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Top Stories for February 10, 2023

Strange object spotted in the sky over Kelowna

Strange object spotted in the sky over Kelowna

Kelowna 5:18 pm - 123,837 views

Several Castanet readers have shared photos of a burning object moving through the sky Friday morning. The fireball was photographed at about 7:15 a.m. and was...

Son ordered to pay in family feud with his mother over Vernon property

Son ordered to pay in family feud with his mother over Vernon property

Vernon 4:00 am - 37,461 views

A Vernon man has been ordered to pay his mother $23,000 and vacate the rural property they had shared since the 1990s. In a BC Supreme Court judgment rendered...

On the Street: Are you cancelling your Netflix account?

On the Street: Are you cancelling your Netflix account?

On the Street 4:00 am - 34,467 views

Netflix is cracking down on password sharing, rolling out a new system in Canada that will prevent multiple households from sharing one account. The streaming...

U.S. downs new 'object' off Alaskan coast, not far from Canadian border: White House

U.S. downs new 'object' off Alaskan coast, not far from Canadian border: White House

Alaska 6:41 pm - 27,009 views

UPDATE 6:40 p.m. A U.S. fighter jet shot an unknown object out of the sky Friday off the coast of Alaska not far from the Canadian border, White House officials...

Kelowna firefighters knock down another suspicious downtown fire

Kelowna firefighters knock down another suspicious downtown fire

Kelowna 11:27 am - 26,876 views

UPDATE 11:25 a.m. It’s not clear if a fire that scorched the backside of a downtown Kelowna commercial building Friday morning was deliberately set, but...

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Probation for woman who had 'dangerous' blowup inside Sahali Tim Hortons

Probation for woman who had 'dangerous' blowup inside Sahali Tim Hortons

Kamloops 4:00 am - 26,720 views

A woman who threw a "dangerous" temper tantrum inside a busy Kamloops Tim Hortons, tossing a register and a coffee maker to the ground, will spend the...

Driver killed after pickup truck collides with semi near Barriere

Driver killed after pickup truck collides with semi near Barriere

Barriere 6:23 am - 26,395 views

UPDATE 6:20 a.m. DriveBC reports the scene at a fatal crash on Highway 5 at Barriere was cleared as of just before 3 a.m. UPDATE 3:10 p.m. DriveBC is reporting...

Suspicious fire doused at Kelowna construction site Thursday night

Suspicious fire doused at Kelowna construction site Thursday night

Kelowna 6:11 am - 24,258 views

Fire broke out at a multi-story building under construction in Kelowna Thursday night. About 10:30 p.m., the Kelowna Fire Department dispatch centre received...

David Lindsay faces assault trial next month, plans to argue RCMP have no jurisdiction to investigate

David Lindsay faces assault trial next month, plans to argue RCMP have no jurisdiction to investigate

Kelowna 2:38 pm - 23,445 views

David Lindsay and his group of loyal followers packed into a Kelowna courtroom Friday morning, three weeks out from his assault trial. And with the trial fast...

Dashcam footage shows two big rigs narrowly missing each other

Dashcam footage shows two big rigs narrowly missing each other

Vernon 7:00 pm - 22,961 views

Dashcam footage captured a close call between two big rigs on Highway 97 north of Vernon recently. The video, posted to the Skilled Truckers Canada Facebook...

New managing partner at Okanagan's largest law firm

New managing partner at Okanagan's largest law firm

Kelowna 4:00 am - 18,159 views

Pushor Mitchell LLP has a new managing partner. Joni Metherell, who started with the Kelowna law firm as an articling student in 1994, has agreed to a...

Concrete truck crashes down steep ravine in BX

Concrete truck crashes down steep ravine in BX

Vernon 9:49 am - 18,130 views

Emergency crews are at the scene of a concrete truck crash on Hartnell Road in BX. BX-Swan Lake Fire Chief Bill Wacey says the truck slid backwards and went...

Police arrest one person, still hunting another, at Lake Country mobile home park

Police arrest one person, still hunting another, at Lake Country mobile home park

Lake Country 12:55 pm - 17,990 views

The Kelowna RCMP says they arrested one person and are still looking for another after a police incident Thursday in Lake Country. Officers swarmed the Duck...

Snowy conditions on the Coquihalla Highway Friday morning

Snowy conditions on the Coquihalla Highway Friday morning

Coquihalla Highway 8:30 am - 17,201 views

Those travelling on the Coquihalla Highway Friday morning can expect snowy and slippery conditions. Environment Canada issued a snowfall warning early Friday...

