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Reprieve following record day for Okanagan
OKANAGAN – After another record-setting day the Okanagan we may finally see a break in…
Reprieve on the way following near-record day in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - After another day in the high-30s we may finally see a break in the blistering heat in Kamloops, and it will likely bring some rain as well. According to Environment Canada, about a dozen B.C. communities set records again Thursday, July 9, and once again many of the record-setters were in the Souther...
Tobacco companies fight ruling forcing them to make initial $1-billion payout
MONTREAL – The country's largest tobacco firms say they don't have the necessary cash to make a $1-billion payment by the end of the month to Quebec smokers who won a landmark class-action suit.
Mount Polley get restricted approval to reopen after tailings spill disaster
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government has issued a conditional permit allowing the Mount Polley mine to reopen, but with restrictions.
B.C. teenager convicted of cyber ‘swatting’ sentenced for criminal harassment
PORT COQUITLAM – A British Columbia teenager has been sentenced to 16 months in jail for online pranks and threats that caused mayhem in communities as far away as Ontario, California and Florida.
High-end marker theft from Kamloops store
KAMLOOPS - Three suspects walked in to the Michaels store on Hillside Drive this weekend and walked out with $1,600 worth of Copic brand sketch markers. On Sunday, July 5, two men and a woman entered the store and filled a shoulder bag with the markers, which retail for about $8 each. According to Crime...
Police watchdog called in to probe RCMP shooting on Vancouver Island
PORT HARDY – Mounties on northern Vancouver Island say the province's police watchdog is now investigating the shooting death of a man by officers.
A new low in theatre etiquette? A Broadway theatregoer tries to recharge phone in onstage plug
NEW YORK, N.Y. – There's loud talking, snoring and, of course, phones ringing. But theatre etiquette might have taken a turn for the bizarre on Broadway last week with a dead cellphone.
New record and another hot day for Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - It was another record-breaking day in the Thompson-Okanagan Wednesday and today will be much of the same. Environment Canada shows 17 B.C. communities setting new records Wednesday, July 8, and many were in the Interior. One of the oldest records to fall was in Kamloops, where a temperature of 38.3 Celsius was enough...
New records and another hot day for Okanagan
OKANAGAN - It was another record-breaking day in the Okanagan Wednesday and today will be much of the same. Environment Canada shows 17 B.C. communities setting new records Wednesday, July 8, and many were in the Interior. One of the oldest records to fall was in Kamloops, where a temperature of 38.3 Celsius was enough...
B.C. Coroners Service denies deleting fired health worker’s suicide note
VICTORIA – The B.C. Coroners Service denies it deleted the suicide note of a man who remains part of a long-running controversy surrounding the firing of eight government health workers.
Error turns into $1.1 million win for nine online BC Lottery Corp. players
KAMLOOPS – The BC Lottery Corp. says it is paying nine gamblers nearly $1.1 million because of a software error in one of its online video games.
UPDATE: New weather records for Okanagan
OKANAGAN - The day isn’t even over but new high temperature records were set in Kelowna and Vernon by 4 p.m. and Penticton was just behind with a record set by 5 p.m. As of 4 p.m. Environment Canada was showing the temperature in Vernon as 35.6 Celsius, just enough to beat the 35.5 C...
Unique pontoon boat stolen during Kelowna robbery
KELOWNA – Employees of a Kelowna boat dealership are in shock after the brazen theft of their most expensive boat on Sunday.
Voluntary boat check program hitting the water in Vernon
VERNON - Starting this weekend you will be able to ensure your boat meets necessary safety standards through a voluntary pre-check program offered by RCMP volunteers. The Vernon-North Okanagan RCMP Marine Unit will start a voluntary vessel safety pre-check at the Paddlewheel Park boat launch on July 11. The aim is to help speed up...
Lotto Max jackpot cap to be hiked to $60 million
KAMLOOPS – The B.C. Lottery Corporation says the cap on the top prize for the Lotto Max jackpot will climb, if the cash is not won in the upcoming draw.
Kamloops weather well on the way to setting new records this week
KAMLOOPS - As temperatures in Kamloops keep hitting well above 30 Celsius the possibility of new records being set is very real today and tomorrow. Temperatures climbed above 30 C nearly every day for the last two weeks and we can expect the same through the beginning of next week. The temperature reached 35.5 C...
Weather records could fall in Okanagan
OKANAGAN - As temperatures in the Okanagan keep reaching well above 30 Celsius the possibility of new records being set throughout the region is very real today and tomorrow. Temperatures climbed above 30 C nearly every day in the last two weeks and we can expect the same for the rest of this week. While...
B.C. conservation officer suspended after refusing to kill bear cubs
PORT HARDY – A B.C. Conservation officer has been suspended without pay after he reportedly refused an order to put down two bear cubs last weekend.
When is a taxi not a taxi? A drunk B.C. driver learns the hard way
ABBOTSFORD – A drunk driver in Abbotsford, B.C., is getting no sympathy for a belated decision to pocket his car keys and grab a cab.
B.C. to legislate $36-billion agreement with Pacific NorthWest LNG
VICTORIA – Finance Minister Mike de Jong says the potential economic returns from British Columbia's first liquefied-natural-gas deal will outweigh any targeted-tax tradeoffs included in a 25-year deal he expects to table in the legislature next week.
YMCA staff honoured for saving a woman’s life at H2O Adventure + Fitness Centre
KELOWNA - A regular visit to Zumba class could have had a tragic ending for a Kelowna resident had it not been for the actions of staff at H2O Adventure + Fitness Centre. Sharon Flanagan went into cardiac arrest and collapsed near the end of an afternoon Zumba class, back in November, prompting three lifeguards...
Subway suspends ties with spokesman Jared Fogle after FBI raid
ZIONSVILLE, Ind. – FBI agents and Indiana State Police raided the home of Subway restaurant spokesman Jared Fogle on Tuesday, removing electronics from the property and searching the house with a police dog, two months after the then-executive director of Fogle's foundation was arrested on child pornography charges.
Emergency electrical work will partially close Richter on Wednesday
KELOWNA - Some urgent electrical work by Fortis B.C. will partially close a portion of Richter Street Wednesday, July 8. The work will affect traffic on Richter between Lakeshore and Lanfranco roads. The street will be closed between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. and crews will maintain access to businesses in the area during the...