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Decorator crabs are known for their ability to attach algae and small animals to their shells to conceal themselves from predators, but the process is more complex than it appears, and it suggests higher intelligence than we once understood these crabs to have. If the shells of these crabs are [...]

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When Amy Zeng first visited Vernon, she fell in love with the Okanagan and felt an immediate connection. This prompted her to move to Vernon and start a franchise business called QualiCare Home Care. Zeng has a deeply held belief that we need to give back to our senior population [...]

West Kelowna is expected to welcome approximately 12,000 new residents by 2040, according to the West Kelowna Official Community Plan. Targeted to welcome a portion of this growth is the master-planned community of Tallus Ridge in Shannon Lake, which is being developed at a pace aligned with buyer d... [...]

What do you do with your old winter tires? Tire Stewardship BC is hosting tire collection events across British Columbia during the month of May in an effort to recycle scrap tires. Residents are invited to drop off old or unused tires, on or off rim, that may be lying [...]

Conservative MPs want House of Commons Speaker Greg Fergus to resign after ejecting their leader — and not Prime Minister Justin Trudeau — during a heated debate Tuesday. The Conservatives say Fergus did not apply the rules equally during a tense back and forth between Trudeau and Conser... [...]

Youth Week has begun in Penticton, with a plethora of events celebrating the young people in the community. “One of our priorities is making Penticton a vibrant and connected community and this week is designed to celebrate the value youth add and also give them the tools they need to [...]

Isaian Norlin has capped off his BC Hockey League career in style. While the team did not achieve the success it hoped for, bowing out in the second round, Norlin's overall game has been recognized by the league. On Wednesday, Norlin was named winner of the Campbell Blair Trophy as [...]

Duane Eddy, a pioneering guitar hero whose reverberating electric sound on instrumentals such as "Rebel Rouser" and “Peter Gunn” helped put the twang in early rock 'n' roll and influenced George Harrison, Bruce Springsteen and countless other musicians, has died at age ... [...]

A section of a highway collapsed after heavy rains in southern China, sending cars tumbling down a slope and leaving at least 36 people dead, authorities said Thursday. The Meizhou city government said that 23 vehicles have been found in a pit after a 17.9-meter (58.7-foot) long section of the [...]

London Drugs says its phone lines are working again after being taken offline in response to a cybersecurity incident. A statement from the Richmond, B.C.-based pharmacy and retail chain says Canada Post offices inside London Drugs stores are also up and running again. The company closed all of its... [...]

The old adage is baseball is for boys and softball is for girls. Kristy Watson, coach of the Canadians Baseball travelling team, wants to change that. Last weekend in the Tournament Capital, she and fellow coach Juliette Kladko fielded the first all-girls team to compete at the Best of the [...]

One of the biggest bands of the '80s is coming Vernon. Hot on the heels of their latest album, Alive, Honeymoon Suite will be at the Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre May 15. Since their debut in 1983, the band has sold more than one million records worldwide, won [...]

An upgraded neonatal intensive care unit in Trail, B.C. means mothers in the region facing early deliveries can stay closer to home. The new tier three NICU at Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital was made possible by $745,000 from the hospital's foundation. The hospital will now have the capac... [...]

British Columbia leads all Canadian provinces and territories in co-ownership arrangements for residential properties between parents and their young adult children, according to a new report from Statistics Canada. The report found 20.3 per cent of the B.C. residents born after 1989 (adult children... [...]

Jay Leno and wife Mavis have declared they are "doing good" after their conservatorship ruling. The 74-year-old TV star was granted conservatorship of the estate he shares with his wife last month following her diagnosis with advanced dementia and they appeared in public together again on... [...]

Cher started dating younger men because they were the "only ones" left. The 77-year-old pop icon was initially married to Sonny Bono in the 1960s and then to Gregg Allman in the 1970s but joked that the reason she is now in a relationship with music producer Alexander Edwards, [...]

Britney Spears tries to get in touch with her sons "at least" once a month. The 42-year-old pop superstar has become estranged from Sean, 18, and 17-year-old Jayden in recent years but now an insider has claimed that things are getting slightly better after they moved to Hawaii with [...]

Tyra Banks did not have an alcoholic drink until she turned 50. The former 'America's Next Top Model' judge resisted drinking until she hit the milestone birthday in December 2023 but admitted she wasn't too impressed by alcohol in the end. She told People: "I felt it was [...]

Police shot and killed a Wisconsin student outside a middle school after receiving a report of someone with a weapon while class was in session Wednesay, the state's attorney general said in the first law enforcement briefing on the incident that sent children fleeing amid gunshots. Authorities ... [...]