Video of baseball bat assault shown in Kelowna court Thursday

Video of baseball bat assault shown in Kelowna court Thursday

Kelowna 4:00 am - 15,592 views

A video of a a serious baseball bat assault in the parking lot of a Kelowna hotel was played in Kelowna court Thursday morning Following three days of...

Defamation lawsuit filed by TRU VP against accusers in high-profile misconduct probe

Defamation lawsuit filed by TRU VP against accusers in high-profile misconduct probe

Kamloops 4:00 am - 15,383 views

A Thompson Rivers University vice president who was cleared last month following a year-long investigation into high-profile allegations of serious misconduct...

Vancouver air pollution equivalent to smoking 59 cigarettes

Vancouver air pollution equivalent to smoking 59 cigarettes

Vancouver 7:45 am - 14,941 views

Vancouverites indirectly smoke the equivalent of 59 cigarettes annually by just breathing the air, according to a new study. Due to poor air quality, residents...

Whistler Alpine Meadows trail races permanently cancelled

Whistler Alpine Meadows trail races permanently cancelled

Whistler 8:42 pm - 14,901 views

It's official: the popular Whistler Alpine Meadows races will not return to the resort's trails in 2023, or any future year. "It is with great...

Oliver cherry producer stuck with $7K fine after tribunal sides with Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Oliver cherry producer stuck with $7K fine after tribunal sides with Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Oliver 4:00 am - 13,731 views

An Oliver cherry orchard has failed in its fight against a $7,000 fine issued to them by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency in 2019. The Canada Agricultural...

Police searching for Alberta father facing charges after child killed in crash

Police searching for Alberta father facing charges after child killed in crash

Alberta 1:24 pm - 13,677 views

RCMP have charged an Alberta father with offences including impaired driving after a crash last year that killed his five-year-old. Police say officers...

Alberta NDP demands answers on premier's conversations with accused in COVID cases

Alberta NDP demands answers on premier's conversations with accused in COVID cases

Alberta 4:15 pm - 12,493 views

Alberta’s Opposition NDP is calling on Premier Danielle Smith to divulge all her conversations relating to COVID-19 court cases after she acknowledged...

Cop charged after he tried to illegally shoot caribou, hits police cruiser instead

Cop charged after he tried to illegally shoot caribou, hits police cruiser instead

Manitoba 3:28 pm - 12,491 views

A former RCMP officer who was stationed in northern Manitoba is facing charges after he tried to shoot a caribou with his police-issued rifle and hit own police...

WestJet pilots file for federal conciliation; months of contract talks unsuccessful

WestJet pilots file for federal conciliation; months of contract talks unsuccessful

Canada 1:05 pm - 12,364 views

The union that represents pilots at WestJet says it is asking for federal assistance after months of failing to reach a contract agreement with the airline. The...

Vernon man arrested twice in less than two weeks on drug charges

Vernon man arrested twice in less than two weeks on drug charges

Vernon 3:38 pm - 11,919 views

It would appear this Vernon crime suspect didn't learn his lesson. David Lee MacIntosh was recently arrested and charged with drug trafficking offences, was...

Elk Valley man fined for illegally killing grizzly bear sow and cub

Elk Valley man fined for illegally killing grizzly bear sow and cub

Elk Valley 3:52 pm - 11,855 views

A man in Elk Valley has been fined more than $15,000 for killing a grizzly bear sow and cub. B.C.'s Conservation Officer Service posted to Facebook Friday...

B.C. government lawyers say NDP forcing them into union

B.C. government lawyers say NDP forcing them into union

BC 7:18 pm - 11,327 views

The B.C. government’s in-house lawyers say the NDP government is forcing them into a union not of their own choosing. The 350 lawyers, members of the BC...

John Tory resigns as Toronto mayor over affair with staff member

John Tory resigns as Toronto mayor over affair with staff member

Toronto 6:39 pm - 11,186 views

John Tory, who served two scandal-free terms as mayor of Toronto and had just been re-elected for a third, announced Friday he was resigning from the job due to...

Former personal trainer defrauded North Van clients of $157K

Former personal trainer defrauded North Van clients of $157K

North Vancouver 7:03 pm - 10,166 views

A former personal trainer who defrauded two of his North Vancouver clients out of $157,000 by taking their money for a fake investment scheme has been sentenced...

