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Edmonton group wants Kevin Bacon to party in Taber in protest of new law
CALGARY – Actor Kevin Bacon is being touted as the hero that the town of Taber, Alta., needs to protest a new law targeting bad behaviour, including spitting, swearing, yelling and too much noise from bars.
2 officers shot outside Ferguson PD; chief calls attack ‘an ambush’ that could have been fatal
FERGUSON, Mo. – Two officers were shot in front of the Ferguson Police Department early Thursday while demonstrators were gathered across the street — an attack the county police chief described as "an ambush" that could easily have killed both men.
UPDATE: Crash causes delays near Summit Connector, driver allegedly fled scene
KAMLOOPS – Police are following up with a driver who allegedly fled the scene of an accident that took place Tuesday afternoon at the intersection of Victoria Street West and Mission Flats Road. Patric Dupuis, who witnessed the accident, said the driver of a black Dodge SUV tailgated him close to the intersection of Summit...
Medical marijuana user says new Health Canada regulations are discriminating
HALIFAX – A medical marijuana user in Nova Scotia says he would rather go to jail than stop growing his own pot after changes to Health Canada regulations preventing cultivation at home.
Feds lift control zone at B.C. poultry farms after avian flu infection
VANCOUVER – A control zone that restricted the movement of poultry in southern B.C. after an outbreak of avian flu has been lifted by the federal government.
B.C. single parents in line for $24.5-million job-support plan
VICTORIA – B.C. says it plans to invest $24.5 million over the next five years to help single parents receiving government assistance train for new jobs.
Undercover cop gave B.C. bomb plot suspects chance to abandon alleged plan
VANCOUVER – An undercover officer gave a British Columbia couple a last-minute chance to abandon their alleged plan to detonate pressure-cooker bombs at the provincial legislature on Canada Day, their trial heard Wednesday.
A lifetime of tools donated to Okanagan College
KELOWNA - A local tradesperson’s generous donation of thousands of dollars of highly sought-after precision measurement tools will give Okanagan College students some heavy-duty hands-on learning opportunities. Bill Schoof, a retired journeyman, has donated his collection of machinist tools to Okanagan College after learning about the renovation and expansion of the Trades Training Complex at...
Help Kelowna crews make a clean sweep
KELOWNA - The City of Kelowna is preparing for its own version of spring cleaning – the annual spring street sweep. A clean sweep needs cooperation and residents are asked to move their vehicles and portable sports equipment such as basketball hoops and hockey nets off the road. This helps crews efficiently clean the street...
Kelowna Memorial Park Cemetery spring maintenance
KELOWNA - Starting Monday, March 16, the City of Kelowna’s Memorial Park Cemetery gates will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven days a week until October 31. To allow for grounds maintenance during this time, only fresh cut flowers, wreaths or other natural floral offerings shall be placed on grave sites within...
Executions by firing squad poised to make comeback in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah, the only state in the past 40 years to carry out a death sentence by firing squad, is poised to bring back the Old West-style executions if the state cannot track down drugs used in lethal injections.
Avalanche near Golden BC claims life of back-country skier
GOLDEN, B.C. – A skier was killed Monday when an avalanche swept down a slope in the Selkirk Mountains about 75 kilometres northwest of Golden, B.C.
Emotional witness tells B.C. court about boat crash that injured him, killed pal
KAMLOOPS – A man who suffered two collapsed lungs and several broken bones when he was struck by a boat during a fatal collision on Shuswap Lake became emotional in court as he described the crash.
B.C. agency hails experimental treatment that sent cancer to remission in weeks
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Cancer Agency is hailing an experimental treatment that brought a woman with terminal cancer into remission in just five weeks. But one of the researchers involved in the study cautions it could be years before the treatment is widely used and it's still not clear if it will work for all...
Mission Creek Greenway closures until March 31
KELOWNA - Parts of the Mission Creek Greenway will be closed off and on until the end of March as the city conducts pruning and vegetation maintenance. The Regional District of Central Okanagan is asking the public to obey signs, barricades and flag people and to stay out of any closed areas. There'll be temporary...