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Top Stories for September 23, 2022
Mike Hall of Rust Bros. is holding another auction to sell off a bevy of classic cars
Mike Hall is holding another auction. The Rust Valley Restorers reality TV star held a massive auction last year in a bid to clear his land of the hundreds of...
Lawsuit contemplated to stop the Revelry from opening downtown Kelowna
Lloyd Peterson is not giving up his fight to keep a music and entertainment venue out of his neighbourhood. Peterson, a resident of The Madison condos on Ellis...
Ski patroller injured in 2014 Crystal Mountain chairlift incident is now eligible for WorkSafe compensation
More than eight years after a terrifying chairlift crash at the now-defunct Crystal Mountain Resort in West Kelowna, the Workers' Compensation Appeal...
Pair of protests take place at Kelowna city hall
Two completely different protests took place outside of Kelowna City Hall on Friday, but they both shared one common goal — a demand for change. In...
Man sent to prison for placing hidden cameras in two work bathrooms
A Kamloops man who installed sophisticated hidden cameras inside two bathrooms at his workplace has been ordered to spend a year in prison. Greg Hibbert, 37,...
One man arrested after unfounded report of gun in Kelowna
Kelowna RCMP say they responded to a house located on Wilson Ave. and Gordon Dr. on Thursday afternoon after receiving reports of a man in the home who may have...
Hurricane Fiona forecast to bring 'severe' winds, heavy rainfall to Atlantic Canada
UPDATE: 1:32 p.m. People across Atlantic Canada were stocking up on last-minute essentials and storm-proofing their properties Friday ahead of the arrival of...
New phlebotomist role will alleviate burnout for lab assistants, hopes Interior Health
Interior Health says it is trying to support, not undermine, lab assistants with a new program that provides on-the-job training for new healthcare workers who...
Crews finish work reconnecting Highway 8, damaged during November floods
Residents living along the Highway 8 corridor between Merritt and Spences Bridge once again have access to their properties — a “major...
Okanagan Spirits Craft Distillery set to announce Laird of Fintry lottery winners
One of the Okanagan's most sought after beverages will soon be in the hands of some lucky whisky lovers. Okanagan Spirits Craft Distillery will announce...
Fees in licensed child care in B.C. to drop by up to $550 a month by Dec. 1
Child-care fees in British Columbia are set to drop by up to $550 a month starting in December for children in licensed care for those in kindergarten and...
Farming Karma, Wild Remedies in running to be named BC's best product
A pair of Kelowna companies are among the 10 finalists for B.C.’s Product of the Year, which is sponsored by British Columbia Food and Beverage...
B.C. nurse suspended for religious ritual
B.C.’s College of Nurses & Midwives has suspended a Surrey, B.C., nurse for four months after he was involved in a religious ritual with a patient...
RCMP arrest 32 shoplifters at Pine Centre Mall in Prince George
Prince George RCMP Downtown Safety Unit partnered with Pine Centre Mall security to crack down on prolific shoplifters, according to a RCMP statement released...
Wind from 'very powerful' Fiona knocks out power to homes in Nova Scotia, P.E.I.
High winds knocked out power in thousands of homes in Nova Scotia and P.E.I. Friday night as people in Atlantic Canada began feeling the wrath of Fiona. By 10...
Penticton man pleads guilty to car-jacking and related crime spree; awaits sentence
A Penticton man is facing many years behind bars after stealing multiple vehicles and threatening civilians and cops alike. Jesse Wayne Shawcross, 39, has been...
Man threatens to "kill children" in Vancouver park, witnesses say
“He kept saying, ‘The kids are gonna go to hell, they’re dead, you’ll see,’ and we’re like, 'You’ll see?' That...
Vancouver police say 88,000 calls to non-emergency line abandoned in 2021
Vancouver police say more than 88,000 calls from citizens to the non-emergency line in 2021 were abandoned — often after lengthy delays — before...
Unsupervised L driver caught at 113 in a 60 km/h zone in Coquitlam
Coquitlam RCMP hope several weeks away from the wheel will help a new driver fully understand the rules of the road. An 'L' driver received a four-month...
Siksika Nation in southern Alberta to take over RCMP duties with own police service
The Siksika Nation has reached a deal with the provincial and federal governments to reinstate the First Nation's self-administered police service after 20...
Mortgage rates expected to remain high in B.C.: BCREA
A new mortgage rate forecast from the British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) expects mortgage rates for British Columbians to stay high and...
Police watchdog investigating after video shows moment pedestrian struck by cruiser
The Independent Investigations Office of the BC has launched an investigation after shocking video of a Vancouver Police Department vehicle striking a...
