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Pogačar claims 100th career win, beating Van der Poel in sprint on stage 4 of Tour de France
Defending champion Tadej Pogaar secured the 100th professional victory of his stellar career in typically flamboyant style, beating Mathieu Van der Poel in a dash to the line to win the hilly fourth s...
Jul 8, 2025
Few Canadians are familiar with possible NDP leadership contenders: poll
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests most Canadians are unfamiliar with nine possible NDP leadership contenders. A majority of respondents to the Research Co. poll said they "don't know who the person is" whe...
Jul 8, 2025
Canadian junior hockey phenom Gavin McKenna to announce NCAA destination
Junior hockey phenom Gavin McKenna will announce his anticipated move to the NCAA on Tuesday. McKenna will make the announcement on ESPN's SportsCenter at 6 p.m. ET. NHL.com reported Penn State and Mi...
Jul 8, 2025
Housing prices on the rise in the North, Central Okanagan
It was a seller's market locally in June.The Association of Interior Realtors (AoIR) said local housing prices rose, as did sales, in the previous month.The organization said there were 177 units sold...
Jul 8, 2025
B.C. seeks to claw back future ownership and breeding of exotic cats
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is proposing to ban the breeding, sale and future ownership of all exotic and non-domestic cats, including servals, ocelots and European wildcats. The propos...
Jul 8, 2025
B.C. seeks to claw back future ownership and breeding of exotic cats
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is proposing to ban the breeding, sale and future ownership of all exotic and non-domestic cats, including servals, ocelots and European wildcats. The propos...
Jul 8, 2025
Public health warns of measles exposure at Fort St. John, B.C., prenatal clinic
FORT ST. JOHN - People who attended a prenatal clinic in Fort St. John, B.C., have been told they may have been exposed to measles. The Northern Health authority says in a statement on social media th...
Jul 8, 2025
Highly anticipated Quebec byelection in Arthabaska riding to be held Aug. 11
QUBEC - Quebec's government has announced that a hotly contested byelection northeast of Montreal will take place Aug. 11. The Arthabaska riding has been held by the Coalition Avenir Qubec since 2012,...
Jul 8, 2025
Big White Bike Park gears up for major summer expansion
Big White Bike Park is ramping up for one of its busiest build seasons yet, with nearly 10 per cent more terrain set to open this summer.The mountain's trail crew has been hard at work refreshing exis...
Jul 8, 2025
Interior-wide alert issued for carfentanil in street drugs
Interior Health has issued a region-wide alert due to tainted drugs that have a high risk of fatal overdose.The health authority says a substance being sold as 'Down' in the region has been found to c...
Jul 8, 2025
