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Dutch cannabis growers welcome expansion of state-run experiment to make sales legal
April 07, 2025 - 10:00 PM
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BEMMEL, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands expanded a government-run initiative on Monday allowing legal cannabis sales.
With 8.7M birds dead, BC farmers assess avian flu toll, and worry about what's next
April 07, 2025 - 9:00 PM

There is a window of relief for British Columbia farmers from the devastating waves of avian flu, leaving them to assess the toll of outbreaks spanning more than three years that saw millions of birds culled at hundreds of farms.
Change a constant on Penticton council as councillor leaves to run for Conservatives
April 07, 2025 - 7:00 PM

In the past year, two Penticton city councillors have been away from city hall, and now a third is set to leave as well.
'Sinister and disturbing': No jail for Penticton man who killed girlfriend's pet lizard
April 07, 2025 - 6:00 PM

Coming back home one morning after a massive argument with her boyfriend, a Penticton woman found her place a mess and the lid to her enclosure where her pet lizard lived removed.
Carney, Poilievre talk seniors, national parks, resource project approvals in B.C.
April 07, 2025 - 5:24 PM

OTTAWA - The Liberal and Conservative leaders both started the third week of the federal election campaign in British Columbia — a battleground province with 43 seats up for grabs when Canadians go to the polls.
Carney, Eby meet in Victoria with softwood lumber duties a focal point
April 07, 2025 - 5:07 PM

British Columbia Premier David Eby said he had a "productive" discussion with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday, with a focus on a "Team Canada" approach to what Eby called "attacks" on the softwood lumber industry by the United States.
The Latest: Supreme Court allows Trump administration to resume deportations under Alien Enemies Act
April 07, 2025 - 4:53 PM

The Supreme Court on Monday lifted an order blocking President Donald Trump ’s administration from deporting Venezuelan migrants under the Alien Enemies Act, a rarely used 18th-century wartime law.
Salmon Arm father accused of kidnapping own child re-arrested
April 07, 2025 - 4:30 PM

A Salmon Arm father who was the subject of an Amber Alert last month has been arrested amid a protest at a ministry building in Vancouver late last week.
UBC professors taking school to court over 'political' actions by administration
April 07, 2025 - 4:13 PM

VANCOUVER - A group of professors and a graduate student are taking the University of British Columbia to court to stop the school from engaging in "political activity," which they claim limits academic freedom and violates legislation requiring it to be non-political.
Search for missing person at Westside Road landslide site underway
April 07, 2025 - 3:54 PM

West Kelowna RCMP have started a missing person investigation at the landslide site on Westside Road and an official with Central Okanagan Search and Rescue said they are searching for a pickup truck.
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THOMPSON: Canadians shouldn't blame all Americans for Donald Trump
OPINION I used to wonder why people would support a tyrant, someone who went against everything they were ever taught about being a good…decent…person. With age, however, sometimes comes wisdom. Th

No fine for Kelowna brewery that sold beer to undercover minor
A Kelowna brewery successfully avoided a fine for selling beer to an undercover minor, but it did fire the employee. The province's liquor regulator decided against handing down a $7,000 fine after an 18-year-old bought a six-pack from

Dutch cannabis growers welcome expansion of state-run experiment to make sales legal
BEMMEL, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands expanded a government-run initiative on Monday allowing legal cannabis sales. While growing cannabis is still illegal, cannabis shops — known as coffeeshops — in 10 municipalities

'Collateral attack': BC realtor loses after trying to sue regulator's lawyer
A BC Judge has found a Vancouver realtor's conduct "reprehensible" calling her claims in court "scandalous" and "frivolous" after the realtor tried to sue a lawyer who once represented an opposing side. BC

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