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Former judo coach enters guilty pleas
A former judo coach in the Vernon area has pleaded guilty to two child pornography charges.Bryan Jeffrey McLachlan, born in 1970, was in provincial court this morning and entered guilty pleas to charg...
Jun 26, 2019
Alleged sex tape in R. Kelly case turned over to defence
CHICAGO - Prosecutors have turned over to R. Kelly's attorneys a tape they say shows the singer having sex with a minor girl two decades ago. The judge in the case said he hopes that at least one of t...
Jun 26, 2019
With a third of 2015 MPs not running, NDP turnover highest in at least 20 years
OTTAWA - When the federal election campaign gets underway in earnest, parties will be missing dozens of incumbent MPs who have opted against running again - including 11 sitting NDP MPs...
Jun 26, 2019
Aviation experts question security, passenger safety after woman left on plane
Aviation experts are raising security and passenger safety concerns after a woman was left sleeping on a parked Air Canada aircraft with the lights turned off and crew gone. "It was just a total ...
Jun 26, 2019
Storm watch over
Update 3:45 p.m.:The severe thunderstorm watch has ended.-- Storm clouds are forming in the Okanagan.Environment Canada issued a severe thunderstorm watch for a number of areas of B.C. including the O...
Jun 26, 2019
Court ruling reveals grim details of Lionel Desmond suicide and murders
HALIFAX - A court fight over life insurance has revealed for the first time disturbing details about how former Canadian soldier Lionel Desmond fatally shot his mother, wife a...
Jun 26, 2019
Building explosion in Austrian capital leaves 12 injured
VIENNA - A suspected gas explosion blew a gaping hole in a building in central Vienna on Wednesday, injuring at least 12 people, two of them seriously, according to police and images from the scene. T...
Jun 26, 2019
Monroe statue theft suspect previously took axe to Trump star
LOS ANGELES - Prosecutors say the man suspected of stealing a statue of Marilyn Monroe from atop a Hollywood public art installation is the same person who smashed President Trump's Walk of Fame star ...
Jun 26, 2019
Overwhelming support for Ride Don't Hide
The seventh annual Ride Don't Hide event has raised over $50,000 to support youth mental health education, peer support programs, and the 24/7 crisis line in the Vernon area.About 170 people came out ...
Jun 26, 2019
Liberals promise $13M for missing, murdered Indigenous women commemorations
OTTAWA - The federal government will fund more than 100 projects to "honour the lives and legacies" of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, Gender Equality Minister Maryam Monsef announced...
Jun 26, 2019

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