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RCMP investigate hit-and-run between Kelowna semi-truck and building
SALMON ARM - Alarms rang at a Salmon Arm service station when the building was struck by a semi-truck Monday night. Several alarms rang at The Great Canadian Oil Change located on the Trans-Canada Highway starting at 9 p.m. Jan. 12, 2015. According to a Salmon Arm RCMP media release, the collision resulted in several...
Muslim protests of Charlie Hebdo turn violent; 4 killed in West African country of Niger
KARACHI, Pakistan – Muslim anger flared over a French satirical weekly's latest caricature of the Prophet Muhammad, with four people reported killed and dozens injured at a protest Friday in the West African country of Niger, and violent clashes between demonstrators and police in Pakistan, Jordan and Algeria.
Flu shot offers modest protection this year in US; Canadian numbers likely lower
TORONTO – This year's flu vaccine is offering limited protection in the United States against the virus responsible for a major wave of illness currently crashing over North America, a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control suggests.
Sears offering jobs, discounts to workers affected by Target exit from Canada
TORONTO – Sears Canada is reaching out to workers affected by the exit of American retailer Target from the Canadian market.
Big White Ski Resort to host IPC Para-snowboard World Cup 2015
KELOWNA - For the third consecutive year, Big White Ski Resort will host the IPC Para-snowboard World Cup on January 17 and 19, 2015. This is the first event in Canada following the sport's debut in the Sochi 2014 Paralympics. Highlights of the weekends events will feature Canadian Paralympians Michelle Salt and John Leslie who...
List of 87th annual Academy Award nominations is announced
Complete list of 87th annual Academy Award nominations announced Thursday: 1.Best picture: "American Sniper"; "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)"; "Boyhood"; "The Grand Budapest Hotel"; "The Imitation Game"; "Selma"; "The Theory of Everything"; "Whiplash." 2. Actor: Steve Carell, "Foxcatcher"; Bradley Cooper, "American Sniper"; Benedict Cumberbatch, "The Imitation Game"; Michael Keaton, "Birdman or (The Unexpected...
Ottawa still plans to balance budget, fulfil commitments, despite cheap oil
VANCOVUER, B.C. - Federal Finance Minister Joe Oliver says the government still plans to balance the budget and keep its commitments despite the collapse of oil prices. Oliver’s remarks follow recent expert warnings that the steep slide in crude prices could erase the government’s projected $1.6 billion surplus for the 2015-16 fiscal year. Since the...
YLW sets new passenger record in 2014
KELOWNA - There were 1.6 million passengers passing through the gates at Kelowna International Airport in 2014, breaking the previous record set in 2013. YLW has been crunching the numbers with the passenger count in 2014 coming in at 1,602,988, an increase of 98,205 or 6.3 per cent over the count in 2013. “Exceeding our...
Woman who broke leg on Sun Peaks tube ride sues resort for negligence
KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops woman has filed a lawsuit against Sun Peaks Resort Corp., after a bumpier-than-expected tube ride left her with a broken leg.
Boy who claimed he had been to heaven retracts story, bestselling book is pulled
NEW YORK, N.Y. – A bestselling account of a 6-year-old boy's journey to heaven and back has been pulled after the boy retracted his story.
B.C. to hunt wolves by helicopter in order to save endangered caribou herds
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government plans to hunt as many as 184 wolves in an attempt to save five dwindling caribou herds. There are just 18 South Selkirk caribou left, down from 46 animals in 2009, and the government says evidence points to wolves being the leading cause of the deaths. In four caribou...
Canadian ‘Boxtrolls’ co-director Graham Annable celebrates Oscar nomination
TORONTO – Canadian Graham Annable learned of his first Academy Award nomination at a rather inopportune time.
Second man guilty in Rehtaeh Parsons case apologizes, gets year of probation
HALIFAX – The young Halifax-area man who posed for an explicit photo showing him having sex with 15-year-old Rehtaeh Parsons apologized in court Friday to her family but said he wasn't a bully as he was sentenced to a year of probation for distributing child pornography.
Man hurls stuff at police from behind broken furniture barricade
VERNON - Mounties were dodging household items rather than bullets when a man barricaded himself behind a pile of broken furniture during a standoff with police Monday night. Vernon RCMP were called to 3901-21 Avenue at 10:15 p.m. Jan. 12, 2015 because a man was allegedly destroying the downstairs basement. A woman spoke to officers...
VIDEO: Calgary man survives spectacular car rally crash in Chile
A driver from Calgary took quite a tumble over the weekend while participating in an off-road rally in Chile. Even though this footage of 63-year-old Matt Cambell's crash looks quite spectacular, he made it out alive and is resting today, released over the weekend from a South American hospital. Only his helmet was damaged, according...