News Items tag as: Ursid meteor shower

Christmas Star, meteor shower coincide with arrival of winter solstice
December 21, 2020 - 3:30 PM

Today marks the winter solstice, the time of year when the northern hemisphere experiences a day with the least amount of daylight making tonight the longest night of the year.
Overlooked meteor shower could be dazzling this week
December 17, 2019 - 7:00 AM

A little known but potentially eye-catching meteor shower is expected to peak this week in Kamloops and the Okanagan.
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JONESIE: Booing the American anthem is understandable, but the wrong strategy
OPINION Well that wasn’t very Canadian, was it? In Montreal, they booed the Americans and the American anthem at the Four Nations hockey tournament. That’s of particularly poor taste to invite guests into your own

'No rationale': BC pub fined $7,000 for customer drinking beer in its bowling alley
A BC pub has been fined $7,000 after a customer took a beer from the bar to its bowling alley. According to a Jan. 16 BC Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch decision, the Victoria bar argued the rule was difficult to manage because custom

France targets traffickers and recreational drug users as minister warns of a 'tsunami of cocaine'
PARIS (AP) — “Every day, people pay the price for the drugs you buy.” Amid record cocaine seizures and deadly shootings, the slogan is simple and aims to raise awareness among France’s millions of recreational drug u

Kelowna rental property manager gets licence cancelled
The managing broker of a Kelowna property management company whose clients complained they hadn't gotten their money has been suspended. According to a Feb. 10 BC Financial Services Authority decision, Tao Guo, who goes by Terry Guo, ha

Christmas Star, meteor shower coincide with arrival of winter solstice