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An Alberta-based oil company has been fined $45,000 for failing to decommission two wells in British Columbia. In its decision, handed down April 16, 2024, the BC Energy Regulator (BCER) cited Procyon Energy Corp. for failing to shut down two wells it was supposed to decommission by the end [...]

Highway 5 is closed east of Clearwater. DriveBC says the highway is shut down at Cliff Road due to a vehicle incident. Drivers should expect major delays in the area. An assessment is underway. The next update is scheduled for 8 a.m. ??UDPATE - #BCHwy5 CLOSED at [...]

Hozier was “massively taken by surprise” after ‘Too Sweet' become his first number one track on Billboard's Hot 100. The 34-year-old singer released the track on the EP ‘Unheard' after it was left off his 2023 record ‘Unreal Unearth', and it has... [...]

U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced Tuesday that the country is to increase defense spending to 2.5% of GDP by the end of the decade. Sunak made the announcement during a visit to Warsaw, where he also described a new pledge to send arms to Ukraine. He said the government [...]

Luke Bryan says "fun" Meghan Trainor is among his list of 10 celebrities he'd like to see replace Katy Perry on 'American Idol'. The 'Firework' hitmaker is bowing out as a coach after season 22 of the popular talent show, and her fellow judges have suggested some names... [...]

Five people, including a child, died while trying to cross the English Channel from France to the U.K., French authorities said Tuesday, just hours after the British government approved a migrant bill to deport some of those who entered the country illegally to Rwanda. The prefecture responsible for... [...]

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police says two former United Nations employees in Montreal have been charged after they allegedly took part in a conspiracy to illegally sell Chinese-made drones and other military equipment to Libya. The RCMP says Fathi Ben Ahmed Mhaouek, who is 61 and lives in the Montr... [...]

B.C.'s Civil Resolution Tribunal has told a B.C. strata to repay all the fines it levied against a tenant after deciding his alleged puffing violated its bylaws. In his April 22 decision, tribunal member Christopher Rivers said the strata received complaints that Mike Mendiburu was smoking in ... [...]

On a rainy Friday this month, industry executives and government officials were sitting on the fourth floor of a Vancouver casino hotel. From the stage, a pitch for the future of forestry was on repeat: what if logging companies could be the heroes who saved British Columbia from wildfires? [...]

A federal jury on Monday said BNSF Railway contributed to the deaths of two people who were exposed to asbestos decades ago when tainted mining material was shipped through a Montana town where thousands have been sickened. The jury awarded $4 million each in compensatory damages to the estates of [...]

Maureen Gordon has weathered hard times before. She and her husband began running ecotourism outfit Maple Leaf Adventures out of Vancouver about a month before the 9/11 terrorist attacks devastated international travel in 2001. The rebound was relatively quick. Fallout from COVID-19 has proven much ... [...]

An Arizona judge declared a mistrial Monday in the case of a rancher accused of fatally shooting a Mexican man on his property near the U.S.-Mexico border. The decision came after jurors failed to reach a unanimous decision after more than two full days of deliberation in trial of George [...]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be in Saskatoon today. An itinerary released by his office says he will make an announcement this morning to highlight measures focused on youth, education, and health that were contained in last week's budget. Trudeau will be joined at the event by Dan Vandal,... [...]

The Canadian Medical Association is asking the federal government to reconsider its proposed changes to capital gains taxation, arguing it will affect doctors' retirement savings. Kathleen Ross, the association's president, says many doctors incorporate their medical practices and invest for... [...]

Fresh research suggests western Canada's once-dwindling caribou numbers are finally growing. But the same paper concludes the biggest reason for the rebound is the slaughter of hundreds of wolves, a policy that will likely have to go on for decades. "If we don't shoot wolves, given the ... [...]

Two Malaysian military helicopters collided and crashed during a training session on Tuesday, killing all 10 people on board, the navy said. The helicopters were rehearsing at a naval base in northern Perak state for the navy's 90th anniversary celebration next month when the accident occurred, ... [...]

A man who works for a German lawmaker in the European Parliament has been arrested on suspicion of spying for China, German prosecutors said Tuesday. The suspect, identified only as Jian G. in line with German privacy rules, was arrested Monday in Dresden, federal prosecutors said in a statement. Th... [...]

Back by popular demand, a Shakespeare classic is returning to the Kelowna Community Theatre. Ballet Kelowna is set to close its season with the return of Macbeth on May 3 and 4, at 7:30 p.m. Macbeth premiered in May 2022, choreographed by Canadian Alysa Pires. Pires is back again to [...]

The City of Kamloops says a future North Shore access hub — a site where the city's most vulnerable residents can access shelter and supports — could be operational by the winter. Carmin Mazzotta, the city's assistant community and culture director, said the table of partnere... [...]

Zoning issues for the Sicamous section of the Shuswap North Okanagan Rail Trail were resolved when the District of Sicamous council voted unanimously to pass the zoning amendment bylaw after a public hearing on April 10. However Coun. Gord Bushell is proposing another zoning change for the trail in ... [...]