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Charles Manson gets license to marry 26-year-old woman who visits him in prison
CORCORAN, Calif. – Mass murderer Charles Manson plans to marry a 26-year-old woman who left her Midwestern home and spent the past nine years trying to help exonerate him.
Penticton Vees weekly recap
PENTICTON - The Penticton Vees swept their weekend schedule and hold steady in the CJHL rankings, Patrick Newell is on tear and two new players join the fold. Up Next The Vees host the Mainland Division’s Langley Rivermen on Wednesday, November 19th, at the SOEC; face-off is 7pm. It’s another “Wicked Wednesday” as tickets are...
Kamloops author shares grief journey
KAMLOOPS - The TNRD Library System is hosting a reading and discussion led by Kamloops author Dana Goodman on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 7 p.m., at the Kamloops Library. Goodman will be reading from and discussing her book In The Cleft: Joy Comes in the Mourning. Goodman shares her grief journey in In The Cleft, which details...
TNRD, Kamloops offer mapping training
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) and the City of Kamloops are teaming up to offer free training sessions to the general public, as well as the business community of Kamloops and surrounding areas, focused on interactive mapping and how to access local government data stored in a geographic information system (GIS). All sessions...
Blazers host two homes games this week
KAMLOOPS – The Kamloops Blazers will host two home games this week as the Portland Winterhawks and Prince George Cougars each make their first visits to Kamloops this season. Wednesday, Nov. 19 against the Portland Winterhawks is ‘Great Canadian Hockey Night’ as legendary sports entertainer Cameron Hughes returns to help rock the Interior Savings Centre....
Man stabbed after offering homeless man shelter
SPALLUMCHEEN - Compassionate intentions were turned against an Armstrong resident when a homeless man he invited home for food and shelter allegedly stabbed him overnight Friday. The 36-year-old victim who lives in the 1400-block of McLeod Road in Spallumcheen asked the homeless man if he wanted to come home with him for a hot shower,...
Top Gear to film in the Okanagan
PENTICTON - Local fans of the British television show Top Gear will be happy to know the series will be shooting highway footage in the South Okanagan and Boundary regions for the popular show. Filming begins in the latter part of November, according to a media release from the Okanagan Film Commission. The group in...
ELECTION 2014: PEACHLAND ELECTS CINDY FORTIN
PEACHLAND - Cindy Fortin is the mayor of Peachland district but it was a tight race for three of five on the ballot for the Nov. 15, 2014 civic election. Fortin received 603 votes, but Keith Fielding was right behind her with 533 and Eric Hall received 412. Bruce Letendre received 158 and Ernie Hurd...
ELECTION 2014: LAKE COUNTRY RE-ELECTS James Baker
LAKE COUNTRY - James Baker has won the mayor's seat once again for Lake Country District with 1215 votes in a close race against Jayson McCarthy who received 990 during the civic election held Nov. 15, 2014. There are 9316 estimated elegible voters in Lake Country and 2219 votes were cast, meaning the turnout was...
Carport fire threatens multiple Kelowna homes
KELOWNA - There was more than one home at risk when a fire broke out in a carport at Veechio's Corner Sunday night. Firefighters were called to the fire located at 2591 Highway 97 north at 7:38 p.m. and managed to extinguish the blaze and keep it from spreading to other units close to the...
Anti-pipeline protesters rally on Burnaby Mountain as injunction nears
BURNABY, B.C. – Anti-pipeline protesters are organizing a mass gathering on Burnaby Mountain just before an injunction takes effect ordering activists off the Metro Vancouver conservation site.
ELECTION 2014: Doug Findlater wins third term as mayor of West Kelowna
WEST KELOWNA - Doug Findlater is once again mayor of the District of West Kelowna and he will have a familiar face back at the council table—former mayor Rosalind Neis. Neis is one of only two non-incumbents to win a seat. She joins newcomer Rusty Ensign at the council table, replacing long-timer valley politician David...
