Shelley Jordan
The rich woman’s burden: Lung passes breast as top female cancer killer in wealthy nations
For the first time, lung cancer has passed breast cancer as the leading cause of cancer deaths for women in rich countries.
RCMP warned B.C. government budget cuts would hamper Highway of Tears probe
VANCOUVER – The RCMP's highest ranking member in British Columbia warned the provincial government last year that cutting the force's budget would hamper its ability to investigate missing and murdered women along the so-called Highway of Tears.
Accused Winfield 7/Eleven robber now charged with assaulting cop
LAKE COUNTRY - The man accused of robbing the Lake Country 7-Eleven at gunpoint is in bigger trouble after allegedly assaulting a police officer and breaching the conditions of his release. The armed robbery happened January 21 just before 3 a.m. at the 7-Eleven at 9724 Highway 97, according to an RCMP media release. The...
VIDEO: Taiwan’s TransAsia Airways, operator of crashed plane, part of Asia’s aviation boom
HONG KONG – TransAsia Airways, Taiwan's third biggest airline by fleet size, is reeling from its second major accident in less than a year. The two disasters in quick succession come as the up-and-coming carrier is expanding to become a more formidable rival to its bigger domestic competitors, China Airlines and Eva Air. To keep up with competition from a growing crop of budget carriers in the region, it started its own discount airline, V Air, in December.
Three Saskatchewan men taken to hospital after avalanche at B.C.’s Kicking Horse
GOLDEN, B.C. – Two of three Saskatchewan men have been seriously injured after being caught up in an avalanche in southeast British Columbia.
Long recovery expected for poultry industry in B.C. after avian flu: expert
VANCOUVER – It could be as late as June before British Columbia farms are declared free of the avian flu, but recovering from the international trade implications may take far longer, an expert says.
UK House of Commons OKs making babies from DNA of 3 people to avoid passing on fatal diseases
LONDON – Britain's House of Commons gave preliminary approval Tuesday to permitting scientists to create babies from the DNA of three people, a technique that could protect some children from inheriting potentially fatal diseases from their mothers.
Too good to last: gasoline prices are creeping back up across Canada
CALGARY – It was too good to last — bargain gasoline prices are creeping back up.
Who owns the bag of money found at a Vernon bank?
VERNON - RCMP are searching for the owner of a plastic bag with ten bills inside, found at the downtown Vernon CIBC branch. In a media release, Vernon Mounties say the bag was found sitting on a chair in the waiting area Jan. 6, 2015. The discovery was reported to police by a bank employee,...
New Harper Lee book due out in July
AT LAST: HARPER LEE'S SECOND NOVEL TO BE PUBLISHED, HER FIRST SINCE 'TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD'
15 per cent of Canadians report smoking tobacco, lowest rate ever: survey
TORONTO – A national survey has found that the smoking rate among Canadians is at an all-time low, at 15 per cent of the population.
Forensic pathologist says Lytton man stabbed 73 times had ‘defensive wounds’
KAMLOOPS – The victim of a deadly knife attack in Lytton suffered what a forensic pathologist called “defensive wounds” to his arm, fingers and wrist.
When is a child ready to travel solo? Maturity levels and street smarts are key
TORONTO – "Free range" parents who believe in raising self-reliant kids have made headlines and generated debate for allowing their children to commute on their own.
Manson’s marriage license to 26-year-old devotee to expire without prison wedding
FRESNO, Calif. – The marriage license of mass murderer Charles Manson and a 26-year-old devotee who believes in his innocence is set to expire without a wedding taking place, prison officials said Monday.
B.C. couple plotted to bomb legislature, aimed to be ‘al-Qaida Canada’: Crown
VANCOUVER - A couple from British Columbia who styled themselves the sole members of "al-Qaida Canada" built pressure-cooker bombs and planted them on the grounds of the provincial legislature hours before Canada Day festivities, the Crown alleged Monday. The bombs did not explode — undercover RCMP officers ensured they were inert — but John Nuttall...