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The Kelowna Fire Department stopped a garage fire Thursday afternoon. At about 4:15 p.m., crews were called to a possible structure fire in the 400 block of Edith Gay Road. “First arriving officer reported smoke showing from the rear of the structure of the two story residential home. The fire... [...]

Day One Society's executive director, Siân Lewis, has been awarded a community award for her contributions to helping individuals overcome addiction and create a stronger and healthier community. The BC Achievement Foundation's Community Award is awarded to individuals who build bett... [...]

The main Osoyoos Desert Sunrise Marina boat launch is closed due to damage, and residents report it is currently barricaded off. “We are working to assess the launch and get it repaired as quickly as possible,” reads a notice from the Town of Osoyoos issued Thursday. “In the meanti... [...]

Chocolate lovers can rejoice at the amazing health benefits derived from cocoa powder. The silky sensation of chocolate's smoothness and texture as it touches your tongue and melts in your mouth is part of the alluring appeal of this popular confection. The average Canadian consumes 7.7 kilogr... [...]

Olivia Munn wants her son to know she "fought to be here" by detailing her breast cancer struggle. The 43-year-old actress announced in March she had undergone four surgeries in under a year after being diagnosed with an "aggressive" form of the disease, and she's now explai... [...]

Billie Eilish brokenheartedly sings about feeling "unappreciated" in a relationship on her new record, 'Hit Me Hard And Soft'. The 22-year-old Grammy winner returns with her eagerly anticipated third studio album on Friday (17.05.24), and there are some heart-wrenching songs, incl... [...]

Tame Impala has sold his entire music catalogue to Sony Music Publishing. The 'Borderline' hitmaker - whose real name is Kevin Parker - has reached a global deal with the label which is said to include all his past and future releases, including work he's done for Rihanna, Sir [...]

Hailey Bieber doesn't want anyone to "judge" her pregnancy cravings. The 27-year-old model revealed she and husband Justin Bieber are expecting their first child last week, and it was subsequently confirmed she is around six months along, and she's now told her fans she's been... [...]

Sir Elton John hates seeing photos of himself. The 77-year-old singer has contributed images to a new photo exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London - but Elton actually hates having his own photo taken. The award-winning star - who has gifted photographs from his and [...]

Cardi B always prioritises her career over her children. The 32-year-old rap star has daughter Kulture, five, and two-year-old son Wave with estranged husband Offset, also 32, but following their separation last year admitted that she struggles to be a wife and mother at all times because she will [...]

The mother and stepfather of six-year-old Dontay Lucas have been sentenced to 15 years each in prison by a B.C. Supreme Court judge. Mitchell Frank and Rykel Frank stood in shackles in a court in Port Alberni as they were sentenced for the death of the boy who was [...]

A Port Alberni mother and her partner have been sentenced to 15 years in prison for brutalizing and killing her six-year-old son in March 2018. Dontay Patrick Lucas died on March 13, 2018, of blunt force trauma to the brain after being transitioned back into the care of his mother, [...]

The meteoric rise of the BC Conservative Party – “from three to 39,” as leader John Rustad puts it in poll terms – is without question Canada's political phenomenon of 2024. From the relative disgrace less than two years ago of being dispatched into the political wilder... [...]

One of the largest wildfires burning in Western Canada is the Patry Creek fire, 25 kilometres north of Fort Nelson, B.C., which re-emerged May 2 after smouldering through the winter. It has now been measured at more than 700 square kilometres. Patry Creek is a so-called holdover fire, [...]

Communities in Northern B.C. are bracing for a “considerable downshift” in economic activity, as several energy mega-projects wind down and sawmill and pulp mill closures result in massive job losses. The Northern Development Investment Trust's annual State of the North report notes ... [...]

A Richmond hotel has received a cease and desist order after it was found to have breached the Labour Relations Code again during a strike. In a decision issued May 13, the B.C. Labour Relations Board found Sukhminder Rai, one of the owners of Radisson Blu Vancouver Airport Hotel and [...]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau assailed New Brunswick's premier and other conservative leaders on Thursday, calling out the provincial government's position on abortion, LGBTQ youth and climate change. During a news conference in Caraquet, N.B., Trudeau delivered his attack in response to a q... [...]

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a full pardon Thursday for a former U.S. Army sergeant convicted of murder for fatally shooting an armed demonstrator in 2020 during nationwide protests against police violence and racial injustice. Abbott announced the pardon shortly after the Texas Board of Pardons an... [...]

Google on Thursday asked that a judge, rather than a jury, decide whether it violated U.S. antitrust laws by building a monopoly on the technology that powers online advertising. To bolster its case, the tech giant wrote a multimillion-dollar check to the U.S. government that it says renders moot th... [...]

Donald Trump's lawyers accused the star prosecution witness in his hush money trial of lying to jurors, portraying Trump fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen on Thursday as a serial fabulist who is bent on seeing the presumptive Republican presidential nominee behind bars. As Trump looked on, defense ... [...]