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These contractors will protect your BC home from a wildfire — if you’ve got the right insurance
American wildfire contractors are well into their first season protecting homes from BC forest fires.…
Jessie Simpson’s mom publishing book about son’s near fatal attack
It has been nine years since Jessie Simpson was brutally beaten with a baseball bat…
BC First Nation and feds hatch plan to save sockeye
More than 50 years after the Gitanyow first raised concerns over the diminishing Kitwanga sockeye…
The twins are here! A second set of giant panda cubs has been born in Berlin
BERLIN (AP) — The Berlin Zoo announced Friday that longtime resident giant panda Meng Meng…
Canadian author, therapist Kaleigh Trace on what sex and death have in common
If you want the best sex of your life, you’re going to have to be…
Labour board orders rail workers back on the job as Teamsters vow to appeal
Freight trains must start rolling again first thing Monday morning, the federal labour board ruled…
Adventure, wander and explore at this Kelowna film festival
There's a new film festival coming to Kelowna in September and it promises to be…
Driver missing after truck plunges off Highway 1 bridge in Sicamous, B.C.
SICAMOUS, B.C. – A semi-trailer truck has plunged 18 metres off a highway bridge in…
Feeling groggy in the afternoon? Here’s how to nap the right way
Now that she’s working from home, Kendra King takes an early afternoon nap on most…
Weekend rain dampening B.C. wildfire activity as active blazes numbers drop
VANCOUVER – Rain and cool weather in southern British Columbia is dousing wildfire activity in…
These musicians shred air for the title of world champion
OULU, Finland (AP) — They’re the most fervent musicians no one has ever heard. Performers…
Hammerheads (the garden variety) pose a threat to earthworms
Earthworms, as we know, are garden champions, cleaning the soil by eating their weight in…
Watchdog clears police of criminal offences in handling of Lumby, B.C., death
SURREY, B.C. – British Columbia’s police watchdog group has closed its investigation of a woman’s…
One-third of Canadians report being personally impacted by severe weather: poll
OTTAWA – A new poll suggests more Canadians are feeling the direct impacts of extreme…
Australian penguin Sphen, one half of famed same-sex couple, dies at 11 years old
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Sphen, the elder partner in a world famous same-sex penguin couple…
BUILD KAMLOOPS: Why these BC cities cancelled their counter petitions
BC cities have been using counter petitions for years to gauge voter sentiment on big…
iN VIDEO: Young girls catch massive crayfish in Okanagan Lake
Laura Hecimovic and her family are spending their first summer in Summerland at their new…
iN VIDEO: An Iceland volcano erupts again but spares nearby town, for now
GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Lava continued to spew from a volcano in southwestern Iceland on…
TRENDING NOW: Dog attacked by basket
This will be known from now on as the Basket Incident in this household. They…
West Kelowna fraudster’s insurance scam nets her $15,000 — and jail time
A West Kelowna mom of two, with a lengthy history of ripping people off, will…
‘Dangerous’: Vernon intersection where teen was killed scares many
There are no flowers or a plaque to commemorate the spot where 15-year-old Lynza Henke…
The latest developments in the labour dispute at Canada’s two biggest railways
The federal government is intervening in a countrywide work stoppage at Canada’s two biggest railways,…
Annual cowboy festival at O’Keefe Ranch in Vernon runs wild this weekend
Giddy up and get ready for Vernon’s annual Cowboy Festival at the Historic O’Keefe Ranch…
Teamsters challenge minister’s move to resume rail service as shutdown drags on
MONTREAL – Rail workers fought back Friday against the federal government’s move to get them…