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Hitchhiking robot enters the Okanagan during final leg of Halifax-to-Victoria journey
KELOWNA – The chatty, social-media-savvy robot that's been thumbing rides with Canadians over the past three weeks is nearing the end of its Halifax-to-Victoria hitchhiking adventure.
RCMP trafficking investigation leads to charges
KELOWNA - Two alleged drug traffickers were charged after a three-month RCMP investigation targeting prolific offenders in the community. The men, Jonathan Orgill, 33, and Kody Perrault, 21, along with a third unnamed person were taken into custody following the search of a residence on the 1200 block of Leathead Road August 1. With a...
B.C. First Nations band evicts company that owns Mount Polley tailings pond
CHASE, – A First Nations band in British Columbia has issued an eviction notice to the company that owns the Mount Polley tailings pond, which spilled millions of cubic metres of waste in the Cariboo region.
Fraser Institute study notes the average Canadian family spending more on taxes
VANCOUVER – The average Canadian family is spending more on taxes than on food, shelter and clothing combined, according to a new study by the Fraser Institute, but at least one economist cautions that the findings need to be seen in context.
Fish safe, water ban near B.C. mine tailings spill mostly lifted
LIKELY, B.C. – Health officials in B.C. have lifted most of a water ban that was put in place following a massive mine tailings spill, while also declaring fish from the area are safe to eat.
Appreciation: Lauren Bacall, a black-and-white screen goddess of the shadows
NEW YORK, N.Y. – "Anybody got a match?" was Lauren Bacall's first line, in Howard Hawks "To Have and Have Not," and, ever since, captive moviegoers have been desperately fumbling for a light.
Canada to donate experimental Ebola vaccine to West African outbreak response
TORONTO – A made-in-Canada experimental Ebola vaccine will be offered for use in the West African outbreak response, the Public Health Agency of Canada revealed Tuesday.
Robin Williams hanged himself with belt, found by personal assistant, sheriff’s official says
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. - Authorities on Tuesday detailed how Robin Williams' took his life, saying the actor and comedian hanged himself with a belt in a bedroom of his San Francisco Bay Area home. Marin County Sheriff's Lt. Keith Boyd said Williams was last seen alive by his wife Sunday night when she went to...
Motorcyclist who died in collision with truck identified
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Coroners Service has identified a motorcyclist killed in a collision with a pickup truck in Kamloops Sunday. He was Michael Joseph Bourget, 32, of Kamloops. At the time, Kamloops RCMP Sgt. Michael Buxton-Carr said the pickup truck was headed west when it met the eastbound motorcycle in the 300 block of...
Supporters light up awaiting ‘Prince of Pot’ return to Canada after US sentence
WINDSOR, Ont. – Supporters of the country's self-styled "Prince of Pot" are gathering in Windsor, Ont., ahead of his return to Canada after finishing a U.S. sentence for selling marijuana seeds to customers across the border.
UPDATE: Manhunt in Vernon leads to arrests in Kelowna
VERNON - RCMP have four people in custody after members launched a manhunt this morning in response to a report of shots fired in downtown Vernon. According to Global Okanagan, police contained an area near Polson Park to search for three suspects near the Green Valley Motel. Close to noon, plainclothes Kelowna RCMP officers spotted...
Family Guy tattoo paints pepper-spray attacker into conviction corner
KAMLOOPS – A pepper-spray attack on a 13-year-old boy working the register at a Kamloops restaurant was still not enough to disguise the assailant, or his prominent Family Guy tattoo.
Firefighters battle mill blaze in Coldstream
COLDSTREAM - Firefighters remain at the scene of a large blaze that broke out inside a Coldstream lumber mill. Coldstream fire chief Shane Code says they’re finally getting a hold on the fire after more than two hours. “We feel we’ve got a choke hold on it. We’ve stopped its advancement and we think we...
Body discovered on Skaha Lake Road
PENTICTON - A police investigation has been launched to find out what happened to a person found dead on Skaha Lake Road this morning. The body was discovered in front of an apartment building in the 3900 block of Skaha Lake Road by a couple taking an early morning walk, according to Global Okanagan. It's...
Police need help finding man who stole elderly woman’s purse
KELOWNA - Police are looking for the man who allegedly stole an elderly woman's purse Monday morning. The 79-year-old woman was walking home in the 700 block of Badke Road and pulling a folding cart full of groceries when she was shoved to the ground and her purse was taken at 10:05 a.m. Aug. 11....
First Nations health officials to start salmon testing after B.C. mine spill
LIKELY, B.C. – First Nations health officials are preparing to test salmon near the site of a massive mine tailing spill in British Columbia amid fears in aboriginal communities that fish from affected lakes and rivers aren't safe to eat.
COSAR team rescues injured horseback rider
WEST KELOWNA - COSAR was called to help with a rescue after a man riding horseback along a remote stretch of Okanagan Lake was thrown and suffered a broken leg Monday. The accident happened at about 7 p.m. Aug. 11 and B.C. Ambulance was called first to help the injured 40-year-old man, but because the...
First Nations alliance launches court challenge of B.C. Treaty process
VANCOUVER – A stack of overlapping land claims by First Nations is a "cancer" within British Columbia's treaty process, says a prominent provincial chief spearheading a court challenge of the decades-old method of negotiating aboriginal rights and title in the province.
Canadian comics remember Robin Williams as influential stand-up icon
TORONTO – Canadian comedians are mourning the death of American comic and actor Robin Williams as the loss of one of comedy's greats.
First Nations health officials to start salmon testing after B.C. mine spill
LIKELY, B.C. – First Nations health officials are preparing to test salmon near the site of a mine tailings spill in British Columbia's Interior to determine whether the fish are safe to eat.
B.C. teachers, employer plan more face time after renewed negotiations
VANCOUVER – B.C.'s unionized teachers and their employer will return to the bargaining table this week after restarting negotiations just weeks before the new school year.
Robin Williams, 63, has died
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) — Oscar-winner Robin Williams, whose free-form comedy and adept impressions dazzled audiences for decades, has died in an apparent suicide. He was 63. The Marin County Sheriff's Office says Williams was pronounced dead at his home in California on Monday. The sheriff's office says a preliminary investigation shows the cause of...
RCMP looking for teens after cars vandalized
PENTICTON - Mounties don't know the identity of two teenagers reportedly seen scratching cars and slashing tires near the Casino Sunday morning so they're turning to the public for help. At about 5:33 a.m. Penticton RCMP received a report of two teenage males on BMX bikes damaging cars at the Penticton Lake City Casino parkade,...
Epileptic B.C. girl makes dramatic recovery, family pushes for pot oil research
SUMMERLAND – The two-year-old Summerland girl whose family is feeding her illegal cannabis oil has had a dramatic improvement in her seizure disorder.