Dead fish frozen in ice at Spallumcheen's Otter Lake

Dead fish frozen in ice at Spallumcheen's Otter Lake

Spallumcheen 4:00 am - 9,913 views

Dead fish seen frozen in the melting ice at Otter Lake in Spallumcheen may seem shocking, but are no cause for alarm. Kimberley Friesen posted a photo of the...

Love of rare liquor lands Oregon officials in criminal probe

Love of rare liquor lands Oregon officials in criminal probe

Oregon 8:40 pm - 9,840 views

The Oregon Department of Justice is opening a criminal investigation into allegations that senior officials in the state's alcohol regulatory agency...

B.C. health authority suing New Zealander for $48,540

B.C. health authority suing New Zealander for $48,540

Vancouver 10:50 am - 9,031 views

Vancouver Coastal Health Authority is suing a New Zealand man for $48,540, according to a B.C. Supreme Court notice of civil claim filed Sept. 7. The claim said...

Pair of vehicles stolen around the same time in Midway, B.C.

Pair of vehicles stolen around the same time in Midway, B.C.

Midway 4:13 pm - 9,029 views

Police in Midway, B.C. are investigating a pair over vehicle thefts overnight. RCMP say a white Dodge service truck was stolen on Feb. 10 at 4:30 a.m. from a...

Police release photo of female suspect in Vancouver's first homicide of 2023

Police release photo of female suspect in Vancouver's first homicide of 2023

Vancouver 10:07 am - 8,972 views

Police in Vancouver say they have gathered important evidence related to the city's first murder of 2023 and are releasing a photograph of a female suspect...

Ongoing labour dispute boils over as Canadian soccer teams slam Canada Soccer

Ongoing labour dispute boils over as Canadian soccer teams slam Canada Soccer

Soccer 4:40 pm - 8,743 views

The ongoing labour dispute between Canada Soccer and its men's and women's teams boiled over Friday with the women downing tools and the men calling for Sport...

Man arrested over theft of rare books from Victoria store

Man arrested over theft of rare books from Victoria store

Victoria 7:04 pm - 8,711 views

A man arrested for stealing rare books from a business in downtown Victoria on Thursday has three outstanding warrants for similar offences, according to...

Dockworkers urge Trudeau to sink port’s $3.5B Terminal 2 expansion project

Dockworkers urge Trudeau to sink port’s $3.5B Terminal 2 expansion project

Tsawwassen 3:25 pm - 8,567 views

The union representing Port of Vancouver dockworkers has delivered a strong thumbs-down to the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority’s (VFPA) proposed...

RDCO offers education for condos, apartments to boost recycling

RDCO offers education for condos, apartments to boost recycling

Central Okanagan 8:30 pm - 8,376 views

Residents and property managers of multi-family buildings, including apartments, condos and strata complexes, are now able to access educational resources aimed...

Rockets allow season-high nine goals in loss to Cougars

Rockets allow season-high nine goals in loss to Cougars

WHL 10:00 pm - 8,338 views

The roller coaster ride that is the Kelowna Rockets season hit a new low Friday night - a three game winning streak now a distant memory. The Rockets gave up a...

BC SPCA South Okanagan/Similkameen branch asks for donation after series of break-ins damage property

BC SPCA South Okanagan/Similkameen branch asks for donation after series of break-ins damage property

Penticton 3:04 pm - 8,291 views

The South Okanagan/Similkameen branch of the BC SPCA could use an extra helping hand, as they work securing their sea can from burglary. Acting Manager Holly...

Saanich police arrest driver with fake police lights on car

Saanich police arrest driver with fake police lights on car

Vancouver Island 3:03 pm - 8,245 views

A suspected impaired driver in a car equipped with flashing lights similar to those on a police vehicle was found to be in possession of drugs and an imitation...

Trade minister hopes public sees her 'sincerity' since admitting ethics error

Trade minister hopes public sees her 'sincerity' since admitting ethics error

Ottawa 8:54 am - 7,929 views

International Trade Minister Mary Ng said Friday she hopes Canadians will see the "sincerity" in her efforts to make amends after breaking federal...

B.C. Premier Eby uses surplus budget cash for one-time billion-dollar growth fund

B.C. Premier Eby uses surplus budget cash for one-time billion-dollar growth fund

BC 11:36 am - 7,489 views

Every community in British Columbia will be eligible for infrastructure grants coming from a one-time $1-billion government fund. Premier David Eby says the...

