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By the numbers: General Motors’ recalls
General Motors Co. agreed Friday to pay a record fine for failing to disclose problems with ignition switches in small cars that are now linked to at least 13 deaths. The company has recalled 2.6 million older small cars to fix the faulty switches, and recalled millions of other cars for a variety of problems as part of a broad review of safety issues.
Styrofoam recycling again on menu
KAMLOOPS - While we are not getting the provincial curb side program we are getting three new depots in Kamloops, each of which will take items like styrofoam not currently accepted for recycling with our curb side and depot programs. “It’s not starting the way we thought,” Mayor Peter Milobar said Tuesday. “They (MMBC) are...
Bands fight plans by Kamloops, B.C., to expand boundary for copper-gold mine
KAMLOOPS – The chiefs of two First Nations say they're prepared to take legal action to block the City of Kamloops from annexing a copper-gold mine that would encroach on their traditional territory.
RBC Cup: Vernon, Yorkton advance to semifinals, joining Dauphin, Carleton Place
VERNON – The RBC Cup's semifinal participants were decided by a pair of overtime games.
Abortion issues trail Harper, Trudeau as each take different positions
OTTAWA – The abortion debate might not be open in the House of Commons, but it continues to dog the federal leaders.
B.C. health unions reach tentative five-year contract; pay hike included
BURNABY, B.C. – A tentative, five-year contract agreement has been reached between 47,000 B.C. health-care workers and their employers.
UPDATE: Missing Alberta girls found safe in Boston Bar
VULCAN Alta. - An Amber Alert issued in British Columbia for two girls taken by their biological mother from a school near Vulcan, Alta. was deactivated shortly after 5 p.m. after the two girls and their mother were found safe in Boston Bar. Taya Zamra Meisel, 6, and her sister, Talisha Jayden Meisel, 12, were...
B.C. apologizes for past discriminatory policies towards Chinese Canadians
VICTORIA – British Columbia has formally apologized more than after 140 years of discriminatory and racist policies directed towards Chinese immigrants, including the Chinese head tax.
Kelowna city council highlights: May 12
Westcorp hotel Council forwarded the Westcorp hotel development to a public hearing on June 24. Consideration will be given to amendments to the Official Community Plan and rezoning to accommodate the development of a hotel with retail, restaurant and conference space on the corner of Queensway and Water Street. Centre of Gravity Council received an...
Thieves steal from organization dedicated to helping the poor
KAMLOOPS - The Salvation Army on Tranquille Road was cleaning broken glass this morning after someone allegedly entered the building to steal from their safe overnight. A staff member opening the store in the morning May 13 noticed the broken window and called police. They saw the alarm was disabled and the safe broken into. ...
Vernon woman pleads to have mother’s stolen ashes returned
VERNON - A Vernon woman is pleading to have her mother’s ashes returned after they were stolen in a break and enter. “I can’t even focus on anything else, I’ll do anything to get my mother back,” Manon Care says. “I feel more violated than when she passed away a couple months ago.” Care kept...
Pipeline firms to pay all costs, damages in new spill safety rules
VANCOUVER - Pipeline companies will be liable for all costs and damages from a spill, regardless of fault or negligence, under changes to the federal pipeline regime. Natural Resources Minister Greg Rickford says pipeline operators will also have to have a minimum amount of cash available to pay cleanup costs and the National Energy board...
Engineering grad students share research with fellow students
A group of graduate students at UBC’s School of Engineering did a bit of show and tell at the university recently. The students organized the first-ever graduate symposium, a student-led event that allowed 38 master’s degree and PhD students to explain to the community, the university, and their peers exactly what their research entails. The...
West Kelowna council highlights: May 13, 2014
Local State of Emergency for Gellatly Road Council acknowledged the declaration of the state of local emergency by Mayor Doug Findlater on May 12 regarding the slope failure on a section of Gellatly Road. Gellatly Road, from approximately Witt Road to Angus Drive, was closed May 2 due to erosion of the bank on the...
Mask associated with sasquatch lore returned to B.C. First Nation
VANCOUVER – Bigfoot sightings may be elusive, but a sasquatch mask missing for 75 years was easily found after a simple request from a British Columbia First Nation.