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Former co-accused in smuggling case will be paid to testify
KELOWNA - A Supreme Court Justice ruled Friday that a West Kelowna man living in Manitoba will be reimbursed for expenses incurred while testifying in a criminal trial in Kelowna. Barry Ready, now 53, was at one time a co-accused in the trial of Clifford Roger Montgomery and Tariz Mohammed Aslam of Surrey. Both men...
This is what methotrexate looks like
"I WANT TO RUN AND IT WON'T GO AWAY." KELOWNA – It all started with a pain in nine-year-old Liam’s leg. His parents, Shilo Lauinger and Amber Bigelow, took him to their family doctor in Kelowna expecting a diagnosis of a pulled muscle. A PET scan was scheduled and instead of a pulled muscle, they...
Homeless man from Ashcroft injured in blast, being treated in Vancouver
ASHCROFT – A homeless man is being treated for burns at Vancouver General Hospital after lighting a cigarette near a leaky propane tank around 9:30 a.m. yesterday morning. The 71-year-old was staying in a tent near a railroad siding, owned by Ashcroft Terminal. “He had a propane tank inside the tent that we suspect was...
UPDATE: Missing Alberta girls found safe in Boston Bar
VULCAN Alta. - An Amber Alert issued in British Columbia for two girls taken by their biological mother from a school near Vulcan, Alta. was deactivated shortly after 5 p.m. after the two girls and their mother were found safe in Boston Bar. Taya Zamra Meisel, 6, and her sister, Talisha Jayden Meisel, 12, were...