The future of Vancouver work(spaces) features virtual reality, yoga

The future of Vancouver work(spaces) features virtual reality, yoga

Vancouver 7:16 pm - 7,456 views

Oat milk lattes, prayer rooms, innovation hubs with neon signs and meeting spaces with treadmills are not usually the things you would associate with an office...

North Vancouver mayor says former councillor and his daughter killed in house fire

North Vancouver mayor says former councillor and his daughter killed in house fire

North Vancouver 6:35 am - 7,412 views

Flags in the City of North Vancouver are at half-mast to mark a former councillor's death in a house fire. North Vancouver Mayor Linda Buchanan says in a...

Lifted trailer box rams overpass in Richmond, B.C., snarling traffic, RCMP say

Lifted trailer box rams overpass in Richmond, B.C., snarling traffic, RCMP say

Richmond 2:56 pm - 7,366 views

A busy commuter route in Metro Vancouver closed for hours Friday while engineers assessed the safety of an overpass involved in an unusual crash. RCMP Cpl....

Super Bowl's grass turf required nearly 2-year process

Super Bowl's grass turf required nearly 2-year process

NFL 12:52 pm - 7,335 views

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Nick Pappas said tending to natural grass in the middle of the Sonoran Desert requires a little art, a little science and a little...

'High-pressure tactics': Suspect scams Vancouver senior out of $12,000

'High-pressure tactics': Suspect scams Vancouver senior out of $12,000

Vancouver 12:58 pm - 7,241 views

Vancouver police are searching for a suspect in a prolific seniors' scam. Locals lost over $700,000 to scammers last year alone. The Vancouver Police...

Super Bowl ads keep it light by using nostalgia and stars

Super Bowl ads keep it light by using nostalgia and stars

Business 6:41 am - 6,925 views

Super Bowl ads are more than just breaks between gameplay during the biggest sporting event of the year: they offer a glimpse of the country’s zeitgeist,...

'Too hot': Home energy use a topic many B.C. couples bicker about

'Too hot': Home energy use a topic many B.C. couples bicker about

BC 2:22 pm - 6,905 views

From turning off lights to loading the dishwasher ‘correctly,’ B.C. couples are engaged in domestic power struggles, a new report from BC Hydro has...

Wildfire risk reduction work, pile burning continues on Spion Kop in Lake Country

Wildfire risk reduction work, pile burning continues on Spion Kop in Lake Country

Lake Country 7:09 pm - 6,816 views

Smoke, fire and wildfire crews may be visible on provincial Crown lands on the east and west side of Spion Kop this weekend, as crews work to mitigate wildfire...

Ottawa spending $2M on new unmarked graves report lacks 'transparency': official

Ottawa spending $2M on new unmarked graves report lacks 'transparency': official

Canada 6:48 am - 6,814 views

A special appointee for unmarked graves says a federal decision to contract an international organization to engage with Indigenous communities on the issue...

New Enbridge CEO says Canada is missing opportunities as world cries out for energy

New Enbridge CEO says Canada is missing opportunities as world cries out for energy

Business 12:38 pm - 6,728 views

The new CEO of pipeline giant Enbridge Inc. says regulatory uncertainty in this country has resulted in a "lost decade" for Canadian liquefied natural...

Kelowna added jobs in January and unemployment rate dropped

Kelowna added jobs in January and unemployment rate dropped

Kelowna 11:45 am - 6,726 views

Kelowna appears to be bucking the provincial trend when it comes to the unemployment rate. According to StatsCan's latest labour force survey, the...

Two 15-year-old girls injured in crash in Richmond, B.C., police say

Two 15-year-old girls injured in crash in Richmond, B.C., police say

Richmond 1:54 pm - 6,655 views

Police in Metro Vancouver say two 15-year-old girls have been seriously injured after being struck by a vehicle driven by a 17-year-old girl. RCMP in Richmond,...

Judge who released man later charged in cop's death weighed Indigenous background

Judge who released man later charged in cop's death weighed Indigenous background

Ontario 2:28 pm - 6,546 views

A judge who granted bail to a man later accused of killing an Ontario Provincial Police officer noted his Indigenous background and the overrepresentation of...

