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Jennifer Stahn
A look at how drones could help during a difficult B.C. wildfire season
VANCOUVER - Drones flying above wildfires in British Columbia last summer hampered aerial efforts to control the blazes. But around the same time, the province was also using the unmanned aerial vehicles to determine if drones could be used to help fight wildfires. The B.C. Wildfire Service contracted two commercial drone companies in July and...
City Hall site of latest Fossils from the Future Relic
KELOWNA - If you haven’t heard of them yet, you may well have seen some of them but not realized it. They’re called Fossils from the Future, and these mysterious objects have been appearing in the downtown Kelowna area for the past few months. The latest fossil has shown up outside of Kelowna City Hall...
Repair Café this weekend in Kelowna
KELOWNA - Do you have something at home that’s broken and needs fixing or repair? Really wish you could give it a new life, but you just don’t know how to go about it? Don’t put it off any longer! Bring it to the Repair Café this weekend at Okanagan College, and get it fixed...
Man dressed as Scarecrow punches Tin Man, runs away with Cowardly Lion: Police
INNISFIL, Ont. – He doesn't appear to have used that brain the Wizard gave him.
Vernon man identified as victim of fatal truck crash near Golden
VERNON - The driver of a transport truck who died when rolled his truck off the highway south of Golden last week has been identified as a Vernon man. Michael Christopher Swanson, 36, was the driver and only occupant of a small commercial transport truck that left the roadway around 6:45 a.m. on Oct. 30,...
Watch for Taurids fireballs, northern lights over the Southern Interior this week
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - The Taurid meteor shower is one of the longer meteor showers, running from September through December every year, but this year it could be more active than usual with the possibility of fireballs tearing through the sky later this week. The Taurid meteor shower only produces about five to 10 meteors per hours...
Chance of snow in the Okanagan this week
OKANAGAN - A system moving through the Southern Interior coated mountain passes in heavy snow this weekend and early this week the white stuff could hit the valleys too. Between 14 and 17 centimetres of snow is being reported on the ground at Pennask Summit, Coquihalla Summit and Allison Pass this morning after receiving a...
Daylight Saving Time is killing us
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - We are already a sleep deprived society so why do the powers-that-be insist on making us 'spring forward' or 'fall back', calling it Daylight Saving Time. In the spring, for those of us who remember to set their clocks ahead, we effectively remove an hour of precious sleep and shorten the equally precious...
Keeping safe on Halloween night
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - The first thing that comes to mind on Halloween is safety, at least for parents. Kids are only thinking about the candy and costumes, but there are ways to help keep them safe on Halloween night, even if it’s the last thing on their minds. Always make sure young children are accompanied by...
Tillman the record-holding skateboarding bulldog dies
OXNARD, Calif. – A 10-year-old skateboarding bulldog that became a celebrity and made it into the Guinness Book of World Records has died of heart problems.
NEB says whistleblower concerns over TransCanada pipeline safety resolved
CALGARY – A whistleblower's concerns over TransCanada Corp's pipeline safety practices have been resolved, according to results of a National Energy Board investigation.
TRENDING NOW: Spookermarket frightens unsuspecting shoppers
Grocery shopping can be a scary enough endeavour on its own but combine that with some prank-loving employees and it takes it to a whole other level. Heads on platters, carts moving on their own and creepy clowns make this a trip to the store these customers won't soon forget. Would you return to a...
Stem cell donor saves 4-year-old Kelowna girl
KELOWNA - For most people, having 26 million options to choose from would seem like good odds. For Kelowna’s four-year-old Nadia Bjarnason and her family, those odds were not quite enough. Nadia was born with Dyskeratosis Congenita. It’s a genetic disorder that affects one in one million people, can cause premature aging or cancer, and...
More seniors’ housing coming to Kelowna
KELOWNA - Seniors and people with disabilities in Kelowna will soon have more affordable housing options with the start of construction of the second phase of Apple Valley. The new five-story building will provide 78 additional rental apartments, bringing the total number of units at Apple Valley to 150. Residents will be able to enjoy...
Halloween will be a wet one in the Okanagan this year
OKANAGAN - Make sure your costumes are either waterproof or you have an umbrella handy because Mother Nature is looking to rain on your Halloween fun this weekend. Environment Canada is calling for at least a chance of rain throughout the weekend, with showers expected Saturday evening throughout the region. Temperatures are expected to be...
1995 referendum: 20 years later, country still standing but so is sovereignty
MONTREAL – One thing on which sovereigntists and federalists can agree some 20 years after the 1995 referendum is that the Quebec independence movement — in one form or another — will likely never go away.
Spectre seekers become study subjects this Halloween in B.C. paranormal project
VANCOUVER – It isn't ghosts that Paul Kingsbury's after this Halloween as he prepares to accompany a troop of supernatural investigators on a soul-searching expedition at a Vancouver-area heritage building. He's on a hunt for the hunters themselves.
TRENDING NOW: Parrot takes on crying kids
We all know parrots are really smart and owners enjoy teaching them loving or funny words and phrases. But what happens when your parrot spends its days with crying children in a daycare? This guy definitely nails not only the crying, but the full out temper tantrums. What would drive you more crazy, the house...
Jamie Oliver calls on Canada to bolster child nutrition
TORONTO – Jamie Oliver is calling on Canadians to push Justin Trudeau to develop a strategy for child nutrition, including more education, a crackdown on junk food advertising and better labelling on food products.
Couple with love of Halloween picks haunted house in western Michigan as site for wedding
LUDINGTON, Mich. – A couple with a love of Halloween — and each other — got married at a haunted house in western Michigan.
Six months in jail for B.C. man who beat dog named Bryn with baseball bat
VICTORIA – A Victoria-area man who beat a dog with a baseball bat until it could barely walk has been sentenced to six months in jail and banned from owning animals for 10 years.
Fish-farming feud sidelines girls’ soccer squad on Vancouver Island
VANCOUVER – The beautiful game has stopped for a girl's soccer team on northern Vancouver Island over media attention arising from the sideline issue of salmon farming.
New concert tour bringing Hedley back to Kelowna
KELOWNA - Hedley is set to make another stop in Kelowna, this time as part of the Hello World Tour 2016. The B.C. natives announced the tour stop, which will include Carly Rae Jepsen, another B.C. favourite, and Francesco Yates, this week. The cross-country tour begins in Newfoundland in April and ends in Vancouver on...
More layoffs and cuts at Cenovus Energy
CALGARY – Cenovus Energy says it plans to cut $400 million in costs and lay off more workers as it continues to tighten its belt amid prolonged low crude prices.