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Instability closes Lillooet-area highway, forcing lengthy detour

LILLOOET, B.C. — The BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure says a stretch of Highway 99 north of Lillooet will remain closed for the forseeable future. Regional Director Mike Lorimer says the 10 Mile Slide area 15 kilometres north of the community is historically unstable, but right now, engineers have noted more movement than usual. "It's not actually that debris has come down onto...

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Jury deliberations enter Day 2 in murder trial of accused in mill shooting

NANAIMO, B.C. — A jury has entered its second day of deliberations in the trial of a British Columbia man accused of murdering two former colleagues at a Vancouver Island mill. B.C. Supreme Court in Nanaimo has heard that 50-year-old Kevin Addison allegedly used a sawed-off shotgun to kill two men and injure two others on April 30, 2014 at the city’s Western Forest Products mill, where he used to...

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BlackBerry to leave smartphone hardware business by end of February

WATERLOO, Ont. — BlackBerry is heeding calls to leave the smartphone hardware business that once helped forge its reputation as a global technology leader before it got swept aside by the likes of Apple and Samsung. The company said Wednesday it will stop designing its signature devices and outsource that work to external partners so that it can focus on its growing security software...

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Duke and Duchess of Cambridge wow royal watchers in Kelowna

KELOWNA — Thousands of onlookers got a brush with royalty this afternoon in Kelowna. Prince William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, arrived at Kelowna International Airport during the noon hour. The royal couple greeted onlookers before attending the unveiling of a plaque to mark the tenth anniversary of the University of British Columbia-Okanagan. From there, the couple attended a...

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