Affordable child care will have huge impact on economy

Affordable child care will have huge impact on economy

From The Hill 11:00 am - 6,543 views

When the Royal Commission on the Status of Women recommended a national childcare program in 1970, I was still a Pen-Hi student. I never thought it would take...

Food inflation dips into Super Bowl spreads

Food inflation dips into Super Bowl spreads

Canada 11:59 am - 6,118 views

As food prices stay hot, the chicken wings, pizza, party subs and snacks for your Super Bowl spread will come with a heftier price tag this year, whether...

FBI searching Pence home as part of classified docs probe

FBI searching Pence home as part of classified docs probe

Washington, DC 8:55 am - 5,828 views

The FBI is searching former Vice President Mike Pence’s Indiana home as part of a classified records probe, according to a person familiar with the...

OPP say two armed suspects at large in southeast Ontario, public urged to take shelter

OPP say two armed suspects at large in southeast Ontario, public urged to take shelter

Ontario 10:46 am - 5,812 views

Ontario Provincial Police say two armed suspects are at large in the Lanark County and Sharbot Lake areas, with the public being asked to shelter in place....

Slide that led to lengthy highway closure near Chase not caused by construction: ministry

Slide that led to lengthy highway closure near Chase not caused by construction: ministry

Chase 4:00 am - 5,729 views

A landslide that led to a lengthy closure of the Trans-Canada Highway this week near Chase was not related to ongoing construction work along the corridor,...

B.C. Liberals say Eby's overdose strategy is too narrow, but he says he doesn't mind

B.C. Liberals say Eby's overdose strategy is too narrow, but he says he doesn't mind

BC 3:54 pm - 5,622 views

B.C. Premier David Eby says he doesn't mind being told his government's approach to the toxic drug and overdose crisis is too narrow and doomed to fail....

Crown wants 90 days in jail for roadblock organizer who faces deportation

Crown wants 90 days in jail for roadblock organizer who faces deportation

Vancouver 10:07 am - 5,585 views

A Crown prosecutor asked a provincial court judge Thursday to sentence the leader of Extinction Rebellion Vancouver and its spinoff Save Old Growth to 90 days...

Treat your Valentine without breaking the bank

Treat your Valentine without breaking the bank

Kelowna 4:00 am - 5,477 views

The high cost of living might have you worried about breaking the bank to treat your sweetheart for Valentine’s Day. There are plenty of ways to make it...

Prince George woman’s death considered a homicide

Prince George woman’s death considered a homicide

Prince George 3:02 pm - 5,428 views

Prince George RCMP are now treating the death of a woman earlier this month as a homicide. Prince George RCMP got a call just before 1 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 4...

Where's the snow? Climate change affects ski racing season

Where's the snow? Climate change affects ski racing season

France 9:00 am - 5,321 views

MERIBEL, France (AP) — Besides some minor dustings, it hasn’t snowed significantly in the French resorts hosting the skiing world championships since...

Vancouver police identify victim in Chinatown stabbing

Vancouver police identify victim in Chinatown stabbing

Vancouver 12:57 pm - 5,266 views

The Vancouver Police Department (VPD) says it has identified the man who was killed in a homicide in Chinatown last weekend. Just after midnight on Feb. 6,...

Low-cost carrier Flair plans to start Kamloops-Edmonton service in June

Low-cost carrier Flair plans to start Kamloops-Edmonton service in June

Kamloops 11:00 am - 5,252 views

An ultra low-cost air carrier has announced a new route between the Tournament Capital and the City of Champions. Beginning on June 15, Flair Airlines plans to...

'Build a food system that works': South Okanagan farmers speak on the importance of local food as community funded agriculture begins

'Build a food system that works': South Okanagan farmers speak on the importance of local food as community funded agriculture begins

South Okanagan 4:00 am - 5,223 views

“What's so important about growing vegetables is securing local vegetables and being able to feed yourself and the people around you.” A group...

Vernon's Canadian Tire store packed for reopening in wake of fire

Vernon's Canadian Tire store packed for reopening in wake of fire

Vernon 10:30 am - 4,734 views

More than 100 customers lined up outside the doors as Vernon's Canadian Tire store reopened for business Friday in the wake of a fire that kept it closed...

Rescues in Turkey offer moments of relief in quake aftermath as toll tops 22,000

Rescues in Turkey offer moments of relief in quake aftermath as toll tops 22,000

Turkey 6:38 am - 4,283 views

Rescuers pulled several people alive from the shattered remnants of buildings on Friday, some who survived more than 100 hours trapped under crushed concrete in...

