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Man arrested for break and enter also wanted in Alberta
VERNON - Mounties arrested one of two men a witness said broke into a new townhouse construction site overnight, Jan. 16, 2015. RCMP received the report at roughly 3:30 a.m., according to a media release. The caller told police two men wearing hoodies partly covering their faces came to the scene in a silver pickup...
Boy who claimed he had been to heaven retracts story, bestselling book is pulled
NEW YORK, N.Y. – A bestselling account of a 6-year-old boy's journey to heaven and back has been pulled after the boy retracted his story.
B.C. to hunt wolves by helicopter in order to save endangered caribou herds
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government plans to hunt as many as 184 wolves in an attempt to save five dwindling caribou herds. There are just 18 South Selkirk caribou left, down from 46 animals in 2009, and the government says evidence points to wolves being the leading cause of the deaths. In four caribou...
Canadian ‘Boxtrolls’ co-director Graham Annable celebrates Oscar nomination
TORONTO – Canadian Graham Annable learned of his first Academy Award nomination at a rather inopportune time.
Second man guilty in Rehtaeh Parsons case apologizes, gets year of probation
HALIFAX – The young Halifax-area man who posed for an explicit photo showing him having sex with 15-year-old Rehtaeh Parsons apologized in court Friday to her family but said he wasn't a bully as he was sentenced to a year of probation for distributing child pornography.
YLW sets new passenger record in 2014
KELOWNA - There were 1.6 million passengers passing through the gates at Kelowna International Airport in 2014, breaking the previous record set in 2013. YLW has been crunching the numbers with the passenger count in 2014 coming in at 1,602,988, an increase of 98,205 or 6.3 per cent over the count in 2013. “Exceeding our...
Ottawa still plans to balance budget, fulfil commitments, despite cheap oil
VANCOVUER, B.C. - Federal Finance Minister Joe Oliver says the government still plans to balance the budget and keep its commitments despite the collapse of oil prices. Oliver’s remarks follow recent expert warnings that the steep slide in crude prices could erase the government’s projected $1.6 billion surplus for the 2015-16 fiscal year. Since the...
Big White Ski Resort to host IPC Para-snowboard World Cup 2015
KELOWNA - For the third consecutive year, Big White Ski Resort will host the IPC Para-snowboard World Cup on January 17 and 19, 2015. This is the first event in Canada following the sport's debut in the Sochi 2014 Paralympics. Highlights of the weekends events will feature Canadian Paralympians Michelle Salt and John Leslie who...
List of 87th annual Academy Award nominations is announced
Complete list of 87th annual Academy Award nominations announced Thursday: 1.Best picture: "American Sniper"; "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)"; "Boyhood"; "The Grand Budapest Hotel"; "The Imitation Game"; "Selma"; "The Theory of Everything"; "Whiplash." 2. Actor: Steve Carell, "Foxcatcher"; Bradley Cooper, "American Sniper"; Benedict Cumberbatch, "The Imitation Game"; Michael Keaton, "Birdman or (The Unexpected...
Flu shot lowers risk of rare side-effect in most seasons for most people
TORONTO – In most flu seasons, getting a flu shot will actually lower most people's risk of developing a rare neurological condition that has been linked to the vaccine, a new study suggests.
App provides real-time reports to increase safety in mountains: Avalanche Canada
KAMLOOPS – A group that promotes avalanche safety says a new smartphone app provides backcountry users with important real-time information.
Hundreds of concrete tobogganers set to slide into Kelowna
KELOWNA - First there was Led Zepplin and now concrete toboggans, though it's not a band name but a race between roughly 430 UBCO engineering students down a slope at Big White Ski Resort. UBC Okanagan’s School of Engineering hosts the 2015 Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race from January 21 to 25 in Kelowna—an event...
RCMP investigate hit-and-run between Kelowna semi-truck and building
SALMON ARM - Alarms rang at a Salmon Arm service station when the building was struck by a semi-truck Monday night. Several alarms rang at The Great Canadian Oil Change located on the Trans-Canada Highway starting at 9 p.m. Jan. 12, 2015. According to a Salmon Arm RCMP media release, the collision resulted in several...
Lytton social worker tells court he didn’t shave former client’s body hair
KAMLOOPS – A social worker accused of shaving a former client’s body hair while he slept, threatening him and then holding him against his will has denied the allegations in B.C. Supreme Court.
VIDEO: Calgary man survives spectacular car rally crash in Chile
A driver from Calgary took quite a tumble over the weekend while participating in an off-road rally in Chile. Even though this footage of 63-year-old Matt Cambell's crash looks quite spectacular, he made it out alive and is resting today, released over the weekend from a South American hospital. Only his helmet was damaged, according...
Banks bracing for possibility oil prices will remain low for prolonged time
TORONTO – Canadian banks are taking a hard look at their energy and consumer loans as they brace for the possibility of a prolonged period of depressed oil prices.
1,500 copies of latest Charlie Hebdo issue available in Canada on Friday
TORONTO – The Canadian distributor for the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo says 1,500 copies of the latest issue — which features a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad on the cover — will be available in different parts of the country Friday.
‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’ leads Razzies ‘worst-of’ list with 7 nominations
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – "Transformers: Age of Extinction" is rolling out with the most nominations at this year's Golden Raspberry Awards.
Prentice pans talk of Alberta recession; calls the suggestion an ‘outlier’
CALGARY – Premier Jim Prentice is scoffing at a suggestion by the Conference Board of Canada that Alberta is likely to face a recession as crude prices continue to plunge.
Suncor cutting 1,000 jobs, taking $1 billion out of 2015 budget amid oil rout
CALGARY – Suncor Energy Inc. (TSX:SU), known for its huge presence in Alberta's oilsands, is reducing its workforce by 1,000 and cutting $1 billion from its capital budget as the company grapples with plummeting crude prices.
Man hurls stuff at police from behind broken furniture barricade
VERNON - Mounties were dodging household items rather than bullets when a man barricaded himself behind a pile of broken furniture during a standoff with police Monday night. Vernon RCMP were called to 3901-21 Avenue at 10:15 p.m. Jan. 12, 2015 because a man was allegedly destroying the downstairs basement. A woman spoke to officers...
B.C. auditor general says prisons crowded, unsafe and hardly stop repeat crime
VICTORIA – British Columbia's prisons are overcrowded, tension-filled facilities that do little to prevent inmates from returning to crime when released.
First Nations file court challenge against B.C. government over Northern Gateway
VANCOUVER – Two First Nations have launched a court challenge against the B.C. government, saying the province shirked its responsibility by failing to make a decision on the Northern Gateway project.
Terminally ill Detroit-area teen gets wish fulfilled with Eminem visit, dies the following day
ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. – A terminally ill Detroit-area teenager who was surprised by a visit from rapper Eminem has died.