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Queensway Transit Exchange and road upgrades information session
The City of Kelowna, B.C. Transit and design consultants VIA Architecture and MMM Group will host an open house March 13 on Queensway, in front of City Hall. A $5.6-million investment in Queensway transit exchange and road upgrades begins this summer as part of B.C. Transit’s RapidBus Phase Two and Three Project. The public is...
City of Kamloops partners with major players to address homelessness
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops is proud to be joining HomeFree and the Kamloops Homelessness Action Plan to host an upcoming day of learning. The Housing First Forum will introduce an approach to ending homelessness that has been proven to be effective in numerous cities across Canada, North America and the world. Housing First...
Burning in Coldham Regional Park
The Regional District of Central Okanagan advises that controlled burns are underway in several regional parks to dispose of fire hazard fuels. Crews are burning today in Stephens Coyote Ridge, Coldham, Kalamoir, and Rose Valley Regional Parks. With good air quality and venting conditions open burning is allowed today for those eligible Central Okanagan property...
Don’t scrub: Many get it wrong when it comes to tooth-brushing technique
TORONTO – Watching people brush their teeth in movies or on TV can really irk Dr. Andrea Johnstone.
e-Health research helps medical students become tech savvy
TECHNOLOGY AIDS SOUTHERN MEDICAL PROGRAM STUDENTS TO LEARN AND STUDY John Falconer still confesses a certain excitement when he holds a brand new, electronic tele-stethoscope in his hand. Falconer, a neurologist for more than 20 years, is the Foundations of Medicine director at UBC’s Southern Medical Program (SMP). As the leading force behind the school’s...
The price paid for a kid to get help
KAMLOOPS - Two lives changed forever when a 15-year-old kid from Kamloops was confronted by Michael Forry on the corner of Desmond St. and Tranquille Road last March. For one—tragedy. But for the other it gave hope of changing a lifetime filled with tragedy. Forry may never fully recover. Doctors somehow kept him alive through...
Hit and run on TRU campus
KAMLOOPS - Someone was hit by a vehicle while attempting to cross the road at the rainbow crosswalk within the Thompson River University campus, but the driver took off before police arrived. Kamloops RCMP are hoping a member of the public will help them identify the hit-and-run driver. The victim is a 21-year-old woman who...
Man in fatal crash near Kamloops identified
KAMLOOPS - A man killed in a traffic accident just outside Kamloops Saturday has been identified. He was Daniel Glenn Pawluk, 55, of Kamloops. Pawluk was the driver and sole occupant of a truck heading east on Highway 1 towards Kamloops near Cherry Creek. At about 8 p.m. the truck went off the road and...
Canadian scientists studying whether immediate treatment ‘cures’ infants of HIV
TORONTO – A team of Canadian scientists is beginning a study to see whether starting to treat infants at risk of developing HIV in the first 72 hours after birth leads to better outcomes than starting drug regimes after HIV infection has been confirmed.
Canadian women’s hockey goalie Szabados plans to sign with men’s pro team
EDMONTON – Canadian women's hockey goaltender Shannon Szabados is planning to sign with a professional men's team in the United States.
Blazers create thoughts and prayers banner for Bozon
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers will give fans that opportunity to sign a 4’ x 8’ banner sending thoughts and prayers to former Kamloops Blazers forward Tim Bozon. Tim is currently listed in critical condition at Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon as he battles Neisseria Meningitis. The banner will be available for all fans to...
Dancing Bear documentary to screen at UBC Okanagan
SHUSWAP ELDER ERNIE PHILIP FEATURED IN FILM ABOUT DANCE For decades, Shuswap elder Ernie Philip – residential school survivor and internationally acclaimed First Nations dancer – travelled throughout BC teaching thousands of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children about his culture and the native way of being. With adult audiences, Ernie gradually revealed his inner journey...
New laws or not, pot shop enforcement not a priority: Vancouver cops to feds
VANCOUVER - Vancouver police have sent a message to the federal government about its new medicinal marijuana laws — they don't consider enforcement a priority now, and they won't when the new rules come into effect next month. The department has taken a mostly hands-off approach to the many medical pot shops in the West...
Burning Fire Hazard Debris in Regional Parks
The Regional District of Central Okanagan advises controlled burning is underway in several regional parks to dispose of collected fire hazard wood debris. With good air quality and venting conditions today (Friday, March 7, 2014) open burning is allowed today for those eligible Central Okanagan property owners with permits from their local fire authority. Residents...
B.C. teachers vote 89 per cent in favour of strike action to support demands
VANCOUVER – The union representing 41,000 teachers in British Columbia has voted overwhelmingly in favour of job action.