Toronto police officer charged with manslaughter, aggravated assault in teen's death

Toronto police officer charged with manslaughter, aggravated assault in teen's death

Toronto 8:50 am - 4,184 views

A Toronto police officer has been charged with manslaughter and aggravated assault in the April 2021 death of a teenager, Ontario's police watchdog...

North Okanagan design competition looks to ease housing crunch

North Okanagan design competition looks to ease housing crunch

North Okanagan 12:52 pm - 4,143 views

Architects, designers, students and others are being called upon to help solve the North Okanagan's housing crunch. Communities within the Regional District...

BC team helps rescue woman pulled from rubble four days after Turkey quake

BC team helps rescue woman pulled from rubble four days after Turkey quake

Turkey 10:45 am - 4,142 views

A search and rescue team from British Columbia has taken part in the successful rescue of a woman from earthquake rubble in Turkey, more than four days after...

Warriors fall to 1-4 on their seven game road swing with 7-1 loss in Salmon Arm

BCHL 10:40 pm - 3,809 views

The road continues to be rough and bumpy for the West Kelowna Warriors. The Warriors lost their second straight and fourth in five on their current road...

Looking at the origins of the Moon

Looking at the origins of the Moon

Skywatching 4:00 am - 3,764 views

Around 4.5 billion years ago, the formation of the Sun's family of planets was in full swing. Dust and lumps of rock and ice were colliding and joining...

Staff recommend Coldstream council approve funding to move section of Coldstream Creek

Staff recommend Coldstream council approve funding to move section of Coldstream Creek

Coldstream 12:00 pm - 3,642 views

Staff is recommending Coldstream council spend $450,000 to move a portion of Coldstream Creek. Council will consider the report Monday, which outlines moving...

BC Place planning suite expansion for FIFA 2026 World Cup

BC Place planning suite expansion for FIFA 2026 World Cup

Vancouver 10:09 am - 3,626 views

When BC Place Stadium hosted the Women’s World Cup in 2015, FIFA’s contract prohibited the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame from opening on match days. ...

Indulge in romance at CedarCreek Winery this Valentine's Day

Indulge in romance at CedarCreek Winery this Valentine's Day

Sponsored Content 12:01 am - 3,614 views

Frame your state of mind this Valentine's Day with themed tastings and artisanal wines from CedarCreek Estate Winery that celebrate their commitment to...

Vancouver police arrest suspect in Chinatown random senior attack

Vancouver police arrest suspect in Chinatown random senior attack

Vancouver 7:41 am - 3,608 views

Vancouver police have arrested 32-year-old Alan Kipson for an alleged unprovoked assault of a senior in Chinatown. At 5:30 a.m. Wednesday a 74-year-old woman...

Ottawa appeals court ruling directing government to help repatriate four men in Syria

Ottawa appeals court ruling directing government to help repatriate four men in Syria

Syria 10:41 am - 3,352 views

The federal government is appealing a judge's declaration that four Canadian men being held in Syrian camps are entitled to Ottawa's help to return...

B.C. team helps rescue woman, pulled from rubble four days after Turkey quake

B.C. team helps rescue woman, pulled from rubble four days after Turkey quake

Turkey 1:58 pm - 3,340 views

A search and rescue team from British Columbia has taken part in the successful rescue of a woman from earthquake rubble in Turkey, more than four days after...

Watch Vernon Winter Carnival fireworks show live

Watch Vernon Winter Carnival fireworks show live

Vernon 5:00 pm - 3,207 views

The 63rd annual Vernon Winter Carnival will head into its final weekend with a bang tonight. A fireworks show is planned for 6 p.m., and Castanet will be there...

Blazers score four unanswered goals in come-from-behind win over Saskatoon

Blazers score four unanswered goals in come-from-behind win over Saskatoon

WHL 10:15 pm - 3,182 views

Cowabunga dudes! It wasn't exactly superhero-like, but it was a comeback that would have made the cartoon turtles proud. On a night when the Kamloops...

Construction cost overruns at Vernon's two new city-owned childcare facilities

Construction cost overruns at Vernon's two new city-owned childcare facilities

Vernon 2:36 pm - 3,068 views

Construction cost overruns for Vernon's two new city-owned childcare facilities will require an additional $27,234. In addition, $20,671 is needed to cover...

