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Okanagan winery forging ahead with new agri-tech to combat climate change
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"We spend millions of dollars in insurance support payments every year, but when you look at our innovation budget its next to nothing."
Goldentiger King, Cat Guy and wake surfing candidate eye B.C. local elections
British Columbia mayoral candidate Goldentiger King says he wants to “make Richmond rich again.” Teresa May, a first-time candidate for…
Six Flags closes 9 North American roller coasters after families watch man fall to his death
ATLANTA (AP) — Witnesses watched in horror as a man riding a roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia was…
British Columbia leaders offer competing economic ideas in front of business leaders
The leaders of the two major parties running in British Columbia’s election pitched business leaders with infrastructure commitments, including a…
How Keir Starmer will be replaced as UK prime minister and will anyone stand against Burnham?
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer conceded Monday that he had lost the support of his rank-and-file Labor…
iN VIDEO: Okanagan scuba diver hunts for treasure, reunites lost items with owners
“People recognize me as Scuba Steve and ask me to find stuff and of course I always do, it’s the fun part of the last years of my diving career.”
An ancient oak tree said to have sheltered legendary Robin Hood has died
LONDON (AP) — A massive ancient oak tree linked to the legend of Robin Hood may have been loved to…
DOUBLE ELECTION 2026: Overheard on the campaign trail
CONTENT ADVISORY: Contains unedited comments from a politician.
Kamloops RCMP say death of 70-year-old man found in tent is suspicious
Police have released a recent photo of the deceased man.
iN VIDEO: Kamloops Art Gallery turns community ideas into collaborative art
Residents of all ages gathered at the Kamloops Art Gallery on October 10 to explore…
‘Completely unfair:’ Vernon woman stonewalled after regional district won’t renew commercial garden lease
She though leasing from the municipal government would offer more security, not less.
iN VIDEO: Kelowna Downtown Library hosts community Craft Supply Swap
Local artists and hobby crafters were out Saturday morning eager to see what the community…
Mayoral candidates agree on Kelowna’s effort to de-regionalize but one doesn’t like the secrecy
Tom Dyas and Ron Cannan both say Kelowna is subsidizing its neighbours in the Central Okanagan.
The building housing London’s oldest restaurant has been donated to a conservation charity
LONDON (AP) — The building that houses London's oldest restaurant has been donated to Europe's biggest conservation charity, a move that will, it is hoped, secure one of the U.K. capital's go-to eateries for centuries to come. Established in 1798...
‘Home’ documentary from ‘Degrassi’ co-creator explores complexities of Ontario encampment
TORONTO — When tents started popping up on the lawn in front of a sprawling provincial property in Cobourg, Ont., television producer Linda Schuyler wondered who the people living in the encampment were."I started to go in and get to...
CVS agrees to pay $315 million to settle Justice Department case over opioid prescriptions
WASHINGTON (AP) — CVS Pharmacy Inc. and various subsidiaries have agreed to pay $315 million to resolve a Justice Department case alleging it unlawfully dispensed medically unnecessary prescriptions of highly addictive opioids, officials said Tuesday. The settlement resolves a lawsuit...
Prosecutors probing deaths of 2 Ole Miss students charge shop clerk, son with selling illegal kratom
Federal authorities investigating the deaths of two University of Mississippi students have charged a store clerk and his son with selling an illegal kratom product, prosecutors announced Friday. A drug task force in Mississippi had previously urged people to avoid...
iN DISCUSSION: Civility replaced with rage in the public square
"I used to rely on a thin maxim that you can't take social media comments seriously because people wouldn't say these things to each other in person. I don't believe that anymore."
JONESIE: Kamloops voters have one real job this election, but one more big consideration
"One of Reid's better character defects is his relentlessness. He won’t take no, he’ll never quit and that sounds awfully admirable until you realize that's a trait he only shares with those dogs that can’t stop chewing their own feet."
JONESIE: A lot of people are counting on Tom Dyas in Kelowna; it shouldn’t be this hard
They don't want Ron Cannan to win, but voting for Dyas should feel a lot better than this.
David Eby was B.C.’s political giant-killer. But has he overplayed his hand?
VICTORIA — Politics, like curling, is all about geometry. Cameras swirl around New Democrat Leader…
B.C. Conservatives’ leader Doerkson rides the whirlwind in rise from obscurity
When interim B.C. Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson received a phone call from one of his…
Father receives life sentence in New York for murder of Montreal girl
ELIZABETHTOWN — A Montreal man has been sentenced to life in prison for killing his…
Cross-border visits by Canadian and U.S. residents up from last year: StatCan
Statistics Canada says more Canadians and Americans have travelled across the border between the two…
In the news today: military drones, sentencing for child killer, B.C. election debate
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up…
UK prosecution labels Russell Brand a ruthless sexual predator at opening of his sex assault trial
LONDON (AP) — Russell Brand behaved as a “ruthless” sexual predator when he assaulted six…
Pope Leo is eating and recovering after cancer surgery, his doctors say
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV was eating regularly Wednesday and began walking and doing…
Appeals court will hear arguments on Trump’s National Guard deployment in the nation’s capital
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 14 months after National Guard members began patrolling the streets…
The building housing London’s oldest restaurant has been donated to a conservation charity
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LONDON (AP) — The building that houses London’s oldest restaurant has been donated to Europe’s…
Cross-border visits by Canadian and U.S. residents up from last year: StatCan
Statistics Canada says more Canadians and Americans have travelled across the border between the two…
UK prosecution labels Russell Brand a ruthless sexual predator at opening of his sex assault trial
LONDON (AP) — Russell Brand behaved as a “ruthless” sexual predator when he assaulted six…
David Eby was B.C.’s political giant-killer. But has he overplayed his hand?
VICTORIA — Politics, like curling, is all about geometry. Cameras swirl around New Democrat Leader…
Sabalenka and Pegula beaten in the round of 32 at the Wuhan Open
WUHAN, China (AP) — Top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka saved nine match points before eventually losing in…
Jets’ Scheifele relieved to finally get some puck luck
WINNIPEG — Mark Scheifele knew it was only a matter of time before his luck…
Jags coach Liam Coen says costly delay-of-game penalties vs. Eagles were ‘directly on me’
WATFORD, England (AP) — The Jaguars’ offense tripped over itself several times against the Eagles…
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