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Kelowna Rockets ranked 5th as 2014-15 season approaches

KELOWNA - The Kelowna Rockets has been ranked fifth in the BMO CHL top ten pre-season rankings. The Canadian Hockey league announced the pre-season edition of rankings Wednesday. The weekly rankings of top-10 teams are selected by a panel of the National Hockey League scouts.  The 2014-15 CHL regular season schedule started last night in...

Cancer that claimed Terry Fox now highly curable, other sarcomas still challenging

TORONTO – At the time Terry Fox was treated for the bone cancer that claimed his leg and eventually led to his death in 1981, few patients survived that kind of malignancy, known as an osteosarcoma. But advances in treatment over the last few decades have dramatically altered that grim prognosis, with the majority of patients today not only keeping their limbs, but many also surviving the cancer.

Police continue search for alleged TV thief

PENTICTON - Police continue to look for a suspect they say assaulted a Walmart employee when asked to show the receipt for a TV he was allegedly in the process of stealing. The event happened Tuesday, June 3, 2014 and police hope posting a picture will help jog someone's memory. The man was caught on...

Alleged drug trafficker taken off Vernon streets

VERNON - An alleged dial-a-dope trafficker was arrested Wednesday in Vernon following an RCMP targeted investigation. Cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine were seized and a 21-year-old man was taken into custody by Vernon Targeted Policing members. He was later released on a promise to appear in court. Three charges of possession of drugs for the purpose...

Car crashes into West Kelowna storefront

WEST KELOWNA - Valley First Financial in West Kelowna will need a few repairs to their storefront after a car jumped the sidewalk and crashed, breaking windows and buckling some of the surrounding framework. The business is located at 3550 Carrington Road, unit 201, across the lot from Canadian Tire. According to police, the driver...

Names of thousands read at 9/11 commemoration

With the solemn toll of a bell and a moment of silence, the nation paused Thursday to mark the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks at the hallowed site just hours after President Obama promised to root out and destroy a new group of terrorists threatening the U.S.

Now open, 9/11 museum sees influx of new artifacts

NEW YORK (AP) — After seeing the new National September 11 Memorial Museum, one victim's widow decided to donate one of her husband's FDNY paramedic shirts, karate uniforms and beloved baseball jersey.

Federal program focuses on “root causes” of missing aboriginal women

OTTAWA - One of the Conservative government's key programs on missing and murdered aboriginal women includes a focus on "addressing the root causes," despite the prime minister's suggestion that sociology isn't the right lens to use. The $5.7-million Aboriginal Community Safety Development Contribution Program was created in 2010 as part of the government's larger initiative...

30,000 Calgary customers without power after second large snowfall of summer

CALGARY - You can almost hear those sleighbells ringing this morning as folks in Calgary dig out from a second dumping of snow in a 48-hour period. And it's not over yet. The city is currently under a snowfall warning, according to Environment Canada, with a possible 10-15 centemetres on the way, laying a third...

UBC professor named a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

KELOWNA - It is the highest honour to be bestowed upon a Canadian academic. UBC Okanagan’s John Klironomos, an expert in plant and soil ecology, has been named a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC). The RSC made its announcement today, listing more than 90 university academics as the newest fellows admitted into...

Man taken to hospital following head-on collision in Kelowna

KELOWNA - A 22-year-old driver's alleged failure to yield to oncoming traffic caused a crash at Harvey Avenue and Richter Street last night, according to police. Mounties say the incident happened at Sept. 8 at about 8 p.m. when the driver of a Ford Mustang allegedly failed to yield to an oncoming Subaru. The cars...