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Grand Forks, Christina Lake kids participate in Terry Fox Run

(L-R) Christina Lake Fifth-graders Emma Irwin, Maddison Winterburn and Rachel Marks made good time on Thursday’s run. Photo: Laurie Tritschler

Kids and staff ran four kilometres on the Great Trail Thursday afternoon

by Laurie Tritschler
updated 3h ago

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B.C. Premier John Horgan takes part in a video conference with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other premiers, March 4, 2021. Horgan has taken over as chair of the Council of the Federation, which met Sept. 23 without Trudeau. (B.C. government photo)

B.C. premier pleads for COVID-19 help as Trudeau government resumes
- updated 5h ago
Fire burns family home in rural Grand Forks
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Area restrictions lifting on Arrow Lakes wildfires
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Nelson high school vice-principal walking 400 km in September for diabetes research
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Student vote close to South Okanagan West—Kootenay results
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Smartphone app scans QR code from a digital or printed copy of the B.C. vaccine card, confirming vaccine status. More than three million vaccine cards have been distributed in B.C. (Apple app store images)

B.C. reports 832 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, 5 more deaths

by Tom Fletcher

updated 4h ago

This photo shows a Narcan nasal device. (AP File Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Horgan promises B.C. will fund naloxone kits for police

by Christine van Reeuwyk

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$An attendee walks past hydraulic fracking equipment at the Global Petroleum Show in Calgary on Tuesday, June 7, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh$

Homes near fracking sites in B.C. have higher levels of some pollutants, says study

by The Canadian Press

updated 3h ago

People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier responds to reporters' questions after launching his campaign during a press conference at a hotel in Saint-Georges, Que., Friday, Aug. 20, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot

Twitter requires Maxime Bernier to delete tweet sharing reporters’ emails

by The Canadian Press

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Alberta Premier Jason Kenney gives a COVID-19 update in Edmonton on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

Feds to provide Red Cross, Armed Forces help as COVID-19 swamps Alberta’s hospitals

by The Canadian Press

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The SNC-Lavalin headquarters is seen in Montreal on February 12, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

SNC-Lavalin hit with fresh charges related to Montreal bridge contract

by The Canadian Press

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Several Peachland residents gathered to take a stand against clearcut logging to protect the community’s watershed. (Twila Amato/Black Press Media)

Wildsight hosts webinar highlighting logging’s impact on climate change risk

by Paul Rodgers

7h ago

O’Toole triggers campaign review after loss, saying no one more disappointed than him

A man enters an advance polling station in Ottawa, Friday, Sept. 10, 2021. Advance polls opened today ahead of the Federal Election Sept. 20th. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Liberal push to make election a referendum on pandemic only partly successful

Travis Bridge takes part in the 10-hour Bike-A-Thon held at Bigby Place. Participants were raising money for Nelson adults with special needs to travel to an athletics event in 2022. Photo: Tyler Harper

VIDEO: Nelson’s Bigby Place holds 10-hour marathon fundraiser

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney announces new COVID-19 measures for Alberta in Calgary, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Alberta introduces new rules, passport as COVID puts health system days from collapse

Police response near UBC Okanagan caused by man allegedly wielding gun

The length of the closure is not yet known at this time

by Aaron Hemens

updated 8h ago

54 per cent of Canadians say they go to work while feeling unwell at least one day per week. (Pixabay.com)

More than half of Canadians go to work while feeling unwell: survey

64 per cent of parents work while unwell compared to 36 per cent of non-parents

by Cole Schisler

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Winter tires should be installed by next Friday, October 1
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Former Nazi death-squad member Helmut Oberlander dead at 97
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Prince George bylaw targeting homeless people ‘scapegoats’ the poor, says expert
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Report says B.C. has to shore up communications before, during and after wildfires
- updated 9h ago
Canada paused COVID-19 vaccine deliveries as supply far exceeds demand
- 13h ago

Lululemon to outfit Canadian Olympic, Paralympic athletes through 2028 Games

Lululemon will provide Team Canada with clothing and accessories from 2022 until 2028

by The Canadian Press

13h ago

Vancouver Canucks’ Elias Pettersson (40) slides into then-Minnesota Wild goaltender Alex Stalock (32) during third period NHL qualifying round game action in Edmonton, on Friday August 7, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

Oilers goaltender Stalock likely to miss season due to possible heart condition

Keeper had contracted COVID prior to last season but had been cleared to play since

by The Canadian Press

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