Okanagan Latest News

• Health care systems ‘dismantling’ in B.C.’s Interior amid physician resignations

  Seven obstetricians and gynecologists have resigned from Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops, B.C., while four psychiatrists have stepped down from Vernon Jubilee Hospital.

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• B.C.’s forest sector struggles as province gets set to launch U.S. anti-tariff ads

  The B.C. government is asking federal ministers Dominic LeBlanc and Melanie Joly to come to B.C. as part of a forestry sector summit.

  Politics

  7 hours
• Family of slain Kelowna woman takes fight to Ottawa to enact ‘Bailey’s Law’

  Last week, federal justice minister Sean Fraser announced much-anticipated bail reform but the changes left the family disappointed.

  Canada

  8 hours
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• Surrey DPAC launches Room Clear Tracker to monitor classroom disruptions, clearings

  The Surrey DPAC, with the support of the Surrey Teachers' Association and CUPE 78, has launched a Room Clear Tracker that can be used by every school district across B.C.

  Education

  9 hours
• Liberals urged to increase penalties for intimate partner violence, murder

  Conservatives are pushing a private member's bill they say would combat intimate partner violence — just as a new report tracks how the problem has grown in recent years.

  Politics

  10 hours
• Paramedic assaulted while refuelling ambulance at Kamloops gas station

  'It's even more troubling when our members are victims of violence, because we are truly there to help people and nothing else,' Ian Tait with the Ambulance Paramedics of BC said.

  Crime

  11 hours
• Canucks’ Hughes to miss second game with injury

  Vancouver Canucks captain Quinn Hughes is set to miss a second straight game Tuesday when his team hosts the New York Rangers.

  Sports

  12 hours
• Kamloops rally calls for better maternity care amid OB/GYNs mass resignation

  A large rally was held in Kamloops amid growing concerns over the level of maternity care being provided at Royal Inland Hospital following the resignation of all seven OB/GYNs.

  Health

  Oct 28
• B.C. sees 1st avian flu outbreaks since January as 9 confirmed in poultry stocks

  A list published by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency shows the virus has been detected in nine commercial poultry flocks in the region over the last two weeks.

  Canada

  Oct 28
• Interior Health deals with 2 waves of resignations, BC Conservatives call for action

  Health Minister Josie Osborne said the province is focused on supporting doctors and other health care professionals during a time of mounting pressure.

  Health

  Oct 28
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• Former Vancouver Canuck Ryan Kesler faces criminal sexual conduct charges in Michigan

  Former Vancouver Canucks centre Ryan Kesler has pleaded not guilty to two counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct in Michigan.

  Crime

  Oct 28
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• Kelowna residents take part in first-ever evacuation drill to be better prepared for emergencies

  The drill also involved numerous support agencies, such as Emergency Social Services, Kelowna’s Fire Smart Program and Central Okanagan Search and Rescue.

  Fire

  Oct 27
• B.C. government quietly changing legislation at centre of ICBC, MSP lawsuit

  The suit, filed in 2020, alleges that the province is illegally using ICBC to tax people for health-care costs by essentially double-dipping on MSP premiums.

  Politics

  Oct 27
• B.C. will go ahead with anti-tariff ads despite Trump blow-up over Ontario

  Premier David Eby announced last week that B.C. will roll out digital ads in the U.S. next month 'to explain who wins and who loses' from additional tariffs on softwood lumber.

  Politics

  Oct 27
• It will take weeks for alcohol backlog to clear following tentative BCGEU deal

  The Professional Employees Association has been rallying alongside the BCGEU, but it's also taking down its own picket lines as its negotiations continue.

  Politics

  Oct 27
• New bail reform legislation to target extortions and sexual offences

  The act, revealed last week, would make dozens of changes to the criminal code to make bail laws stricter and toughen sentencing for serious and violent crimes.

  Crime

  Oct 27
• Global Okanagan’s Adopt A Pet

  Every week, Global Okanagan brings you a pet that's available for adoption through the Okanagan Humane Society.

  Canada

  Oct 27
• RCMP in B.C. warn of string of vehicle thefts, items taken from cars in Salmon Arm

  RCMP in Salmon Arm, B.C. are urging residents not to leave valuables in their vehicles and to lock them up overnight amid a string of thefts from and of cars and trucks.

  Crime

  Oct 27
• B.C. man dies three weeks after fighting off mother grizzly bear

  A British Columbia man who fought off a grizzly bear in the East Kootenay region this month has died of his injuries, more than three weeks after the attack.

  Canada

  Oct 27
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• The assassination target ‘betrayed’ by Carney’s India policy

  Warned by RCMP three times he was to be killed, Moninder Singh said Sikhs feel let down by Canada's decision to resume ties with India.

  Canada

  Oct 27
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• Sherwood turns sniper in boosting Canucks’ energy

  Coming into the NHL season few people would have expected Kiefer Sherwood to be leading the Vancouver Canucks in goal scoring.

  Sports

  Oct 27
• Sherwood scores in OT as Canucks edge Oilers

  Kiefer Sherwood deflected in a Brock Boeser pass at 1:42 of overtime to give the Vancouver Canucks a 4-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday night.

  Sports

  Oct 27
• Woman recalls night of highway shooting

  Andrea Morrice says she and her friend Tanya Myers had spent an amazing day together, until what should have been a routine drive home turned tragic.

  Canada

  Oct 26
• BCGEU says tentative agreement reached in historic strike

  British Columbia General Employees Union members' job action has been in place for about eight weeks, with more members joining as time went by.

  Canada

  Oct 26
• Canadiens come back for 4-3 win over Canucks

  Ivan Demidov scored and notched a pair of assists, and the Montreal Canadiens staged a third-period comeback to down the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 on Saturday. 

  Sports

  Oct 25