Emergency crews were needed for a West Kelowna woman who fell during a snowy Boxing Day hike in the city’s Glenrosa area. The woman was rescued, then transported to hospital by ambulance. “We had a couple of hikers, a husband and a wife, who were down in the canyon,” said Bob Peters of West Kelowna […]
Ryan Baugh, a Department of Homeland Security statistician, set an unusual out-of-office email message on Wednesday morning: one with no end date. “Due to the current federal funding hiatus, I will not be able to return emails or telephone calls until I return to duty,” Mr. Baugh wrote. He does not know when that will […]
A devoted dad joined his flight attendant daughter on her flights over the Christmas period so she didn’t have to spend it away from her family. The touching story went viral after a passenger who was sat next to dad Hal Vaughan shared it on Facebook. Mike Levy, from Ohio, said Hal decided to join […]
With the arrival of snow on Boxing Day, the opening of a temporary homeless shelter in West Kelowna is timely. It’s located at the United Church on Browne Road. Rosemary Weighill runs the shelter. She says demand has been steady, but slow. “It was a slow opening on Saturday, with people going home for Christmas. […]
Melville RCMP say three people are dead following a two-vehicle crash on Christmas Day. The collision happened approximately 16 kilometres west of Melville, Sask., at roughly 1:50 a.m. CT on Dec. 25. Related Three dead, including six-month-old baby, in head-on crash near Melville Police said their initial investigation showed a half-ton truck travelling northbound on […]
AL ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq (REUTERS) – President Donald Trump made a surprise Christmas visit to US troops in Iraq on Wednesday (Dec 26), his first trip to a conflict zone nearly two years into his presidency and days after announcing a pullout of American troops from neighbouring Syria. Air Force One touched down at […]
It’s taken nine long years, but the wait has been worth it for a B.C. man with Alberta working roots. Bryce Shewchuk is the creator of a new, Canadian-made energy drink called High Roller. It can be found in gas stations and food stories in British Columbia and Alberta, albeit not at every one — […]
Republican efforts threaten to further deepen political rancour in key Midwestern battleground states. Republican-controlled legislatures in Wisconsin and Michigan this week sought to curb the power of recently-elected Democratic governors and others, eliciting howls of protest from critics who called it a power grab after President Donald Trump’s party lost ground in November’s midterm elections. […]
The head of the U.S. Federal Reserve faces no risk of losing his job and President Donald Trump is happy with his Treasury secretary, a White House official said in an apparent attempt to calm Wall Street nerves frayed by Trump’s criticism of the Fed. Asked on Wednesday if Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s job was […]
Special counsel says Trump’s ex-campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, told multiple lies after agreeing to plea deal. US President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, lied to federal investigators about a payment and contacts with Trump administration officials, the special counsel investigating whether his 2016 campaign colluded with Russia said in a court filing on […]