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Vancouver Canucks will miss Demko, Joshua, others to start training camp
PENTICTON, B.C. — Rick Tocchet has already warned his Vancouver Canucks players — the looming…
Vancouver Canucks star goalie Thatcher Demko working through rare muscle injury
PENTICTON, B.C. — Thatcher Demko and his medical team have spent the last few months…
Canucks training camp ‘nerve wracking’ for new addition DeBrusk
PENTICTON, B.C. — Jake DeBrusk had a bit of an unfamiliar feeling as he prepared…
Vancouver Canucks goalie Silovs confident, calm heading into new season
PENTICTON, B.C. — Arturs Silovs was the Vancouver Canucks breakout star during last season’s playoffs…
Newcomer Kiefer Sherwood brings speed, physicality to Vancouver Canucks
PENTICTON, B.C. — Kiefer Sherwood spent several nights last spring chasing Quinn Hughes around the…
Eby promises $75 million rural health loan forgiveness plan at Okanagan campaign stop
VERNON, B.C. — NDP Leader David Eby is promising a $75-million loan forgiveness program to…
Vancouver Canucks eager to build on playoff experience as new season begins
VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks got a taste of playoff hockey last season — now…
Goalie Kevin Lankinen ‘living day by day’ with Vancouver Canucks
VANCOUVER — Kevin Lankinen has made a point of focusing on what’s in front of…
Police watchdog called after fatal shooting in Penticton, B.C.
PENTICTON, B.C. — Mounties in British Columbia’s southern Interior say they’ve notified the provincial police…
Einarson adapts to constant lineup shuffling on her curling team
Kerri Einarson has come to terms with flux in her curling team’s lineup. The four-time…
Interior Health fined after hospital workers exposed to illicit substance
PENTICTON, B.C. — British Columbia’s Interior Health Authority has been fined nearly $275,000 after workers…
Taylor Swift tells rapturous Vancouver fans why she chose city to end Eras Tour
VANCOUVER — Pop megastar Taylor Swift said there was a reason she chose Vancouver and…
Here’s the latest on Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour in Vancouver
VANCOUVER — Superstar Taylor Swift is in Vancouver tonight for the first of three shows…
UBC med students are offering free coaching on staying healthy
Medical students at the University of British Columbia are offering free, online preventive-health coaching sessions…
Woman’s death in Kelowna’s Waterfront Park non-criminal: RCMP
A woman’s body was found in the lagoon at Waterfront Park in Kelowna in June…
RCMP ask for help to find missing Kamloops woman
Kamloops RCMP are asking for the public’s help to find a missing 19-year-old woman. Holy…
Want to make sex work safer? Decriminalize it, study says
When sex workers are able to form relationships with co-workers, they can boost their odds…
‘A slap in the face’: Concerns swirl about Copper Mountain Mine’s consultation process
The co-owners of the Copper Mountain Mine struggled to earn the trust and approval of…
It’s time to get tested for syphilis in BC (and it’s free)
Fraser Health has launched a public awareness campaign encouraging pregnant people and people with syphilis…
‘It’s scary’: Similkameen bands say once-pristine waterways tainted by mine waste
Facing questions from sm?lqmíx community members about mine contamination in a Similkameen Valley creek, a…
In Similkameen homelands, mining operations threaten syilx Okanagan laws, identity
Madison Terbasket grew up learning about syilx title and rights from her culture’s worldview as…
How worried should we be about bird flu, lyme disease and rabies in BC?
California declaring a public health emergency over bird flu, which hospitalized a British Columbia teenager…
RCMP ask for public’s help to find missing Kamloops man
Kamloops RCMP are asking for the public’s help to find a missing 45-year-old man. Paul…
Penticton council throws its support behind proposed walk-in clinic
Penticton city council threw its enthusiastic support behind the proposed new community walk-in clinic scheduled…