Temporary EI measures set to expire with no timeline for program reform
Workers applying for employment insurance benefits will have to qualify based on pre-pandemic rules starting Sunday, when temporary measures are set to expire....
Group linked to 'Freedom Convoy' ordered evicted from Ottawa heritage building
A group loosely associated with the “Freedom Convoy” protest in Ottawa last winter has been ordered evicted from a former church east of downtown....
Knife-wielding patient arrested at B.C. hospital after staff hid on ward: police
Vancouver Police say an investigation is underway after a patient allegedly armed with a knife chased a doctor at BC Women's Hospital and tried to access a...
Hockey coach jailed for child porn, luring children after Port Moody police investigation
A former hockey coach who was investigated by Port Moody police for child porn and child luring three years ago has pleaded guilty to several charges. The man,...
Osoyoos woman suing local optometrist office for wrongful dismissal
An Osoyoos woman is suing her former employer, a local optometrist office, alleging bullying in the workplace and wrongful dismissal. Natalia Barroca is seeking...
Council candidate suggests severing ties with First Transit in favour of city-funded transit
Tom Macauley says it's time the city got into the transit business. The Kelowna council candidate suggested in a news release Friday the city should...
Cancer, migraine and spinal cord patients needed for separate studies
Three Central Okanagan organizations are seeking people to participate in studies or trials, all in an effort to finding treatments or making life better. Those...
Delta seeks senior gov’t. cash to prepare for rising seas
Delta wants some help, more than a million dollars’ worth, in order to raise a half kilometre of the Boundary Bay Dike Trail by 1.3 metres. The city is...
Moscow-held regions of Ukraine in 'sham' vote to join Russia
Voting began in Russian-held regions of Ukraine on referendums to become part of Russia, Moscow-backed officials there said Friday as Ukrainian and United...
Man hit with pickup truck as part of rural assault, police say
Police are investigating an incident in which they believe a man was struck with a pickup truck as part of an assault. Mounties said they were called to the...
S&P/TSX composite down nearly 500 points in early trading, oil below US$80 a barrel
Canada's main stock index was down nearly 500 points in early trading as the price of oil fell below US$80 a barrel and U.S. stock markets also fell deep...
COVID-19 lockdowns impacted HIV transmission rates in B.C., says study
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have found a reduction in access to HIV care and prevention services during early COVID-19 lockdowns resulted...
Court of Appeal upholds sharing of Canadian bank account info with U.S. authorities
The Federal Court of Appeal has affirmed the constitutionality of legislation that allows account information held by Canadian financial institutions to be...
Fallen hero police dog Gator to be honoured at run in Kelowna
This year's 2022 Heroes Run in Kelowna will honour police service dog Gator, who gave his life to protect his handler and best friend during a high-risk...
Civic election: Bal Grewal running for Kelowna city council
Castanet News has distributed a questionnaire to city council candidates in both Kelowna and West Kelowna to help voters get to know those putting their names...
B.C.'s CFL team gets a new look on and off the field
The BC Lions have under-gone a major makeover on and off the field over the past year. The Canadian Football League (CFL) team has gone from the third worst...
Heads up Vernon drivers - double roundabout is now two lanes
Vernon motorists may notice some changes to the city's double roundabout on 39th Avenue. Now that railway crossing upgrades are complete, drivers will...
Man arrested in bus knife incident wanted in Ontario for attempted murder: police
A man arrested in connection with an incident where a passenger pulled a knife on a bus driver is wanted in Ontario on charges including attempted murder,...
Roger Federer retires after teaming with Nadal in last match
LONDON (AP) — This day, this match, had to come, of course, for Roger Federer, and for tennis, just as it inevitably must for every athlete in every sport....
Police stumble on wanted Richmond kidnapper
A man subject to a Canada-wide warrant has been arrested in connection with a Richmond kidnapping. Arjun Purewal was arrested on Tuesday at a home in Surrey by...
Civic election: Anthony Bastiaanssen running for West Kelowna council
Castanet News has distributed a questionnaire to city council candidates in both Kelowna and West Kelowna to help voters get to know those putting their names...
Calgary police say more than $1.6 million stolen in 2022 through grandparent scam
Calgary police say more than $1.6 million has been stolen this year from approximately 122 seniors in the city by fraudsters using what is known as the...
MPs, Senators debate requirements for medically assisted dying with mental disorders
An expert told a special joint committee of the House of Commons and Senate that people with mental disorders can suffer for decades, and their distress is...
