek below. It’s marmot heaven, but not for much longer if the City of Vernon has its way.
Ten dead, 15 injured in van incident authorities call an horrific attack
April 23, 2018 - 6:26 PM

TORONTO - The death toll rose to at least 10 late Monday following a "horrific attack" in which a young man drove a van into a crowd of pedestrians along a stretch of one of Toronto's busiest streets, authorities said.
Outgoing Lt.-Gov. says B.C. election decision didn't make her top 3 moments
April 23, 2018 - 5:30 PM

VICTORIA - The lost confidence vote for British Columbia's Liberal government and the establishment of a NDP minority may have meant a giant political upheaval, but it doesn't rate near the top for most exciting moments for the outgoing lieutenant-governor.
Province to limit ICBC claims, speed up process to settle disputes
April 23, 2018 - 4:30 PM

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has introduced legislation that will attempt to restore the finances of the public auto insurance agency.
Kelowna RCMP searching for man who robbed downtown branch of ScotiaBank
April 23, 2018 - 3:49 PM

KELOWNA - The search is on the hunt for a man suspected of robbing the downtown Kelowna branch of the Bank of Nova Scotia this afternoon.
How rising temperatures this week may impact flood risk
April 23, 2018 - 3:47 PM

The weather is heating up and the threat of flooding from a sudden spring freshet in the Southern Interior is rising with it.
Rutland fire forces four children and an adult from their home
April 23, 2018 - 3:32 PM

KELOWNA - A house fire in Rutland has put an adult and four kids out of their home.
Kamloops RCMP seek missing man
April 23, 2018 - 2:58 PM

KAMLOOPS - Police in Kamloops are asking for the public's help to find a missing man.
Rollover on the Okanagan Connector kills man from Lower Mainland
April 23, 2018 - 2:23 PM

WEST KELOWNA - Police are looking for witnesses to a rollover on the Okanagan Connector that claimed the life of a man from the Lower Mainland early Saturday morning.
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18-year-old hitchhiker from Vernon missing
VERNON – An 18-year-old Vernon woman has been missing for a week. Vernon RCMP say Aislynn Hanson was last seen, April 13, and despite following up on several leads, remains missing.
April 20, 2018 12:35 PM
Mother of three-year-old swept into river says search for her son has ended
ORANGEVILLE, Ont. - The mother of a three-year-old boy who was swept into a swollen river in southern Ontario two months ago says the search for her son has ended after a child's body was foun
April 22, 2018 9:30 AM
Evacuations ordered in parts of B.C.'s Okanagan due to flooding, mudslides
VANCOUVER - Multiple evacuation orders have been issued to residents of British Columbia's Okanagan region due to threats of mudslides and flooding. The Regional District of Okanagan-Sim
April 22, 2018 6:00 AM
Kamloops police looking for body in Thompson River
KAMLOOPS - Police will resume their search tomorrow for a body spotted in the Thompson River. Staff Sgt. Michel Grondin of Kamloops RCMP says just before 10 a.m. canoeists found a body but h
April 21, 2018 5:21 PM
Victoria teen's accidental overdose started with prescription drugs, parents say
VICTORIA - The parents of a Victoria teen who died Friday from an accidental overdose say they felt trapped by a medical system that didn't give them a say in their son's painkiller prescr
April 21, 2018 8:00 PM
Vancouver park closed after damage from 4-20 event: board chairman
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Parks Board says it has to close a popular park because of damage caused during an annual cannabis celebration, while pot advocates are disputing the blame. Parks B
April 22, 2018 7:00 AM
'It's just like we're forgotten people': Indigenous evacuees waiting to go home
KAPUSKASING, Ont. - Paul Edwards sits alone at a bare table and washes down scrambled eggs with coffee in the large auditorium of the civic centre in Kapuskasing, Ont., while in a small motel room
April 22, 2018 8:34 AM
Remains of four people found in charred vehicle in northern Ontario, police say
TIMMINS, Ont. - Police in northern Ontario say they found the remains of four people in a charred vehicle following what they believe was a suspicious fire. Investigators in Timmins, Ont., s
April 22, 2018 10:30 AM
'When everybody leaves: Counselling key to help Humboldt move on after bus crash
HUMBOLDT, Sask. - Mary-Jane Wilkinson is worried about what will happen to families and a community grieving the dead and the injured in a tragic hockey bus crash earlier this month in Saskatchewa
April 22, 2018 11:30 AM
Kelowna plans to buy another chunk of CN Rail corridor for Okanagan Rail Trail
KELOWNA - City officials are negotiating with CN Rail to purchase another piece of the abandoned rail right-of-way for the Okanagan Rail Trail. Andrew Gibb, who servers as project leader for
April 20, 2018 10:00 AM

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