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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.

CALGARY – A trial began Monday into an alleged multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme that investigators say bilked thousands of investors around the world.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.
VERNON - Another candidate tossed a hat into the ring Friday morning for the upcoming Vernon mayoral race. Mary-Jo O’Keefe stood before a crowd at Davison Orchards to announce her intention. In her speech, O’Keefe said her 15 years of experience serving on the Vernon school board and second consecutive term as city councillor will...

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...

VERNON - There’s a new face in the quest for Vernon’s next mayor. Victor Cumming, 59, announced Thursday he will run for the role in the November municipal election. Current mayor Rob Sawatzky recently said he won’t be seeking reelection. “I believe I have the necessary experience, expertise, sense of humor, and the desire to...

KELOWNA - RCMP are scouring the neighbourhood for information following a small rash of break and enters in Rutland last week. All three homes targeted were in the Huckleberry and Jack Pine Road area and entered in broad daylight, between the hours of 7:30 a.m and 5 p.m. Items such as jewelry, passports, golf clubs,...

KELOWNA - Two women violating parole might have gone on to violate another day if they hadn’t drawn attention to themselves Tuesday. Kelowna RCMP Const. Sheldon Herman was conducting a routine patrol along Highway 33 when he noticed a black Mustang near Bryden Road. He ran the plates and discovered the car belonged to a...

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.

VANCOUVER – Federal Industry Minister James Moore says trade barriers between provinces are "the perfect storm of dumb."

VANCOUVER – Twenty people have died on British Columbia's highways and roads in the last week, 10 of them within the last 24 hours.