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Alcaraz plays Djokovic and Sinner plays Auger-Aliassime in the U.S. Open men's semifinals
NEW YORK (AP) - Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz have started their matchup in the U.S. Open men's semifinals Friday. Defending champion Jannik Sinner meets Felix Auger-Aliassime in the second semifi...
Sep 5, 2025
B.C. ostrich farm seeks another stay of cull order as it pursues high court hearing
OTTAWA - The British Columbia ostrich farm in a months-long legal battle to stop the Canadian Food Inspection Agency from destroying hundreds of its birds wants to further delay the cull as it seeks a...
Sep 5, 2025
Police say shots fired in Surrey, B.C., neighbourhood linked to extortion case
SURREY - Police in Surrey, B.C., say they believe an early morning shooting in a residential neighbourhood is linked to "an ongoing extortion investigation." Police say the shooting happened around 3:...
Sep 5, 2025
Expert 'taken aback' by Eby foreign worker claims, says axing program won't fix woes
VICTORIA - An immigration expert says ending the temporary foreign worker program won't solve "deep structural problems" with housing and other issues in British Columbia, while having "problematic co...
Sep 5, 2025
Lawsuit alleges 2006 sexual assault by acclaimed Indigenous artist Norval Morrisseau
VANCOUVER - The estate of acclaimed Indigenous artist Norval Morrisseau is being sued in British Columbia by a fellow painter who says Morrisseau sexually assaulted him in 2006. A lawyer for the estat...
Sep 5, 2025
Lawsuit alleges 2006 sexual assault by acclaimed Indigenous artist Norval Morrisseau
VANCOUVER - The estate of acclaimed Indigenous artist Norval Morrisseau is being sued in British Columbia by a fellow painter who says Morrisseau sexually assaulted him in 2006. A lawyer for the estat...
Sep 5, 2025
Interior Health issues overdose alert after spike in unknown substance
Interior Health has issued an overdose alert after a recent increase in drug poisonings across several communities. The alert is in effect until Sept. 12.Health officials say the overdoses are linked ...
Sep 5, 2025
People advised to avoid wildfire smoke expose: seniors advocate
A local seniors advocate has recommended people limit their time outdoors with the wildfire smoke hovering over the Okanagan.Pam Myers, Executive Director of NexusBC, which is a part of the Vernon Sen...
Sep 5, 2025
Kelowna MLA Dew calls for youth jobs plan as unemployment rises
Unemployment is climbing in Kelowna as new Statistics Canada data show British Columbia's jobless rate rising to 6.2 per cent, with 16,000 positions lost last month. Young people are being hit hardest...
Sep 5, 2025
First Nations call on Ottawa to crack down on drug traffickers in their communities
OTTAWA - First Nations chiefs today called on Ottawa to crack down on the people selling drugs that are claiming lives in their communities. Chief Angela Levasseur of Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation says ...
Sep 5, 2025
