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Next storm looms as B.C. cleans up from bomb cyclone. What's behind the foul weather?
November 21, 2024 - 3:50 PM

VANCOUVER - A new storm system is bearing down on British Columbia and is expected to bring another blast of potentially damaging winds, as the province continues to clean up from this week's powerful bomb cyclone.
The Latest: Milton causes widespread power outages and several deaths in Florida
October 10, 2024 - 7:04 PM

Hurricane Milton brought powerful winds, a dangerous storm surge and flooding to much of Florida after making landfall along the Gulf Coast as a Category 3 storm.
iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
May 07, 2024 - 12:00 PM

Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the first week of May 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability.
iN VIDEO: Salmon skyline takes wild coho conservation to new heights in BC
January 09, 2024 - 4:36 PM

Winter sun backlighting their frosted breath, a dozen people trudge gingerly in the icy waters of the Trent River in search of salmon.
UPDATE: B.C. premier announces task force on climate emergencies on tour of wildfire disaster
September 11, 2023 - 2:00 PM

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - British Columbia will form an expert disaster task force to rapidly deploy to, respond to and support people and communities facing emergencies amid a historic wildfire season that has destroyed about 400 structures, mostly homes, said Premier David Eby.
B.C. Premier David Eby set to visit Kamloops, Salmon Arm amid devastating wildfires
September 11, 2023 - 9:00 AM

B.C. Premier David Eby and Emergency Management Minister Bowinn Ma are set to visit the province's southern Interior today to meet with those affected by this season's devastating wildfires.
It could still be weeks before evacuated West Kelowna residents can return home
August 31, 2023 - 11:24 AM

There was increased fire activity from the McDougall Creek Wildfire overnight, Aug. 31, in the Powers Creek drainage area of West Kelowna.
UPDATE: Power restored for thousands of people in the Shuswap after cross arm failure
June 05, 2022 - 1:25 PM

Thousands of B.C. Hydro customers were left in the dark Sunday afternoon after a rotten cross arm on top of a power pole cause multiple transmission circuit failures in the Shuswap.
Fake geese installed to deter osprey from nesting on Okanagan power poles
May 13, 2022 - 11:11 AM

Canada goose-like scarecrows can be found on power lines along a Lake Country road as B.C. Hydro attempts to deter eager osprey from nesting on power lines.
Price of Fortis B.C. electricity going up in 2022
December 20, 2021 - 3:55 PM

Customers receiving bills from Fortis B.C. are going to see some increases in their bills in the new year.
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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 third week of March 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones

Kelowna distillery to pay former employee $60,000 in unpaid wages
A Kelowna distillery failed in its bid to overturn a ruling that would have it pay more than $60,000 to a former employee in unpaid overtime. Forbidden Spirits appealed the decision last year, but it didn't have enough evidence to convi

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

West Kelowna, Kamloops fall behind BC government's 'unrealistic' housing targets
Both West Kelowna and Kamloops are failing to meet the province's housing targets, and politicians at the Okanagan city are frustrated. West Kelowna built 64 net new housing units over the past six months, and the BC government expects

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