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Heading to Peru to teach firefighting skills

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:12:46 GMT

Glenn Paley is a training officer with the Kelowna Fire Department and will be heading to Peru next Monday with a group from Firefighters Without Borders.

Fighting hunger with can art

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:12:46 GMT

You can help support the fight against hunger by taking in a unique creative display.

Lululemon wants to be ‘transparent’ with customers

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:12:46 GMT

Lululemon wants to be ‘transparent’ with customers Lululemon has a cheeky response to a recall the yoga clothing maker was forced to make last week. Today, its Robson Street store had the words "We want to be transparent with you" posted on its storefront. The Vancouver based company announced it was pull

Tanker overturns in North Okanagan

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:12:46 GMT

The driver says that he blew a tire and drove the tanker, which was carrying a load of barley malt, off the road.

Group of snowmobilers hit by avalanche; one dead

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:12:46 GMT

UPDATE: The body of a missing snowmobiler, who was swept awat by an avalanche, has been located in the Kootneay area.

End of HST on April 1 means some things will be cheaper, and average B.C. family will save $350 a year

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:12:46 GMT

A pint of beer will cost a few cents more on April 1, but the pain will be eased by cheaper chips and pop.

Belinda Wong ready to take China by storm one cup of Starbucks at a time

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:12:46 GMT

Belinda Wong ready to take China by storm one cup of Starbucks at a time Starbucks has turned to a B.C. woman to sell coffee to China — a land where tea has been tyrant for thousands of years. The 42-year-old coffee company chose Belinda Wong, a University of B.C. grad, to be president of Starbucks China wit

UPDATE: Downtown Kelowna standoff ends peacefully

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:12:46 GMT

The suspect was taken into custody at 4:30 p.m.

Video game depicting pipeline bombings sparks controversy

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:12:46 GMT

An online video game that depicts pipeline bombings is stirring up controversy across the country.

Nelson police investigate after man's body found

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:12:46 GMT

Police in Nelson are also investigating a suspicious death after a man's body was found near the mouth of Cottonwood Creek yesterday morning.

Earth Hour results for 2013

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:12:46 GMT

British Columbians do their part in reducing power usage during this year's Earth Hour.

Government critics beginning to smell a rat over Kitimat oil refinery proposal

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:12:46 GMT

While B.C. newspaper publisher David Black pursues his audacious dream of a massive oil refinery on the province’s North Coast, a pre-election political scrap has flared up around the plan.

Victoria police seek tips on 22nd anniversary of Canada's largest kidnapping investigation

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:12:46 GMT

Today marks the 22nd anniversary of the disappearance of four-year-old Michael Dunahee, but police say they haven't stopped looking.

Group launches anti-pipeline ads on anniversary of Alaskan oil spill(2)

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:12:46 GMT

A B.C. First Nations group is launching an anti-pipeline commercial to mark the 24th anniversary of one of the worst oil spills in history.

Mental health group to appeal to Parliament to change mentally-ill law revisions

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:12:46 GMT

VANCOUVER - The Conservative government's tough stand on mentally ill offenders likely won't reduce crime and could have just the opposite result, say leaders of the country's forensic mental health organizations who are drafting a letter to express their concerns.

B.C. fish-farm foes criticize aquaculture committee, fear being 'shouted down'

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:12:46 GMT

Critics of British Columbia's salmon-farming industry fear they could be "shouted down" and that their concerns will disappear into a "black hole" when a new committee meets to advise federal fisheries officials on aquaculture issues.

Evergreen Line construction plans, station names announced

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:12:46 GMT

Major construction plans and station names for the Evergreen Line rapid transit project were announced Saturday morning.

Lawsuit seeks damages for police dog bites; B.C. group works on regulation

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:12:46 GMT

The blood and pain was so bad that all William Evanow could think about after being mistakenly bitten by a police dog was to get home and tell his family he loved them.

Family, police search for missing senior in Langley

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:12:46 GMT

UPDATE: The ground search for 76-year-old Shenghyn Song has been called off.

'Think Twice' campaign asks political parties to commit to helping those with disabilities

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:12:46 GMT

Members of Civil Rights Now launched its 'Think Twice' campaign Saturday afternoon. It calls on all the political parties to publicly commit to supporting legislation that would allow people in B.C. with disabilities to live with dignity.

Volunteers 'storm the riding' to encourage votes for clean energy

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:12:46 GMT

In the Vancouver-Fraserview riding, and ridings all across the province, environmentalists took part in a Storm the Riding event.

One-fifth of B.C.'s forests at risk for wildfires due to the pine beetle infestation

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:12:46 GMT

According to B.C. forestry experts, the future of the province's forest industry could be in jeopardy.

B.C. ends pipeline cross-examination with many unanswered questions

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:12:46 GMT

VANCOUVER - Lawyers for the provincial government have wrapped up their cross-examination of company experts at the Northern Gateway review hearings with many questions left unanswered.

Metro Vancouver to turn off lights Saturday night for Earth Hour

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:12:46 GMT

A sexy candlelit dinner for two, Scrabble by flashlight or an Earth Hour potluck in the dark with friends.

Woman found dead on Nautley First Nations reserve

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:12:46 GMT

A 21-year-old woman has been found dead on the Nautley First Nations reserve in the Fort Fraser area, and RCMP are calling the death suspicious.

Man injured in Abbotsford shooting

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:12:46 GMT

One man is recovering in hospital after a shooting in Abbotsford late Friday night.