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Reports: Canadian international Olivia Smith set for world-record transfer
Canadian international striker Olivia Smith is reportedly making a world-record one-million-pound ($1.86 million) transfer to Arsenal from Liverpool. The Guardian, BBC and other outlets reported that ...
Jul 10, 2025
Some pediatric services returning to KGH
Interior Health (IH) is planning for the return of some pediatric services at Kelowna General Hospital (KGH) later this month. IH said, beginning July 13, some services will return including elective ...
Jul 10, 2025
NDP leadership to begin in September, new leader chosen no later than March 29
OTTAWA - The NDP's leadership race to replace Jagmeet Singh will formally begin in September, with a six-month race to follow according to a rules framework adopted by the party's national council. A ...
Jul 10, 2025
Canucks sign goaltender Aleksei Medvedev to three-year entry-level contract
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have signed goaltender Aleksei Medvedev to a three-year, entry-level contract, the NHL club announced Thursday. The 17-year-old from St. Petersburg, Russia, spent the...
Jul 10, 2025
Kelowna’s skyline rises
Things are looking up, literally in downtown Kelowna. Residents are moving into the first tower at Water Street by the Park.It's a 24-storey building near City Park.Next up is the 42-storey 'Eli' towe...
Jul 10, 2025
'Sense of shock' in Quadeville, Ont., after teen charged in attack on eight-year-old
A tight-knit village in eastern Ontario is shaken after learning that a teenager was charged with attempted murder and sexual assault on an eight-year-old girl in what police initially suspected to be...
Jul 10, 2025
Wickens to drive feature race at home seven years after crash left him paralyzed
Robert Wickens's promising racing career seemed like it was cut tragically short after a 2018 crash left him paralyzed from the chest down. But almost seven years later, Wickens is racing in the headl...
Jul 10, 2025
Various organizations call Bailey Plover’s death a wake-up call
Bailey Plover's death last week is a strong reminder that B.C. really needs to step up and do more to stop violence against women, says the CEO of YWCA Metro Vancouver.Erin Seeley says the YWCA suppor...
Jul 10, 2025
Former justice minister David Lametti confirms start date as adviser to PM Carney
OTTAWA - Former Liberal justice minister David Lametti starts his new job in Mark Carney's Prime Minister's Office on Monday. Lametti posted on LinkedIn to confirm his start date as Carney's principal...
Jul 10, 2025
Deaths outpacing births in Greater Vernon
The local death rates are nearly 1.5 times the birth rates in Vernon so far this year.Vital Statistics, B.C.'s data collection agency, said the first six months of 2025 saw 317 deaths in the Vernon Ce...
Jul 10, 2025