Gauging ‘planetquakes’ and ‘moonquakes’
When the Apollo astronauts went to the Moon, among the instruments they installed were seismometers, devices for detecting vibrations in the...
Follow Canada's lead on easing COVID-19 travel restrictions, U.S. lawmakers urge
U.S. lawmakers are urging the Biden administration to follow Canada's lead in easing COVID-19 travel restrictions at the northern border. Montana Sen. Jon...
Lumby man back home after surgery, awaits second kidney transplant
A Lumby man is eagerly awaiting a new kidney after a first transplant in 2020 failed. Cole Derry is back at home and resting after removal of his kidney earlier...
Province to hold avian flu info session in Kelowna next week
The province is holding an information session for poultry owners in Kelowna next week. The information session comes after several avian flu outbreaks were...
Blazers held scoreless on opening night, fall 3-0 to Portland
UPDATE: 9:59 p.m. Despite some good chances late in the third period, the Kamloops Blazers were held scoreless Friday at Sandman Centre, shut out 3-0 by the...
Kelowna woman inducted into Special Olympics BC Hall of Fame
Kelowna athlete Kelsey Wyse has been inducted into the Special Olympics BC Hall of Fame. Wyse has excelled in both summer and winter sports and has competed in...
Referee shortage has high school football teams scrambling
Football is back, but the referees are not. The BC Football Officials Association is short staffed and scrambling to keep both high school and community...
Federal government posts $6.3B surplus for April-to-July period
The federal government posted a surplus of $6.3 billion for the first four months of its 2022-23 fiscal year. The Finance Department says the result for the...
Alberta judge overseeing inquiry into teen's death adjourns to seek more witnesses
An Alberta judge looking into the death of a Calgary teen who weighed 37 pounds when he died has adjourned her inquiry in an attempt to hear from more...
Sunken barge near Campbell River to be removed, scrapped
A company contracted by the Canadian Coast Guard has started removing the remaining fuel from a sunken barge at Duncan Bay, north of Campbell River. The...
Feds stop short of mandatory national crime gun tracing, citing provincial control
Federal agencies are trying to boost efforts to trace the origins of guns used in crimes, but it appears jurisdictional hurdles could prevent the measures from...
Approaching storm may delay launch try for NASA moon rocket
An approaching storm threatens to delay NASA's next launch attempt for its new moon rocket, already grounded for weeks by fuel leaks. A tropical depression...
End to Monday print edition of nine papers by Postmedia an 'important moment': expert
One expert at the intersection of journalism and policy says Postmedia Network Inc.'s decision to end the Monday print edition of nine of its urban daily...
BGC Okanagan holding job fair Saturday to hire those ready to make a difference
Kat Dimitriadis has worked at BGC Okanagan for the last nine years, but the organization has been a part of her life for much longer than that. Life...
RCMP 'did their best' in response to N.S. mass shooting: federal Justice Department
The RCMP’s response to the 2020 shooting rampage that left 22 Nova Scotians dead was far from perfect, but police did their best, the federal Justice...
Disabled B.C. woman claims childhood sex abuse by Coquitlam priests
A Surrey woman who attended a Coquitlam Roman Catholic church as a child has filed a B.C. Supreme Court civil action alleging three priests sexually abused her...
Elevation Outdoors annual fundraiser breaks record after COVID hiatus
After a two-year break due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a local non-profit raised $30,000 through their annual lawn bowling tournament this summer. Over four weeks...
Temporary change to outpatient laboratory hours at the South Similkameen Health Centre in Keremeos
Limited staffing availability will temporarily change outpatient laboratory hours for residents who access the South Similkameen Health Centre beginning on...
2 more whales die in Australia as stranding deaths reach 200
Two more whales died Friday in Australia after a handful that had been refloated a day earlier stranded themselves again. About 200 pilot whales have now died...
Jason Kenney, soon out as Alberta premier, pokes fun at himself in speech
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney drew laughs and applause in one of his final speeches before he leaves the job in two weeks. Kenney, speaking to municipal leaders...
Assistance for those who need it the most
The House of Commons opened its fall session this week, and, like other MPs, I returned to Ottawa with concerns gathered through the summer of travelling the...
Okanagan Sun look to sow up regular season title Saturday at the Apple Bowl
There's never a dull moment when the Okanagan Sun and Langley Rams meet on the gridiron. Regardless of where they are in the standings, a meting between...
July travel on upward trend, but still fraction of pre-pandemic levels
Statistics Canada says the number of Canada's international arrivals increased in July but has yet to recover to pre-pandemic levels. The agency says the...
Fortune Drive motel reopens as 28-unit supportive housing facility
A supportive housing facility inside a converted motel on Fortune Drive has welcomed its first residents. According to a news release Friday morning from the...
