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B.C. judge dismisses drunk-driving law challenge, saying it protects public
KAMLOOPS – A B.C. Supreme Court judge has dismissed a constitutional challenge of the province's amended drunk-driving laws, saying they're designed to protect the public, not the rights of individual drivers.
UPDATE: Broken valve leaks slurry at New Gold
KAMLOOPS - Management at the New Gold mine west of Kamloops are looking at how they can prevent a similar type of leak from happening in the future after 16-20 cubic metres of slurry leaked into a secondary dry ditch on site last night. Environment and Social Responsibility Manager Scott Davidson says the small leak...
Get ready for a spectacular holiday show at the SOEC
PENTICTON - The Christmas season will be a little more spectacular because Cirque Musica is partnering with the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra for a family holiday event in Penticton. The South Okanagan Events Centre will host Cirque Musica Holiday Spectacular, as show that blends acrobatics with symphonic music, December 16. It all starts at 7:30 p.m....
Kamloops named host of the 2016 women’s world hockey championship
KAMLOOPS – Kamloops will host the 2016 IIHF women's world hockey championship, bringing the tournament to British Columbia for the first time in its 26-year history.
Justice minister insists new prostitution bill will protect sex workers
OTTAWA – The ultimate goal of the federal government's proposed new prostitution legislation is to end the sex trade in Canada altogether, Justice Minister Peter MacKay said Tuesday.
B.C. city asks court to block Kinder Morgan pipeline work
BURNABY, B.C. – A Vancouver-area city is launching a court challenge over its long-standing opposition to Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain oil pipeline.
Home Depot confirms data breach, says it affected customers in Canada, U.S.
TORONTO – Home Depot has confirmed that security at its payment system was breached and that customers who made credit card purchases at its Canadian and U.S. stores could be affected.
What is provincial government doing about B.C. mine spill, residents ask
VANCOUVER – Residents of the small British Columbia community of Likely, downstream of a mine breach, say they don't trust that the provincial government is dealing with the disaster.
Trial begins into alleged Ponzi scheme called largest in Canadian history
CALGARY – A trial began Monday into an alleged multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme that investigators say bilked thousands of investors around the world.
Lawyer for Luka Rocco Magnotta looking for intelligent and open-minded jurors
MONTREAL – Luka Rocco Magnotta's lawyer says he is looking for open-minded and intelligent people to serve as jurors in his client's first-degree murder trial.
Regional District Director and School Trustee Candidate Nominations Open
While this fall’s Local Government Elections are still a few months away, the nomination process for potential candidates is underway in the Regional District of Central Okanagan. Nomination papers are now available for the Regional District of Central Okanagan Director and School Trustee elections on Nov. 15. Those people picking up nomination papers for the...
Online Bid Opportunity Services Enhanced
Those looking to provide goods and services to the District of West Kelowna now have a new way of signing up for and keeping track of bid opportunities. The new web service bids.districtofwestkelowna.ca allows vendors to view bid opportunities and/or register as plan takers to receive information on Invitations to Tender, Requests for Proposals and...
Open house for Pottery Road reconstruction
The public is invited to attend the Pottery Road Reconstruction Project open house at the City of Vernon Council Chambers on Wednesday, September 3, 2014 from 4:30 to 6 pm. For more information about this open house, please contact Richard Bedard, City of Vernon municipal design technician, at 250-550-3590 or rbedard@vernon.ca.
Paving project will smooth out 42 km of Kamloops area roads
KAMLOOPS - The ministry is set to begin digging into a $7.8 million, 42-kilometre Kamloops area road paving plan Wednesday. Dawson Construction of Kamloops was contracted to start working Sept. 10 on the Hwy 1 corridor from Vicars Road to Grand Boulevard. During the first phase they'll also tackle improvements to the westbound truck climbing...
Serious respiratory illness strikes kids across 12 American states
CHICAGO – Hundreds of children in about a dozen states have been sickened by a severe respiratory illness that public health officials suspect may be caused by an uncommon virus similar to the germ that causes the common cold.
Kamloops RCMP investigate overnight stabbing
KAMLOOPS - A stabbing overnight in the area of Nicolani Drive in Kamloops was not a random incident according to police. The investigation into the incident that happened at about 2 a.m. is still in the early stages. Residents told RCMP a 38-year-old man was yelling in the street he'd been stabbed. He was taken...
UPDATE: Lake Country traffic accident claims a life
LAKE COUNTRY - Police were at the scene of a fatal accident in the northbound lanes of Highway 97 near the Pelmewash Parkway turnoff Monday morning. RCMP say the incident happened during the morning commute at 6:24 a.m. A Kelowna man in his early 20's was refueling his car with a jerry can at the...
Traffic incident clogs northbound lanes of Hwy 97 during morning commute
LAKE COUNTRY - Police were at the scene of an incident in the northbound lanes of Highway 97 near the Pelmewash Parkway turnoff this morning. The incident happened during the morning commute, between 6:24 a.m. and traffic was held up. (An updated version of this story has been posted.) To contact the reporter for this...
British royal couple expecting second child
LONDON – Prince George is not going to be an only child for long — the toddler will soon have a baby sister or brother to share his fancy digs at Kensington Palace.
More classes cancelled as B.C. teachers strike goes into second week of school
VANCOUVER – All half a million of British Columbia's public school students remain locked out of their classrooms at the start of the second week of the school year as the teachers strike continues.
B.C. to address Supreme Court ruling, chiefs’ hangings: Premier Clark
VICTORIA – Christy Clark will be British Columbia's first premier to visit the controversial Tsilhqot'in Nation territory as she negotiates a new relationship with an aboriginal group that has a recent high court rights ruling and 150 years of ill feelings over the hangings of six of its chiefs.
Trade barriers between provinces a ‘perfect storm of dumb’: Industry Minister
VANCOUVER – Federal Industry Minister James Moore says trade barriers between provinces are "the perfect storm of dumb."
Coroner identifies Kelowna residents who died in crash near Quesnel
Quesnel - The B.C. Coroners Service has identified two Kelowna area residents who died in a head-on collision near Quesnel Thursday. They were Brian Scott Knutson, 48, of Westbank and Alma Helen Wert, 70, of Kelowna. The third person who died, 73-year-old Shirley Wakefield, was from New Hazelton. Knutson was the sole occupant of a...
Week of carnage on B.C. roads results in the deaths of 20 people, including two from Kelowna
VANCOUVER – Twenty people have died on British Columbia's highways and roads in the last week, 10 of them within the last 24 hours.