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Okanagan-Similkameen call for Healthy Living Fair volunteers
The Okanagan-Similkameen Healthy Living Fair Society will be hosting the annual Healthy Living Fair Saturday March 14th from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Penticton Trade & Convention Centre and the society is looking for a few key volunteer leaders. If you have fantastic customer service skills and enjoy greeting the public, please become...
‘Saturday Night Live’ celebrates its big 4-0 with a gala anniversary TV bash (live, of course)
NEW YORK, N.Y. – With a measure of anniversary hoopla perhaps exceeded only by the nation's bicentennial, "Saturday Night Live" celebrated its 40th season on Sunday with a 3 1/2-hour gala of stars, laughs and memories.
New hope for deaf children: Brainstem implant surgery aims to help them learn to hear, talk
WASHINGTON – At age 3, Angelica Lopez is helping to break a sound barrier for deaf children.
Federal agriculture minister ‘hopeful’ rail strike can be averted
CALGARY – Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz says he's hopeful mediators will be able to avert a strike by workers at Canadian Pacific Railway but if they don't, the government will take action to make sure the economy doesn't suffer.
Dialing ET, but maybe getting Klingons: Scientists debate sending out signals for alien life
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Astronomers have their own version of the single person's dilemma: Do you wait by the phone for a call from that certain someone? Or do you make the call yourself and risk getting shot down?
Interior Savings, UBC team up to go places never thought possible
Adaptive outdoor cycling equipment turns disabled riders into Explorers Unique cycling machines that can help people with disabilities get outdoors onto hiking and skiing trails will also help UBC Okanagan students to better understand physical limitations. Interior Savings recently contributed $20,000 through its Community Investment Fund for the purchase and delivery of specially designed cycles...
Motorists Urged to Watch For Roadside Workers
With temperatures warming and spring on its way, West Kelowna roadside workers will be out in force tending to the community’s boulevards and roadways. Motorists are urged to watch for these workers and obey the new provincial legislation to slow down and move over when passing a vehicle with a flashing light. Beginning as soon...
‘Saturday Night Live’ anniversary special grows to 3 1/2 hours; lineup includes West, Wiig
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The "Saturday Night Live" 40th anniversary special apparently is bursting at the seams with talent.
Medical professionals try to answer burning questions on doctor-assisted death
TORONTO – In the wake of the Supreme Court of Canada's historic ruling that struck down the ban on physician-assisted death, health professionals are grappling with a host of thorny ethical and practical issues raised by the decision.
VIDEO: A snort among barks: Amy the pig draws attention as she excels in Seattle dog agility class
KENT, Wash. – One student in a suburban Seattle dog agility class is drawing a lot of attention, and not just for her athletic skills. Amy is a pig.
Agriculture minister says Alberta BSE case will not affect beef trade
EDMONTON – Mad cow disease has been confirmed in a beef cow on an Alberta farm, but the federal agriculture minister says the discovery won't affect Canada's international beef trade.
Be aware of the high cost of putting a ring on it this Valentine’s Day
TORONTO – Popping the big question with an engagement ring on Valentine's Day may sound spontaneous and romantic but financial experts advise doing some legwork before getting down on one knee.
Accused B.C. terrorism suspects worried about running out of methadone: trial
VANCOUVER - The trial for a husband and wife accused of plotting to bomb the B.C. legislature on Canada Day heard they were worried their plan would be hampered if they ran out of methadone. John Nuttall relayed that concern in a video recorded in late June 2013 during an undercover operation. The jury has...
Unifor serves strike notice on CP Rail; could walk off the job Sunday
MONTREAL – Federal Labour Minister Kellie Leitch remains hopeful that an agreement can be reached in time to avert a railway strike after a second union issued strike notice on Thursday.
West Kelowna council highlights: February 10, 2015
Strategic Priorities 2014 Final Update Council was provided a final update on its 2014 Strategic Priorities and activities undertaken in the fourth quarter (October to December). Highlights of this quarter include: · Westlake Road grand re-opening · 2014 Local Government Election administration · New Council orientation and inaugural meeting · Westlake/Hudson RapidBus transit stations constructed...
Fire in dryer suspected cause of blaze in hotel at Silver Star Resort
VERNON – A fire in a hotel at the Silver Star Mountain Resort in Vernon has caused extensive smoke and water damage.
Big improvements coming for Rutland Centennial Park
KELOWNA - Rutland Centennial Park was officially aquired by the City of Kelowna recently as part of the memorandum of agreement with Rutland Park Society. The purchase price of the park, and right-of-way through the existing parking lot beside Centennial Hall, rang in at $800,000, according to a City of Kelowna media release. The City...
Trial delayed for B.C. man accused of fatal 2010 speedboat-houseboat crash
KAMLOOPS – Concerns about a lack evidence disclosure have prompted a B.C. Supreme Court judge to delay the trial of a man accused in a fatal B.C. boat crash.
‘Let’s go do jihad’: Accused B.C. terrorist explains conversion to Islam
VANCOUVER – Accused terrorist John Nuttall told an undercover officer in the weeks leading up to his alleged Canada Day plot to attack the British Columbia legislature that he converted to Islam because he wanted "jihad," his trial heard Wednesday.
Legislation would allow prosecution of B.C. employers if workers injured, killed
VICTORIA – The B.C. government is introducing legislation that would allow for the prosecution of negligent employers whose actions seriously injure or kill workers.
Mayor Basran talks about big changes during State of the City address
KELOWNA - Mayor Colin Basran says big changes to the Kelowna landscape over the next four years will also result in a more diversified economy for the city. During the annual Kelowna Chamber of Commerce State of the City lunch Wednesday, Feb. 11 at the Capris Hotel, Basran described the changes coming to the city,...
Coroner wants review of licensing program and 106 deaths of young B.C. drivers
VICTORIA – A 17-year-old who was thrown from his sports car as it flipped several times and landed on its roof in a ditch is among more than 100 young drivers whose deaths have prompted a call for a review of British Columbia's Graduated Licensing Program.
Parking dispute sparks 3 shooting deaths near University of North Carolina, police say
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – A long-running parking dispute between neighbours motivated a man to kill a woman, her husband and her sister at a quiet condominium complex near the University of North Carolina campus, police said Wednesday.
Smoking’s toll goes far beyond lung cancer; study ties more deaths, diseases to tobacco use
Breast cancer, prostate cancer, and even routine infections. A new report ties these and other maladies to smoking and says an additional 60,000 to 120,000 deaths each year in the United States are probably due to tobacco use.