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WEST KELOWNA - Valley First Financial in West Kelowna will need a few repairs to their storefront after a car jumped the sidewalk and crashed, breaking windows and buckling some of the surrounding framework. The business is located at 3550 Carrington Road, unit 201, across the lot from Canadian Tire. According to police, the driver...

VANCOUVER – Premier Christy says ignoring a recent landmark ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada on aboriginal title would put the future of the province in peril.

With the solemn toll of a bell and a moment of silence, the nation paused Thursday to mark the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks at the hallowed site just hours after President Obama promised to root out and destroy a new group of terrorists threatening the U.S.

NEW YORK (AP) — After seeing the new National September 11 Memorial Museum, one victim's widow decided to donate one of her husband's FDNY paramedic shirts, karate uniforms and beloved baseball jersey.

OTTAWA – There are few things that turn Stephen Harper's crank as much as Canada's North.

TORONTO – A Toronto hospital says Mayor Rob Ford has been hospitalized after being given a "working diagnosis of a tumour."

VANCOUVER – While Vancouver Canucks fans demand change, new coach Willie Desjardins is preaching a status-quo approach — with himself.

VANCOUVER – Nine unions have banded together in British Columbia to offer $8 million in interest-free loans to the province's striking teachers while the nurses' union is donating half a million dollars.

OTTAWA - One of the Conservative government's key programs on missing and murdered aboriginal women includes a focus on "addressing the root causes," despite the prime minister's suggestion that sociology isn't the right lens to use. The $5.7-million Aboriginal Community Safety Development Contribution Program was created in 2010 as part of the government's larger initiative...

CALGARY - You can almost hear those sleighbells ringing this morning as folks in Calgary dig out from a second dumping of snow in a 48-hour period. And it's not over yet. The city is currently under a snowfall warning, according to Environment Canada, with a possible 10-15 centemetres on the way, laying a third...

KELOWNA - It is the highest honour to be bestowed upon a Canadian academic. UBC Okanagan’s John Klironomos, an expert in plant and soil ecology, has been named a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC). The RSC made its announcement today, listing more than 90 university academics as the newest fellows admitted into...

TORONTO – Before a sold-out public screening of his new horror-comedy "Tusk," director Kevin Smith told the crowd, "This movie was made for you."

OTTAWA – The ill-starred Franklin expedition was a quest for the Northwest Passage, the Holy Grail of Arctic exploration for three centuries. It ended in suffering, misery and death and has haunted Canadian imaginations for almost 170 years.

OTTAWA – The key to unlocking the mystery of the missing Franklin Expedition came just days ago when a coast guard helicopter pilot spotted a dark U-shaped object in the Arctic snow the size of a man's forearm.

VICTORIA – Finance Minister Mike de Jong says British Columbia's budget surplus is higher than originally forecast, but he's not about to fork over the extra cash to settle the ongoing teachers strike.

KELOWNA - A 22-year-old driver's alleged failure to yield to oncoming traffic caused a crash at Harvey Avenue and Richter Street last night, according to police. Mounties say the incident happened at Sept. 8 at about 8 p.m. when the driver of a Ford Mustang allegedly failed to yield to an oncoming Subaru. The cars...

KAMLOOPS – A B.C. Supreme Court judge has dismissed a constitutional challenge of the province's amended drunk-driving laws, saying they're designed to protect the public, not the rights of individual drivers.

KAMLOOPS - Management at the New Gold mine west of Kamloops are looking at how they can prevent a similar type of leak from happening in the future after 16-20 cubic metres of slurry leaked into a secondary dry ditch on site last night. Environment and Social Responsibility Manager Scott Davidson says the small leak...

PENTICTON - The Christmas season will be a little more spectacular because Cirque Musica is partnering with the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra for a family holiday event in Penticton. The South Okanagan Events Centre will host Cirque Musica Holiday Spectacular, as show that blends acrobatics with symphonic music, December 16. It all starts at 7:30 p.m....

KAMLOOPS – Kamloops will host the 2016 IIHF women's world hockey championship, bringing the tournament to British Columbia for the first time in its 26-year history.

OTTAWA – The ultimate goal of the federal government's proposed new prostitution legislation is to end the sex trade in Canada altogether, Justice Minister Peter MacKay said Tuesday.

BURNABY, B.C. – A Vancouver-area city is launching a court challenge over its long-standing opposition to Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain oil pipeline.

TORONTO – Home Depot has confirmed that security at its payment system was breached and that customers who made credit card purchases at its Canadian and U.S. stores could be affected.

VANCOUVER – Residents of the small British Columbia community of Likely, downstream of a mine breach, say they don't trust that the provincial government is dealing with the disaster.