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NDP leadership hopeful Appadurai shakes up race in B.C., but faces disqualification
VICTORIA - Anjali Appadurai says she knows she's upset the New Democratic Party establishment, but that shouldn't keep her out of the race for the party leadership. The former federal NDP candidate en...
Oct 17, 2022
NDP leadership hopeful Appadurai shakes up race in B.C., but faces disqualification
VICTORIA - Anjali Appadurai says she knows she's upset the New Democratic Party establishment, but that shouldn't keep her out of the race for the party leadership. The former federal NDP candidate en...
Oct 17, 2022
B.C. changes opioid lawsuit to help recover more money from drug makers
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has moved to expand its proposed class-action lawsuit against opioid makers, allowing the federal government to join the legal action. Other changes planned ...
Oct 17, 2022
Man shot dead in parking lot of University of B.C. golf course
VANCOUVER - The parking lot at the golf club near the University of British Columbia is behind yellow police tape as officers investigate a fatal shooting. A sheet is covering a body in the parking lo...
Oct 17, 2022
New 'Guy' on council ready to take on Vernon issues
The only new member of Vernon city council is ready to get to work.Brian Guy, founder and operator of Summit Environmental Consultants and co-chair of the city's Climate Action Advisory Committee, was...
Oct 17, 2022
Experts: Thinking beyond hockey world key to diversity for Hockey Canada's new board
If Hockey Canada is going to truly change its culture then it must break from its old governance processes, say three experts. Brock McGillis, an inclusion advocate who played professional hockey, sai...
Oct 17, 2022
Freeland says comments about Africa aid were not meant to offend
OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says she did not mean to offend anyone in her recent comments about Africa. While in Washington last week, Freeland was asked about western cutbacks to...
Oct 17, 2022
Siemens sought turbine export permit for 'guidance' from Ottawa on Russia sanctions
OTTAWA - An executive from the Montreal company that repaired a turbine for a Russian gas pipeline earlier this year says it sought an export permit to get "guidance" from Ottawa. Siemens Energy Canad...
Oct 17, 2022
Coldstream's new mayor likes new council, wants to meet with Vernon on ALC costs
Coldstream's mayor-elect says she is pleased with the district's new council and is looking forward to working with the six councillors on a number of initiatives over the next four years.Ruth Hoyte, ...
Oct 17, 2022
Ottawa signs agreement to find Indigenous policing solutions after mass stabbing
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - Federal Public Minister Marco Mendicino says he had aheavy and difficult visit with families of those killed in a mass stabbing, before he signed an agreement to explore new way...
Oct 17, 2022