West Kelowna Warriors opened the season on the right foot, edging Cowichan Valley 2-1
The West Kelowna Warriors put a lacklustre pre season behind them when the games really mattered. Defenceman Matthew Fusco provided all the offence the Warriors...
Watch for new three-way stop at the intersection of Atkinson and Kinney Streets in Penticton
The City of Penticton has installed a new three-way stop at the intersection of Atkinson and Kinney Streets, near Cherry Lane Shopping Centre. Motorists and...
UN rights experts cite signs of war crimes in Ukraine
A team of experts commissioned by the U.N.’s top human rights body to look into rights violations in Ukraine said Friday its initial investigation turned...
Vernon kicks off provincewide BC Culture Days with festival at Polson Park
Polson Park in downtown Vernon is a beehive of activity today for the kick off to BC Culture Days. Numerous events are planned throughout the day and into the...
Annual Similkameen Sizzle hot pepper festival ready to kick off this weekend in Keremeos
If you like to spice things up, Canada’s only hot pepper festival returns to Keremeos on Saturday with a day full of activity, and a challenge if you can...
City of Kamloops councillor candidate profile: Mike O'Reilly
Castanet Kamloops is going to help you get to know the candidates running for city councillor over the next few weeks. Every weekday morning starting on Sept....
West Kelowna Warriors open new season with Island Division road trip
Given the choice, most hockey coaches would likely prefer to open up a season on the road and away from familiar surroundings. That's especially true for...
Civic election: Get to know Doug Loepp, Summerland council candidate
Castanet News has distributed a questionnaire to each candidate running for local council in the South Okanagan. All candidates have been given the same...
Splatsin to mark Orange Shirt Day with commemorative walk
Splatsin will recognize the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 30 with a commemorative walk, speakers, drumming, and a luncheon. All are welcome...
'Inclusive and welcoming;' Tk'emlups installs Pride crosswalk on reserve
The Tk’emlups te Secwepemc band has installed a permanent Pride crosswalk on one of the reserve’s most high-profile streets. The crosswalk has been...
Lasers, daredevils and acrobats: Unique holiday show heading for South Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton
The first day of fall has only just arrived, but for those in Penticton already looking ahead to the holiday season, the South Okanagan Events Centre has an...
Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen wins Community Excellence Award
The Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen has earned a Community Excellence Award from the Union of British Columbia Municipalities. The UBCM meets every...
Issues have forced the reopening of the Vernon aquatic centre to be delayed
The Vernon Aquatic Centre reopening has been delayed following its annual maintenance shutdown. The aquatic centre was originally scheduled to reopen Monday....
Lumby mayor touts village's accomplishments as he seeks fifth term
Lumby's incumbent mayor says he's grateful for the support over his past four terms in office. Kevin Acton, who's seeking a fifth term in the Oct....
Multicultural festival planned this weekend in North Kamloops
Kamloops’ first annual multicultural festival will be held on the North Shore this Saturday, with organizers promising an event which highlights...
Vernon Search and Rescue building starting to take shape on Silver Star Road
It's been a long time coming, but a new Vernon Search and Rescue facility is taking shape. The volunteer group that answers the call for help 24 hours a...
Mabel Lake and Grindrod water users warned of a disruption to water supply Saturday
The Regional District of North Okanagan is advising water users of possible issues at two water supplies. Customers supplied by the Mabel Lake Water Utility...
Civic election: Get to know Keith Quesnelle, Oliver town council candidate
Castanet News has distributed a questionnaire to each candidate running for local council in the South Okanagan. All candidates have been given the same...
Thanksgiving Food Drive will collect items for Vernon Salvation Army Food Bank
The annual Thanksgiving Food Drive takes place Saturday and the timing could not be better. Organized by the Vernon Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints,...
Tim Hortons' smile cookie week continues until Sunday
Tim Hortons’ smile cookie week is coming to an end, but residents still have two more days to pick up a freshly baked treat to support programming from...
Champion for affordable housing seeks another term on Vernon council
A champion for affordable housing and anti-poverty advocacy is seeking another term on Vernon city council. Longtime Vernon resident Kelly Fehr has served on...
City of Vernon hosting numerous pop ups to spread information about the proposed Active Living Centre
The City of Vernon is continuing to share information about the proposed Active Living Centre with a series of pop-up information booths. A referendum is taking...
Penticton Vees ready for action as the 2022-23 season kicks off
With a few preseason games under their feet, the Penticton Vees are ready to hit home ice in their season-opening game on Friday night. After taking home last...