Spirit of the West and Barney Bentall to headline Gold Medal Plates
KELOWNA - The 2015 Canadian Culinary Championships is taking shape with Spirit of the West and Barney Bentall scheduled to headline at the the event that crowns Canada's number one chef. Front men John Mann and Geoffrey Kelly will join band member and guitarist Matthew Harder and Canadian pop/rock legend Barney Bentall as the featured...
Pronounced dead, 91-year-old Polish woman awakens
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish doctor says she has been in "deep shock" since learning that a 91-year-old woman she pronounced dead woke up in a morgue several hours later.
Kamloops couple says court actions means they’re being ‘persecuted for being Indian’
KAMLOOPS - A First Nations couple facing poaching charges claim they are being “persecuted for being Indian.” Jay Coutts and Fara Palmer were in provincial court in Kamloops on Thursday to fight the charges, saying their aboriginal rights are being violated. They have been charged with one count each of trafficking in wildlife, while Coutts...
Kelowna publishing house gets support from federal government
KELOWNA - A local publishing house received a $44,000 boost from the federal government's Canada Book Fund. Wood Lake Publishing located in Winfield produces spiritual literature and has published more than 200 titles since 1980 when the company was founded. Through the $39.1 million Canada Book Fund, Canadian Heritage gives support to around 300 Canadian...
Traffic signal upgrades at KLO and Gordon
KELOWNA - Upgrades are underway at the intersection of KLO Road and Gordon Drive to replace aging traffic signals. The majority of the work will be performed outside of peak commute times, from 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., to minimize traffic delays. Rotating, single lane closures will also be in effect. The upgrades are scheduled...
Kelowna voter numbers surpass 5,000 at advance polls
KELOWNA - The third day of advance polling for the City of Kelowna civic election resulted in another 1,154 votes by the time polls closed at 8 p.m. Thursday. Two locations were open for voters, with 538 cast at City Hall and 616 at Okanagan College. Total votes over the three days of advance voting...
Family of aboriginal girl with cancer can opt for traditional medicine: Judge
BRANTFORD, Ont. – The family of an 11-year-old aboriginal girl with cancer has a constitutional right to opt for traditional medicine over chemotherapy, an Ontario judge ruled Friday in what some observers called a landmark decision.
UBC scholars awarded $500,000 in SSHRC grants
Ten UBC Okanagan students are sharing $500,000 in scholarship grants announced recently by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. The fellowships and grants are awarded to promising students in master, doctoral and postdoctoral programs. Among those awarded to UBC Okanagan scholars and students: Doctoral degree recipients: - Alysha Baker, psychology, $105,000...
New parking lot open for KGH emergency room patients and visitors
KELOWNA - The new parking lot is now open for patients and visitors to the emergency department at Kelowna General Hospital. Located on Royal Avenue between Long and Pandosy Streets, the lot is conveniently located directly across from the Emergency Department with 42 public pay parking spots available 24 hours per day, seven days a...
Penticton based artist’s dark vision of life on display at YLW
KELOWNA - The latest art gracing the walls of the Kelowna Airport's departure gates come from the imagination of a Penticton-based artist. Johann Wessels has created the installation entitled Side Show, describing it as a parallel to touring exhibitions of art — the production rolls into town and people turn out to take in the...
World Parks Congress sees Canadian First Nations land management as a model
OTTAWA – Amid the court challenges, war of words, sit-ins and street protests that have marked First Nations relations with Canada's resource sector, it might surprise some Canadians that aboriginal land management in this country is being held up as a model to the world.
Regional District advance voting opportunities over
CENTRAL OKANAGAN - Advance Voting opportunities are over now in this year’s Regional District election for Central Okanagan West Electoral Area Director. In the two advance voting opportunities 227 people cast ballots to choose a new Regional Board Director. That compares with 104 advance votes in the 2011 election and 114 in 2008. “This Saturday,...