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Police searching for B.C. woman Jessica Cunningham find body, man charged
MAPLE RIDGE - Police investigating the disappearance of British Columbia woman Jessica Cunningham have found human remains in a neighbourhood of Maple Ridge, B.C. They say Mylie Barron has been charge...
Aug 28, 2025

Police searching for B.C. woman Jessica Cunningham find body, man charged
MAPLE RIDGE - Police investigating the disappearance of British Columbia woman Jessica Cunningham have found human remains in a neighbourhood of Maple Ridge, B.C. They say Mylie Barron has been charge...
Aug 28, 2025

Wildfires in 2023 drove Canada's air pollution. How could it affect life expectancy?
A new global report says record-breaking 2023 wildfires drove Canada's air pollution to levels not seen since at least the late 1990s and exposed half the country to pollution concentrations above the...
Aug 28, 2025

Peachland wildfire evacuation alert rescinded
The Peachland Creek Wildfire evacuation alert has been rescinded. That means the 58 addresses impacted in the District of Peachland no longer have to be ready for possible evacuation.The Emergency Ope...
Aug 28, 2025

No charges after investigation into leaks to media from Quebec anti-corruption police
MONTREAL - A multi-year investigation into leaks to journalists from within Quebec's anti-corruption unit has resulted in no charges. The Quebec prosecutor's office says there is no basis for laying c...
Aug 28, 2025

Brandon Teixeira convicted of first-degree murder in B.C. organized crime killing
SURREY - British Columbia homicide investigators say a man has been found guilty of first-degree murder over a 2017 organized-crime killing in Surrey, B.C. The Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit...
Aug 28, 2025

Okanagan drought rating increased
The regional drought rating has gone back up.The B.C. River Forecast Centre issued the Okanagan a drought rating of Level 1 Thursday, Aug. 28, indicating the region was drier than normal, but not to a...
Aug 28, 2025

BC Highway Patrol seeks witnesses on one-year anniversary of Merritt pedestrian death
The family of a 24-year-old man killed on the Coquihalla Highway is asking the public for information as the one-year anniversary of his death approaches.Buddy Rhodes was found off the side of Highway...
Aug 28, 2025

Gaming grants supporting arts and culture in Vernon, Okanagan
The province is investing in not-for-profit organizations that provide arts and culture programming locally and regionally.The Community Gaming Grants recipients were announced Thursday, Aug. 28, outl...
Aug 28, 2025

Shooter fired 116 rounds from a rifle into a Minneapolis church, police chief says
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The shooter who killed two Catholic school students and wounded more than a dozen children 116 fired rifle rounds into the Minneapolis church, the city's police chief said Thursday....
Aug 28, 2025

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