Shelley Jordan
VJH Light a Bulb campaign; more than they hoped for
VERNON - A public plea and addition of a few extra days was enough to boost the Light a Bulb campaign for the VJH Foundation to not only meet, but surpass its goal of raising $250,000. Director of development Sue Beaudry announced the organization hit $252,168, and that was more than enough to close the...
‘Boyhood’ tops Golden Globes with 3 awards, ‘Grand Budapest Hotel’ upsets ‘Birdman’
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – The Golden Globes gave awards not just to A-List celebrities, but to the edgier productions that unequivocally deserved recognition, including "Boyhood," ''The Grand Budapest Hotel," and "Birdman."
Woman’s strange disappearance has police stumped
VERNON - RCMP are hoping someone knows what happened to a missing Vernon woman. Johanna Frouw, 58, was reported missing by her common-law husband Thursday evening. The pair drove to the liquor store near Safeway on 32 Street to buy beer and she chose to wait in the car. When Frouw's common-law husband returned, Frouw...
B.C. astronomer gets rare look at binary pulsar before it vanishes for 160 years
VANCOUVER - A B.C. astronomer helped uncover some of the secrets of a rare and mysterious occupant of our universe — a binary pulsar system — before it disappeared from view for the next 160 years. Ingrid Stairs, a professor of astrophysics and astronomy at the University of British Columbia, spent the last decade examining...
Employee stares down gun barrel during gas bar robbery
VERNON - A witness at the Safeway Gas Bar on 32 Street told Mounties the business was robbed at gunpoint Tuesday night. The incident happened shortly before 10:30 p.m. January 6 at the gas bar located at 4300-32 Street in Vernon, according to an RCMP media release. The witness told police the suspect went inside...
Police hunt underway for alleged pepper-spraying thief
VERNON - Police are on the hunt for the person who apparently went into a Mac's Convenience store last night and pepper-sprayed the clerk to steal some packs of cigarettes. RCMP headed to the store located at 4300-27 Street at 7:30 p.m. January 5 to investigate. They're currently working with the property owners to determine...
Man will face the judge for what RCMP say he did during Smith Creek fire
WEST KELOWNA - The man who RCMP believe took advantage of the West Kelowna fire evacuation notice last July to break into an empty home to steal has been charged. On July 2014, West Kelowna RCMP received a report of break and enter and theft from a home in the 2500 block of Cobblestone Road....
UPDATE: Teenage girl found safe and sound
UPDATE: Hayley Haines has been found and is safe and sound, according to an RCMP media release. KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are asking for public assistance to help them locate a missing teenage girl. Hayley Haines was last heard from January 4, but has been away from home for a couple weeks. Though this is...
B.C. gang members appeal murder convictions in mass execution
VANCOUVER – Two men convicted of first-degree murder in a mass execution that left six dead, including two innocent bystanders, have filed appeals of the verdicts.
30 years later, car that starred in ‘Back To The Future’ in middle of legal squabble
NEWARK, N.J. – In the 1989 sequel to "Back to the Future," Michael J. Fox's character uses his flying time machine to travel to a 2015 filled with flying skateboards, automated dog-walkers and self-drying jackets.
Rockets acquire power forward from Prince George
KELOWNA - Kelowna Rockets President/GM Bruce Hamilton announced on Friday the Rockets have acquired 20-year-old forward Chance Braid from the Prince George Cougars. In exchange for Braid, the Rockets have sent the Cougars the CHL rights to forward Brogan O’Brien, a 10th round WHL bantam pick of the Rockets in 2012. “We only had 12...
History museum pays $300,000 to N.S. man for world’s oldest known hockey stick
GATINEAU, Que. – The Canadian Museum of History has acquired what it believes is the world's oldest known hockey stick.
First trials of Ebola vaccines suggest they are safe; next phase next month: WHO
The first clinical trial designed to see if two experimental Ebola vaccines actually work may begin in late January and two others are slated to start in February in West Africa, the World Health Organization said Friday.
B.C. jury hears phone message from alleged assault victim pleading for help
KAMLOOPS – The trial of a longtime youth and justice worker accused of sexually assaulting a resident in a community he once helped has heard a recording of a phone call as the alleged victim pleaded for help.
Knows when to hold ’em: Alberta scientists develop unbeatable poker program
EDMONTON – Press "enter," dealer — scientists have taught a computer how to play unbeatable poker.