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Crowd-sourcing healthcare?
A long and dark list materializes when tabulating the health problems plaguing First Nations communities across Canada: HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis, nutritional...
Cop smashes car window
Vancouver police say a YouTube video of an officer smashing the window of a car he had just pulled over doesn't tell the whole story. The video, posted...
Woman rescued from river
A woman and her dog were rescued from the fast-moving waters of Lynn Creek, Saturday. The woman was walking along the river when the pet jumped in, said North...
Castanet's week in review
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Avalanche, warning issued
An avalanche near Revelstoke reportedly buried a snowmobiler Friday afternoon. A post on Avalanche Canada says that a helicopter assisted search mission aided...
New legal centre for parents
The B.C. government is hoping to reduce the number of child-protection cases going to court by opening a new legal centre for parents. The Parents Legal Centre...
Wine task force initiated
A newly created task force will help boost the wine industry in B.C. The B.C. Wine Appellation Task Group includes 11 leading British Columbia wine producers...
Another shooting at Coast
A shooting in Burnaby Friday afternoon is under investigation by RCMP. Witnesses heard screaming on the 3800 block of Hastings Street about 3 p.m. A woman named...
Homeless won't have to pay
Legal advocates for a group of homeless people in B.C.'s Fraser Valley say they won't have to pay tens of thousands of dollars to access police...
Highway 6 reopened
Highway 6 is now reopened one kilometre west of Needles Ferry Dock after drainage installation and highway rebuilding. It had been closed for a month following...
Alleged assailant charged
A man has been charged after a Vancouver woman was allegedly tied up and sexually assaulted by an intruder in her home. Vancouver Police Const. Brian Montague...
Wildfire near Merritt
AM 1130 is reporting a 10-15 hectare fire on the side of Highway 8, west of Merritt. The Vancouver station spoke with the Kamloops Wildfire Centre, who said the...
Judges win pay battle
Provincial court judges in British Columbia have won a round in a long-standing battle against the government over pay and pension. Salary and pension...
$30M in fines for fraud
The B.C. Securities Commission has permanently banned two men from the province's capital markets over what it says was one of the largest cases of fraud in...
Boundary changes for some
The B.C. Electoral Boundaries Commission is recommending riding changes in the North and South Okanagan. While no significant changes were recommended for the...
13 charged in drug bust
Thirteen people have been charged with more than 60 offences in a sweeping drug investigation. A total of 66 drug and firearms charges have been laid following...
Valley restaurants in top 100
A new list of the 100 best places to eat in Canada has been released, and 19 B.C. restaurants have made the cut – including three from the Okanagan. West...
Abbott blasts treaty decision
The man whose job was pulled from under him as the head of the B.C. Treaty Commission says he's convinced Premier Christy Clark will pay a political price...
Charges stayed in fatal crash
Charges have been stayed against a transport truck driver who was involved in a crash that killed a Mountie in Surrey. Const. Adrian Oliver died in November...
X-Files returns to Vancouver
The X-Files is returning to Vancouver, sci-fi series villain "the Smoking Man" confirms. Local actor William B. Davis played the shadowy character on...