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The year in review: Influential people who died in 2024
January 01, 2025 - 9:00 AM

It was a life that took him from peanut farming to the presidency. While former President Jimmy Carter ’s time in the White House only lasted one term, the decades afterward were defined by humanitarian work that affected people all around the world.
Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2020
January 01, 2021 - 5:30 AM

In a year defined by a devastating pandemic, the world lost iconic defenders of civil rights, great athletes and entertainers who helped define their genres.
Recalls this week: Toys, cables, motorcycles
September 04, 2016 - 7:00 AM

A line of toys that can break into small pieces hazardous to children are being recalled this week. Other recalled consumer products include climbing harnesses, off-road motorcycles, bike helmets and light fixtures.
Police probe theft of tiger skin from historic Victoria watering hole
June 18, 2016 - 7:00 AM

Victoria Police are on the hunt for a tiger skin stolen off the wall of one of the city's historic watering holes.
Former finance minister Jim Flaherty dies at 64
April 10, 2014 - 1:32 PM

OTTAWA - Jim Flaherty, the former finance minister who took the country from surplus to huge, recession-spawned deficits and back to within an eyelash of a surplus, died suddenly Thursday.
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THOMPSON: Department of War name change comes with hefty bill for American taxpayers
OPINION Last month, President Donald Trump decided he liked the sound of Department of War a lot more than Department of Defense. It was - like so many Trump impulses - a move that did little to change reality other t

Why some bars and most breweries close early in downtown Kelowna
It’s 10:30 p.m. and the night feels young inside one of Kelowna’s charming breweries, but your hope of painting the town red is dashed by last call. That’s a pretty common experience for folks who aren’t familiar wit

Why Okanagan cannabis shops aren't dominating the black market
Law abiding cannabis companies in the Okanagan deal with the government taking its piece of the pie at every turn, while trying to compete with a black market that's still going strong. Cannabis in B.C. gets taxed at several points betw

The story behind the Shuswap's familiar and historic Trickle Inn
A large, charming white house with green trim has been a familiar site for people travelling through the Shuswap for decades. Perched on side of the Trans-Canada Highway in Tappen, the house was a family home for the Carlin family for sever

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Top News - Kamloops, Merritt and Areas

The year in review: Influential people who died in 2024

Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2020

Recalls this week: Toys, cables, motorcycles

Police probe theft of tiger skin from historic Victoria watering hole

Former finance minister Jim Flaherty dies at 64

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