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No 'traitors' in Parliament, but more steps needed to counter interference: report
January 28, 2025 - 2:30 PM

OTTAWA - A federal inquiry has found no evidence of "traitors" in Parliament conspiring with foreign states, dispelling suggestions to the contrary that alarmed the public.
Eby vows pandemic-style tariff relief in B.C., may include loans and unemployment aid
January 28, 2025 - 2:23 PM

VANCOUVER - Premier David Eby says protecting British Columbians from the potential impact of U.S. tariffs will be taken as seriously as the relief response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Life sentence for 'young and dumb' hit man who killed former Air India suspect Malik
January 28, 2025 - 2:10 PM

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - One of the hit men who murdered former Air India bombing suspect Ripudaman Singh Malik has received a mandatory life sentence, without the possibility of parole for 20 years.
The Latest: White House defends Trump’s funding pause
January 28, 2025 - 12:58 PM

The White House on Tuesday i s pausing federal grants and loans as President Donald Trump’s administration begins an across-the-board ideological review of its spending. The move was defended by Karoline Leavitt, the youngest person to serve as White House press secretary, who made her debut in the briefing room Tuesday.
B.C. Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau stepping down
January 28, 2025 - 12:24 PM

VICTORIA - Sonia Furstenau has stepped down as leader of the B.C. Green Party but neither of the elected Green members are interested in taking over the top job.
Dutch court rejects bid by Amanda Todd's tormentor to scrap Canadian sentence
January 28, 2025 - 12:14 PM

VANCOUVER - The Dutch Supreme Court has rejected online extortionist Aydin Coban's bid to scrap his Canadian sentence for tormenting B.C. teenager Amanda Todd, whose mother calls the ruling a "moment of justice."
BC Conservatives demand second Kelowna bridge after bomb threat
January 28, 2025 - 11:40 AM

A bomb scare closed the Bennett bridge in Kelowna Monday causing commuter chaos, and local BC Conservative MLAs, along with a couple Okanagan mayors, are demanding highway upgrades and a second crossing.
Middle East latest: Palestinians return to their homes in northern Gaza for a second day
January 28, 2025 - 9:37 AM

Crowds of displaced Palestinians made the arduous journey back to heavily destroyed northern Gaza for a second day Tuesday, under a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
High-risk sex offender breaches long-term court order in Kelowna
January 28, 2025 - 7:00 AM

A BC man, who at the age of 14 sexually assaulted an 80-year-old woman in a revenge attack, was in a Kelowna courtroom last week, having breached a long-term court order.
'Somebody has to keep looking': Kamloops volunteer recognized for decades of service
January 28, 2025 - 6:00 AM

Kamloops resident Mike Ritcey was one of numerous exemplary citizens in Kamloops awarded with the King Charles III Coronation medal in recent months.
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BC bar fined $3,000 for clearing drinks from table 12 minutes late
A BC bar has been fined $3,000 for being 12 minutes late clearing a table. According to a Jan. 15 BC Liquor and Cannabis Branch decision, the bar was required to clear any alcoholic drinks from tables 30 minutes after last call. The d

UBCO researchers determine how many tokes from a joint equal a bong hit
Seven years after Canada legalized cannabis there is still no reliable way for aspiring stoners to find out the effects of different methods for getting high, and University of British Columbia Okanagan scientists are trying to fix that. Re

Only 10 per cent of Kelowna rental building permits are affordable housing
Roughly 10 per cent of building permits for new rentals in Kelowna are going to be affordable, despite that the city's housing policy manager said the rental market is starting to make a turn for the better. “We're going to be

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Auschwitz survivors fear rising hate could bring on another Holocaust 80 years later
KRAKOW, Poland - As she prepared to return to Auschwitz-Birkenau on Monday, Miriam Ziegler vividly recalled how it felt to be a little girl orphaned by the Nazis and left alone in a world ruined b
January 27, 2025 9:00 PM
Middle East latest: Israel lets displaced Palestinians return to northern Gaza
Israel began allowing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to return on Monday to the heavily destroyed northern Gaza Strip for the first time since the early weeks of the 15-month war with Hamas.
January 27, 2025 1:50 PM
B.C. chief wants Oscar-nominated residential school film to be part of curriculum
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - An Oscar-nominated documentary about deaths, abuse and missing children at a former British Columbia residential school should be shown in schools across Canada, says a First
January 26, 2025 6:00 PM
Kelowna neighbour dispute over cat poop leads to arrest, court action
A BC Tribunal has ruled that two Kelowna neighbours who got into a bitter dispute and dumped cat poo onto each other's front yards were both equally blameworthy. According to a Jan. 16,
January 21, 2025 7:00 AM
iN VIDEO: Kelowna driver arrested after creating mayhem on the road
Police arrested a man in Kelowna after he caused a crash and threw debris out his window onto the road. Kelowna RCMP responded to a call about a crash between a grey SUV and a grey Ford Free
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From Kamloops to the Sahara: Endurance runner's all-out effort to raise $250K for cancer
With his sights set on one of the world's toughest races, Caleb English's road to the Sahara is marked by a consistent hunger for the extra kilometre at the end of each finish line.
January 25, 2025 7:00 AM
Vernon teen receives second annual Junior Good Citizen Award
A 15-year-old student received the second annual Vernon Junior Good Citizen award from the North Okanagan Optimist Club on Wednesday. The award is given to a youth between the ages of e
January 23, 2025 5:00 PM
BC anti-vaxxer loses case against exclusive club with $65K joining fee
An anti-vaxxer has lost a legal challenge against an exclusive Vancouver club that charges a $65,000 joining fee. According to a June 30 BC Civil Resolution Tribunal decision, member Saul Kh
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Gulf of Whatnow? Trump's geographic renaming plans leave mapmakers pondering what to do next
What's in a name change, after all? The water bordered by the Southern United States, Mexico and Cuba will be critical to shipping lanes and vacationers whether it’s called the Gul
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