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Sicamous man fined $20,000 for work fixing up Eagle Pass Fire Lookout
In a case critics view as an example of bureaucratic overreach, a Sicamous man is facing a $20,000 fine after the province concluded his involvement on a project to fix up a historic fire lookout cont...
May 02, 2019 Image Credit: Rene St. Onge

B.C. house leaders receive McLachlin report on allegations against clerk, sergeant-at-arms
VICTORIA - Beverly McLachlin has submitted her highly anticipated report on the allegations against clerk of the B.C. legislature Craig James and sergeant-at-arms Gary Lenz.The former chief justice of...
May 02, 2019 Beverly McLachlin (Image Credit: The Canadian Press)

19-year-old director wins top award at Tribeca Film Festival
NEW YORK - Nineteen-year-old filmmaker Phillip Youmans has won the top award at the Tribeca Film Festival. "Burning Cane," which Youmans finished as a 17-year-old graduating high school, on Thursday t...
May 02, 2019

Emergency service workers encouraged to give blood during Sirens for Life campaign
KAMLOOPS - Emergency personnel are being encouraged to give blood during the Sirens for Life campaign this month. Various emergency service workers gathered at Oasis Church Thursday morning (May 2) to...
May 02, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today

RCMP investigate vandalism to Vernon war memorial
VERNON, B.C. - Police are trying to find out who was responsible for defacing a war memorial in Vernon.RCMP were made aware of damage to the Dragoons War Memorial in Linear Park on 25th Avenue on Apri...
May 02, 2019 Image Credit: RCMP Handout

Former Miss Uruguay found dead at a Mexico City hotel
MEXICO CITY - A former Miss Uruguay pageant winner has been found dead at a Mexico City hotel. City prosecutors say a Uruguayan woman was found hanged in the bathroom of one of the hotel's rooms early...
May 02, 2019

Inspector in Kraft case says she saw evidence of trafficking
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A Florida health inspector testified Tuesday that she saw possible evidence of human trafficking at the massage parlour where police say New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft...
May 02, 2019

Psychiatrist on what doctors to consider when advising patients during Ramadan
VANCOUVER - A Canadian psychiatrist is advising doctors to help address the needs of mentally ill Muslim patients whose medication regimen could be affected by fasting during the upcoming re...
May 02, 2019

Military on defensive after soldiers wrongly given guns for Sikh parade
OTTAWA - The Canadian military is scrambling to explain why a group of soldiers was issued weapons to march in a Toronto parade on Sunday for Canada's Sikh community. Photos and videos of the event sh...
May 02, 2019

Saskatchewan Appeal Court to rule on whether carbon tax constitutional
REGINA - Saskatchewan's Court of Appeal is to release its ruling this week on whether the federally imposed carbon tax is constitutional. A registrar for the court says the decision is to&nb...
May 02, 2019

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