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Firefighters respond to pot light fire at Orchard Park Mall
Firefighters in Kelowna were dispatched to the Orchard Park Mall Sunday afternoon due to a small electrical fire.Kelowna Fire responded to a report of flames coming from a pot light in a faade on the ...
Nov 25, 2024
LifeLabs data breach report released after firm loses four-year bid to keep it quiet
A long-withheld investigation into a 2019 hacking at LifeLabs Inc. that compromised millions of Canadians' health data has finally been made public after an Ontario court dismissed the company's appea...
Nov 25, 2024
LifeLabs data breach report released after firm loses four-year bid to keep it quiet
A long-withheld investigation into a 2019 hacking at LifeLabs Inc. that compromised millions of Canadians' health data has finally been made public after an Ontario court dismissed the company's appea...
Nov 25, 2024
More people hurt in Quebec road accidents after fall time change, data shows
MONTREAL - As Quebec considers scrapping the semi-annual time change, data from the province's auto insurance board shows that evening road accidents - including those involving pedestrians - rise sha...
Nov 25, 2024
B.C. opens disaster aid to atmospheric river flood victims
VICTORIA - British Columbia is making disaster financial assistance available to victims of floodwaters that gushed through several communities when an atmospheric river dumped hundreds of millimetres...
Nov 25, 2024
Diversion and disposal facilities switching to winter hours
The hours of operation at the Armstrong/Spallumcheen and Greater Vernon Diversion and Disposal facilities will change to mark the winter season.Effective Sunday, Dec. 1, the dumps will switch to winte...
Nov 25, 2024
B.C. opens disaster aid to atmospheric river flood victims
VICTORIA - British Columbia is making disaster financial assistance available to victims of floodwaters that gushed through several communities when an atmospheric river dumped hundreds of millimetres...
Nov 25, 2024
Dancing With the Vernon Stars raised over $271K for hospice
The dancing fundraiser in support of end of life care had a record breaking return.Dancing With the Vernon Stars raised over $271,000 for the North Okanagan Hospice Society (NOHS).NOHS stated this tot...
Nov 25, 2024
White Florida woman sentenced to 25 years in prison for shooting Black neighbor in lengthy dispute
A white Florida woman who fatally shot a Black neighbor through her front door during an ongoing dispute over the neighbor's boisterous children was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison for her mans...
Nov 25, 2024
Miller to propose more changes to immigration and asylum system
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Marc Miller says further reforms to Canada's immigration and asylum systems will be proposed in the coming weeks. This comes on the heels of a significant cut to the amou...
Nov 25, 2024
