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VIDEO: Hauntingly beautiful mist rises from Okanagan Lake

KELOWNA – It doesn’t happen often because the weather conditions and the temperature of the water in Okanagan Lake have to be just right. Kelowna wedding videographer Jerry Mason posted a time-lapse video to YouTube he took last weekend of arctic sea smoke on the lake. The very cold air mass that flowed into the...

WestJet’s new Christmas Miracle video is a real tear-jerker

WestJet is back on YouTube with a Christmas-themed video called The Spirit of Giving the company is hoping goes viral like last year's Real-Time Giving vid. The 2013 video has more than 36 million views. This year's is a real tear-jerker and takes place in the Dominican Republic. We've included last year's video as well....

VIDEO: Germany marks 25 years since Berlin Wall’s fall

BERLIN – Germany on Sunday celebrates the 25th anniversary of the night the Berlin Wall fell, a pivotal moment in the collapse of communism and the start of the country's emergence as the major power at the heart of Europe.

Video still key to social media campaigns in 2014

KELOWNA – Virtually all candidates in the upcoming civic election are taking advantage of social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, but the one that has been around the longest is likely still the best at getting the message out. In 2011, a website used the numbers of Facebook followers to successfully predict not...

Video showcases Canadian lack of tolerance… for racism

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Canadians have come together over the past week to not only remember the lives of two soldiers who were killed in cold blood on Canadian soil, but to defend the rights of Muslims across the country. Prime Minister Stephen Harper was quick to call the man who shot Cpl. Nathan Cirillo at the...

If you’re not into mountain biking yet, this video might help

KELOWNA – A pair of amateur local filmmakers have released a stunning video of local trails that is sure to attract some new riders with the gorgeous and spectacular scenery.  The four-minute film made by Kelowna's Seger Nelson and Sam Singleton features Matt Monod, a competitive mountain bike racer from Canmore, as he tears through...

VIDEO: Chocolate-covered bugs served up at insect museum

NEW ORLEANS – The menu includes crickets and wax worms on toothpick skewers for dipping in a fountain of melted chocolate, along with "tarsal toffee" made with bug legs and mealworms and fudge infused with crickets and marshmallows.

VIDEO: Hong Kong protesters stage massive, defiant rally

HONG KONG – Pro-democracy protesters were defiant in the face of attacks by opponents and warnings by the Hong Kong government to clear the streets, staging a massive rally Saturday evening in the downtown business district they've occupied for a week.

VIDEO: Freshly wed Clooney and wife make appearance in Venice

VENICE, Italy – Wedding bands glinted under the Venetian sun on the hands of George Clooney and his new bride, Amal Alamuddin, as the heartthrob actor and the human rights lawyer emerged Sunday from the luxury hotel where they were married a day earlier.

VIDEO: Fiery fury of Hawaiian eruption captured by Kelowna photographer

KELOWNA - Lava from one of the world’s most active volcanoes continues to flow out of cracks in the earth and a Kelowna photographer was there to witness Mother Nature at her most fierce and beautiful. Shawn Talbot jumped on a plane earlier this month to head to the lave flows from Kilauea on the...

VIDEO: Tense hunt in police killer case hits 8 days

CANADENSIS, Pa. – The suspect in the deadly ambush at a state police barracks in a remote part of northeastern Pennsylvania remained at large for an eighth day Saturday as police appeared to have narrowed their search, largely shutting down the area where he lived with his parents but leaving neighbors with few answers about what's going on just outside their front doors.