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This little piggy dug up the neighbour's yard, this one went on the highway, this piggy's owner went all the way to court
March 19, 2015 - 7:29 PM

KAMLOOPS – If pigs could fly, a 77-year-old farmer and his neighbours probably wouldn't be in the predicament that landed them in Kamloops Provincial Court this month.
Victim identified in fatal Shuswap car crash
March 19, 2015 - 2:46 PM

BLIND BAY – A Sorrento woman has been identified as the person who died in a three car crash on Highway 1 in Blind Bay on Monday.
Bullets, condoms and refuse - see what's dumped in our protected grasslands
March 19, 2015 - 2:29 PM

KAMLOOPS – Watching several trucks drive by Batchelor Heights into the province's protected grasslands and not knowing the driver's purpose for visiting makes Park Ranger Amanda Weber-Roy nervous as she prepares for a day of work in the Lac du Bois Grasslands Saturday.
Case of Ontario man accused of killing Merritt and Abbotsford girls in 1970s goes to trial
March 19, 2015 - 1:00 PM

VICTORIA - The case of an Ontario man charged with first-degree murder in the historic deaths of two young girls in B.C. will go directly to trial.
Judge denies Kamloops man's plea to have seized marijuana plants returned
March 19, 2015 - 10:29 AM

KAMLOOPS - A provincial court judge has denied a Kamloops man's application to be reunited with 10 medical marijuana plants that were seized by RCMP last summer.
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Kelowna winery says accountant took almost a half-million dollars
The owners of a Kelowna winery and golf course allege their former controller took nearly $450,000 in just 30 months on the job. The Turton Group, which owns The View winery as well as Orchard Greens golf course and a rental business, is su

No weed, just beer: Bavaria bans smoking cannabis at Oktoberfest and beer gardens
BERLIN (AP) — You can get drunk at Bavaria's world-famous Oktoberfest, but don't get high. The southern German state will ban smoking cannabis at public festivals, inside beer gardens, and even at the Oktoberfest, the world

Thousands of short-term rentals in B.C. go back to long-term May 1
LANGLEY, B.C. - British Columbia Premier David Eby says his government is tilting the rules towards families who need a home, and speculators should invest in that instead of short-term rentals and houses to flip. Eby made his comments toda

This little piggy dug up the neighbour's yard, this one went on the highway, this piggy's owner went all the way to court