Penticton and Wine Country Chamber shares they're relieved in hearing no expected increase for employer-paid sick days

Penticton and Wine Country Chamber shares they're relieved in hearing no expected increase for employer-paid sick days

Penticton 5:00 pm - 3,055 views

With the possibility of employer-paid sick days increasing after the B.C. Federation of Labour publicly recommended it, the Penticton and Wine Country Chamber...

Tight labour market persists as Canadian economy adds 150,000 jobs in January

Tight labour market persists as Canadian economy adds 150,000 jobs in January

Business 6:42 am - 2,997 views

Employment growth in Canada blew past economists' predictions in January, even as forecasters had expected higher interest rates to weigh on the labour...

Increased vandalism, decreased donations: Penticton and District Community Arts Council looking to rock their way to more help

Increased vandalism, decreased donations: Penticton and District Community Arts Council looking to rock their way to more help

Penticton 11:00 am - 2,751 views

Donations are down and costs are rising for the Penticton and District Community Arts Council, so they are hoping a night of fun rock-and-roll tunes will tip...

Fundraiser at Vernon's Quality Inn and Suites Saturday to raise funds for earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria

Fundraiser at Vernon's Quality Inn and Suites Saturday to raise funds for earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria

Vernon 6:00 pm - 2,702 views

A tragedy half a world away has sparked a fundraiser in Vernon. More than 23,000 people have died in an earthquake in Turkey and Syria – and that number...

City looks to formalize a team to respond to nuisance properties

City looks to formalize a team to respond to nuisance properties

Kamloops 4:00 am - 2,651 views

The City of Kamloops is looking to formalize a team comprised of community services officers, Kamloops Fire Rescue, police and city development and engineering...

B.C. funds Fraser River shoreline flood protection in Fraser Valley

B.C. funds Fraser River shoreline flood protection in Fraser Valley

Chilliwack 1:04 pm - 2,617 views

A British Columbia First Nation that its chief says is under consistent threat of flooding is to receive a boost from the province for shoreline stabilization....

Vehicle owner interrupts would-be thief, chases him away: RCMP

Vehicle owner interrupts would-be thief, chases him away: RCMP

Kamloops 3:00 pm - 2,588 views

A suspect was arrested last weekend after an attempted vehicle theft was interrupted, police say. Mounties said they were called to an address in the 2900-block...

Vernon Winter Carnival heading into final weekend with a concert and Family Fun Park

Vernon Winter Carnival heading into final weekend with a concert and Family Fun Park

Vernon 4:00 am - 2,495 views

The 1950s came alive at the Vernon Lodge Thursday with the Happy Days Sock Hop. People in all manner of '50s attire danced to the Legendary Lake Monsters as...

OneWorld Multicultural Festival returns to celebrate diversity in the South Okanagan

OneWorld Multicultural Festival returns to celebrate diversity in the South Okanagan

South Okanagan 7:00 pm - 2,404 views

Visual displays of diverse traditions, dance, food, arts, and entertainment will be returning to the Penticton Lakeside Resort for the OneWorld Multicultural...

Smoke expected from controlled burns Friday near Juniper: KFR

Smoke expected from controlled burns Friday near Juniper: KFR

Kamloops 7:49 am - 2,286 views

Kamloops Fire Rescue officials are warning residents in Juniper Ridge about controlled burns planned for the area Friday. KFR posted on social media about...

Faculty retirement trend already impacting TRU, provost says

Faculty retirement trend already impacting TRU, provost says

Kamloops 9:29 am - 2,238 views

Full-time academic teaching staff at Canadian universities has never been older — and the provost at Thompson Rivers University says the issue is already...

Mounties on patrol next week looking for random acts of kindness

Mounties on patrol next week looking for random acts of kindness

Kamloops 6:00 pm - 2,237 views

Kamloops Mounties will be patrolling downtown next week in search of random acts of kindness. The Kamloops RCMP crime prevention unit and volunteers are looking...

School District No. 67 wants feedback on their strategic plans

School District No. 67 wants feedback on their strategic plans

Penticton 8:00 pm - 1,977 views

School District No. 67 is renewing its strategic plan and wants feedback from the community. The plan will set the direction for the school district for the...

City hosting information session ahead of 2023 budget

City hosting information session ahead of 2023 budget

Kamloops 3:11 pm - 1,616 views

Kamloops residents are invited to attend an information session next week to talk about the 2023 provisional budget with City of Kamloops staff and council...