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BCGEU picket lines coming to Kelowna
The BC Government Employees Union, BCGEU, is expanding its picket line strike action to include Kelowna as of Tuesday.The site at 478 Bernard Ave. will be one of eight new cities joining industrial ac...
Sep 8, 2025
Deal found to replace downtown building damaged by UBCO tower construction
There's a deal in place after the evacuation of a site in downtown Kelowna last year caused by the construction activity of the new UBCO tower next door.The residents of Hadgraft Wilson Place (HWP) on...
Sep 8, 2025
New Vancouver policing district for Downtown Eastside as task force results unveiled
VANCOUVER - Plans are underway to establish a new policing district in the Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, after a temporary task force in the neighbourhood produced what police are calling "significan...
Sep 8, 2025
RDNO named the second most efficient regional district in B.C.
The Regional District of North Okanagan has earned some praise from a small business advocate.At a time when public sector is criticized for overspending, the Canadian Federation of Independent Busine...
Sep 8, 2025
CP NewsAlert: Police say remains identified as missing B.C. woman Jessica Cunningham
MAPLE RIDGE - Police say human remains that were found at a home in Maple Ridge, B.C., last month have been identified as those of missing woman Jessica Cunningham, who was last seen in July. More com...
Sep 8, 2025
B.C. orders some farmers to stop using water to protect endangered chinook salmon
VICTORIA - The provincial government has ordered some farmers and other users in southern B.C. to turn off their water taps, because "severe low flows" are threatening endangered chinook salmon. Rande...
Sep 8, 2025
Manitoba grand chief calls for better cell service after mass stabbings
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba grand chief says better cell coverage could help responses to emergencies such as last week's mass stabbings on Hollow Water First Nation. Grand Chief Jerry Daniels of the Southe...
Sep 8, 2025
Quebec mom accused of abandoning her child in rural Ontario to stand trial next week
SALABERRY-DE-VALLEYFIELD - A Montreal mother charged with abandoning her three-year-old daughter in a field in rural Ontario has been scheduled to stand trial on Sept. 15. The court has heard that the...
Sep 8, 2025
Suspect pleads not guilty in triple stabbing at 2023 Vancouver Chinatown festival
VANCOUVER - The man accused of stabbing three people at a festival in Vancouver's Chinatown in September 2023 has pleaded not guilty to three counts of aggravated assault. Blair Donnelly, who attended...
Sep 8, 2025
Suspect pleads not guilty in triple stabbing at 2023 Vancouver Chinatown festival
VANCOUVER - The man accused of stabbing three people at a festival in Vancouver's Chinatown in September 2023 has pleaded not guilty to three counts of aggravated assault. Blair Donnelly, who attended...
Sep 8, 2025
