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KAMLOOPS — As bears wake-up hungry from their winter naps, people living near forested areas are being asked to take precautions to avoid conflicts with the bruins. Frank Ritcey with Wildsafe B.C. says they've already had a bear sighting near the dikes in Kamloops. Bear encounters in urban areas have actually been dramatically decreasing over...
TORONTO – Pass interference should be subject to video review during the upcoming CFL season, the league’s rules committee announced Thursday.

VERNON - A Vernon face isn’t shying away from the camera after losing ET Canada’s guest co-host competition. Griffon Burton, 21, bid farewell to the three remaining finalists (Cassie, Anthony and Mozdah) and thanked ET Canada for the amazing opportunity in a quirky YouTube video. The bubbly family photographer from Vernon was in Toronto at...
ALAMOGORDO, N.M. – New Mexico environmental regulators are blocking two companies from digging up an Alamogordo landfill in search of a rumoured cache of what some consider the worst Atari video game of all time.

TORONTO – Since May 2013, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has been embroiled in controversy that began with published reports of a video that allegedly shows him appearing to smoke crack cocaine. A confession of drug use came months later, followed by other videos showing him in expletive-laced tirades and eventually a stint in rehab for substance abuse. Here are some notable moments in the Rob Ford controversy:

TORONTO – A media lawyer says the latest documents released in the police investigation into Toronto’s mayor contain a police description of the video appearing to show Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine.
TORONTO – The CFL is considering whether to make pass interference subject to video review, the league announced Tuesday.

KAMLOOPS — Ajax Mining Inc. stepped out of the shadows this week with the release of a new video, a commercial that asks the community to focus on a conversation based on scientific facts and real information. The video was previewed at a private event for supporters on Saturday before being released online Monday. External...

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Chasing down the top spot at the box office after debuting at No. 2 last week, "Mr. Peabody & Sherman" took the lead in its second weekend.

STREAKING THREAT TO CULTURAL HERITAGE

TORONTO – Disturbing video showing employees of one of the world’s leading turkey producers clubbing, kicking and otherwise abusing the hapless birds is evidence of a culture of cruelty and neglect at the factory farm, an animal-rights group said Friday.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Tom Bergeron is leaving “America’s Funniest Home Videos” at the end of next season, but William Shatner is not quitting Twitter.

AUSTIN, Texas – Bitcoin, 3-D printed candy and George Takei, the Star Trek-actor-turned-Facebook-phenomenon, are among the attractions this week at the South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, where the geek set is slowly filing out to make room for hordes of musicians descending on the city.
TORONTO – An internet cat video festival featuring feline fan Laureen Harper is headed to Toronto.

ALLENDALE, Mich. – What did the president of a Michigan university do on spring break? He made a snow angel, napped on an empty bus and read a book in a greenhouse.

MONTREAL – It seems Pierre Karl Peladeau’s jump into politics is sparking an unexpected backlash against one of his companies.
KELOWNA – The trial of a B.C. man accused in a 1999 slaying has seen a chilling video in which he speaks casually to an undercover officer about killing and burying the victim.

KAMLOOPS — A video showing a high profile assault with a longboard was released by a Kamloops Provincial Court judge last week. But we noticed something else in the video—see just how many people appear to not take any interest in an injured Michael Forry lying motionless on the sidewalk that day. We counted more...

AUSTIN, Texas – NSA leaker Edward Snowden is getting ready to speak at this year’s South By Southwest Interactive Festival.
BOCA RATON, Fla. – Overtime changes and video review are expected to be top items on the agenda as the NHL general managers meeting get underway in Boca Raton.
To figure out two things NHL general managers will be discussing at their annual March meeting, look no further than the controversial game the Los Angeles Kings and Detroit Red Wings played in mid-January.

AUSTIN, Texas – Speaking over Skype from the Ecuadorian embassy in London, fugitive WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said his living situation is a bit like prison — with a more lenient visitor policy.
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – The trial of a B.C. man accused in a 1999 slaying has seen a chilling video in which he speaks casually to an undercover officer about killing and burying the victim.
MIAMI – Miami prosecutors have released police video of Justin Bieber giving urine for a drug test, with sensitive portions blacked out as ordered by a judge.