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VICTORIA – Wet, cold and windy nights adjusting tarps and pounding pegs into the soggy ground are about to come to an end for John Bertrim and dozens of others who have slept in tents on the Victoria Law Courts' lawn for months.

OKANAGAN - Temperatures are set to warm up this first week of 2016, and along with those warmer temperatures will be several days of snow. Temperatures stayed at or below seasonal normal lows the past few days but after today are expected to be a bit warmer than the -6 Celsius that is typical at...

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Every year we are treated to a handful of meteor showers, full moons and a few showings of northern lights, but 2015 offered up several rare occurrences to delight night sky watchers. The year started with a meteor shower and Comet Lovejoy making an appearance and was quickly followed by regular auroras through the...

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Millions of people play the lottery but only a handful of people win millions — and a half dozen of those who won this year live in the Southern Interior. First up was Albert and Margaret Greening of Vernon, who won $5.8 million in the April Fool’s Day Lotto 6/49 draw. Their ticket...

Some notable quotes from Canadians in 2015, listed chronologically:

The year in Canadian sports was loaded with the usual surprises, heartbreak and stellar performances. Here's a look at 10 big stories from the last year.

Animals have a knack for making news. Their stories can be cute or disturbing, but always interesting. Here are this year's Canadian animal newsmakers:

KAMLOOPS - In the true spirit of sport, Kamloops fans rallied to sing the American national anthem when the PA system failed during a tournament this week, but it was one Hungarian player who really saved the day by representing his home country. It wasn’t a great start to the annual Kamloops International Bantam Ice...

KELOWNA - A Christmas package destined for Kelowna was actually filled with drugs and two Kelowna residents are now facing multiple charges. Officers became aware of an overseas shipment destined for a Kelowna address on Dec. 11. Officers in the Kelowna RCMP Drug Section believed the shipment contained 100 litres of Gamma Butyrolactone, commonly known...

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – The year began with a snow storm and ended with a heavy snowfall,…

OKANAGAN - Temperatures are set to dip below normal this New Year’s Day long weekend but the good news is it looks like it will warm up again early next week. Environment Canada is calling for a high of -4 Celsius to -7 C today, Dec. 31 through Sunday before warming up slightly to start...

VANCOUVER – A British Columbia woman has agreed to the dismissal of her lawsuit in the shooting death of her father by police during an armed standoff outside a Lower Mainland casino.

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – Mounties in northern British Columbia say two dogs who got into a home and mauled a couple was like a movie.

VANCOUVER – A female orca calf has been found dead on the west coast of Vancouver Island.

OTTAWA – Telus has become the second Canadian telecommunications company to reach an agreement with the Competition Bureau over its participation in misleading premium text message services.
CALGARY – A lot of angry passengers have finally arrived home in Calgary after spending eight hours sitting on a Sunwing flight on the runway at the airport in Hamilton, Ont.

PENTICTON - A man found sleeping in a truck filled with stolen items made a court appearance yesterday, and then was taken back into custody just minutes after leaving the court house when he was witnessed stealing a cash box. The man, who is well known to police, was arrested Dec. 23 after residents reported...

NEW YORK, N.Y. – The heirs to a New Hampshire teacher who wrote a poem about a "soft kitty" eight decades ago said in a lawsuit Monday that TV's "The Big Bang Theory" is violating their copyrights.

TORONTO - If a trip to the grocery store seems expensive now, just wait till 2016. Executives from grocery chains have warned there's no immediate relief in sight from increased food costs and a sinking loonie that have led to higher prices, and researchers suggest consumers will have to deal with more sticker shock in...

VICTORIA – British Columbia's Justice Minister Suzanne Anton says the province has reached a settlement with the last of eight health researchers who were wrongfully fired in 2012.
VANCOUVER – British Columbia's government is celebrating record-high graduation rates for aboriginal high-school students, but indigenous completion levels, provincially and for the rest of Canada, still fall significantly short of the national average.

TRAIL, B.C. – Two children seized from their British Columbia home on Christmas Eve weren't overlooked by Santa thanks to a couple of Mounties and a businessman.

LAKE COUNTRY - Parked vehicles left unlocked, two with garage door openers inside, led to the theft of electronics and loose change this morning, as well as tools and fishing gear from a garage. A vehicle parked in the 9800 block Sonata Road in Lake Country was broken into sometime before 9 a.m. today, Dec....

OTTAWA – The escalating debate over doctor-assisted death could be the perfect chance for Canada to fix its broken system of palliative care — a "dark secret" that health advocates say has been quietly deteriorating in the shadows for decades.