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Haunted House spooking visitors for Halloween
There is still time to check out the Vernon Haunted House on 39th Avenue which is offering visitors a spectacular spooky, immersive, experimental experience. Organizers say it's the only haunted house...
Oct 30, 2023

Canada's Shady El Nahas a Pan American Games judo champion
SANTIAGO, Chile - Shady El Nahas captured Pan American Games judo gold Monday in the men's 100-kilogram class. The 25-year-old from Toronto defeated Chile's Thomas Briceno in the final by a match-endi...
Oct 30, 2023

BC Hydro asks for 2.3% rate increase to start spring 2024
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says the province's Crown power utility is applying for a 2.3-per-cent rate increase starting in April, adding about $2 a month to the average residential bi...
Oct 30, 2023

$60M investment to support B.C. non-profits
Organizations providing services for British Columbians will have more financial support to access. The province is investing $60 million into the Stronger Community Services Fund that non-profits can...
Oct 30, 2023

Fiscal and monetary policy rowing in opposite directions, Macklem says
OTTAWA - Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem says fiscal and monetary policy are rowing in opposite directions, making it harder to bring inflation down. Macklem is appearing before MPs on the House ...
Oct 30, 2023

Fiscal and monetary policy rowing in opposite directions, Macklem says
OTTAWA - Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem says fiscal and monetary policy are rowing in opposite directions, making it harder to bring inflation down. Macklem is appearing before MPs on the House ...
Oct 30, 2023

Tentative opening day for Sovereign Lake
The Nordic ski season in Greater Vernon could be less than two weeks away. The Sovereign Lake Nordic Club has announced a tentative opening date of Friday, Nov. 10 for the cross-country season.The cen...
Oct 30, 2023

B.C. raises pay $2 per hour for daycare workers at licensed facilities
VICTORIA - Daycare workers at British Columbia's licensed child-care facilities will receive a $2-per-hour pay increase starting Jan. 1. Grace Lore, B.C.'s minister of state for child care, says in a ...
Oct 30, 2023

Health professionals, not police should care for intoxicated prisoners: B.C. watchdog
SURREY, B.C. - The head of British Columbia's police watchdog says caring for intoxicated prisoners is a health-care issue and shouldn't be a police responsibility. A report released by Ronald J. MacD...
Oct 30, 2023

Health professionals, not police should care for intoxicated prisoners: B.C. watchdog
SURREY, B.C. - The head of British Columbia's police watchdog says caring for intoxicated prisoners is a health-care issue and shouldn't be a police responsibility. A report released by Ronald J. MacD...
Oct 30, 2023

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