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Vees home opener tonight
PENTICTON - The Penticton Vees 2014-15 Home Opener against the Salmon Arm Silverbacks takes place tonight at the South Okanagan Events Centre. The Oct. 3 game starts at 7 p.m. and is the first half of a home-and-home set with the Silverbacks this weekend. The two foes will face one another Saturday in Salmon Arm....
Two Vees named to roster of 2014 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge
PENTICTON - Two players on the Penticton Vees roster will be playing in the 2014 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge, finding themselves among 66 players chosen. Dante Fabbro, was one of 22 players selected on Team Canada Red who are grouped with Sweden, Slovakia and the United States in group B. Fabbro is originally from Coquitlam...
Former premier’s battle with Alzheimer’s inspires $9.1M donation from friend
KELOWNA - Some good may have come when former B.C. Premier Bill Bennett developed Alzheimers disease; it inspired his long-time friend Charles Fipke—a Canadian diamond miner and philanthropist—to donate $9.1 million in Bennett's honour to the University of British Columbia to fund research into the disease. Brad Bennett, son of the former premier attended a...
Rockets’ Dillon Dube named to Team Canada World U-17
KELOWNA - Kelowna Rockets rookie Dillon Dube has been named to one of three Canadian teams participating in the 2014 under-17 Hockey Challenge in Sarnia Ont. this November. Dube, 16, heralds from Alberta and is one of 66 players selected to the three rosters announced by Hockey Canada in partnership with the Canadian Hockey League,...
Blazers solidify coaching staff for the season
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers have secured their coaching staff for the 2014-15 season. Mike Needham joins the team today as the new full-time assistant coach. Needham spent four seasons as the Blazers skills coach and the last three seasons as the head coach of the Okanagan Hockey Bantam Prep team. As well, Chris Murray...
Health officials study respiratory virus and its possible role in muscle weaknesses, deaths
NEW YORK, N.Y. – A wave of severe respiratory illnesses has swept the country in the last two months, propelled by what was long considered an uncommon germ.
Brain-damaged B.C. man alleges RCMP officer who assaulted him on steroids
VANCOUVER – A B.C. man has filed a lawsuit alleging he sustained permanent brain damage at the hands of an RCMP officer whose violence was fuelled by steroids.
City of Vernon wants your pictures for new recreation guide
VERNON - The faces gracing the pages of the Vernon Recreation Services Guide won't be paid models, they could be regular folks around town because the city is asking people to their submit photos for the upcoming Leisure Guide. Greater Vernon Recreation Services is asking the public for photos of families, children, teenagers and seniors...
Hong Kong protesters cancel talks with government after mobs try to drive them from streets
HONG KONG – Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters called off planned talks with the government on electoral reforms Friday after mobs of people tried to drive them from streets they had occupied in one of the city's main shopping areas.
Kelowna Rockets defeat Vancouver Giants
KELOWNA - The Kelowna Rockets defeated the Vancouver Giants 7-5 on Wednesday night at Prospera Place in Kelowna, erasing a 3-0 first period deficit to remain undefeated on the season. After trailing 3-0 to start the second, the Rockets scored six straight goals to take control of the game. Rockets captain Madison Bowey had two...
MAGNOTTA TRIAL: Jury watches Jun Lin on video entering Magnotta’s apartment building
MONTREAL – Video surveillance shown at Luka Rocco Magnotta's first-degree murder trial on Thursday showed Jun Lin entering the killer's apartment building on the day he was last seen alive.
Harper to provide details on Friday of combat mission against ISIL
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Stephen Harper was to outline details on Friday of a proposed combat role for Canada in northern Iraq as the opposition parties were staking out their positions on the issue.
Fire destroys garage on Glenmore Road
KELOWNA - A fire on Glenmore Road north destroyed a garage used for a shop Wednesday. Firefighters were called at about 2:45 p.m. Oct. 2. Lake Country Firefighters were first at 3330 Glenmore Road and reported smoke coming from the roof and windows of the garage, which is separate from the house. Nobody was inside....
Officials: About 80 who had direct, indirect contact with Ebola patient told to watch health
DALLAS – Health officials in Texas have reached out to about 80 people who may have had direct or indirect contact with the man infected with Ebola or someone close to him, a Dallas County Health and Human Services spokeswoman said Thursday.
CIBC Run for the Cure will affect some Vernon travel routes
Travel routes may be affected by the CIBC Run for the Cure event beginning at 10 am on Sunday, October 5, 2014. The five (5) kilometer loop begins at Marshall Field, and continues to Okanagan Landing Rd, Tronson Road, past Kin Beach, Lakeshore Road, Cummins Road, and back to Marshall Field. Motorists are advised to...