MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s Socialists led in a poll published on Saturday in newspaper El Mundo with 30.3 percent of votes, equivalent to between 122 and 133 seats in the 350-seat parliament, but fell short of a majority with its main far-left ally ahead of a general election on April 28. A coalition of three […]

It’s a phrase often heard on jets bound for Sin City: “Vegas! Whoo-hoo!” Sam Samaddar hopes he’ll soon be hearing this: “Kelowna! Whoo-hoo!” Earlier this week, Kelowna International Airport was awarded federal funding to help promote international tourism. The announcement was made in conjunction with Saskatoon’s airport, with the two sharing $840,000 to promote, develop […]

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq hosted senior parliamentary officials from arch-rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran on Saturday as Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi sought to bolster his country’s nascent role as a mediator in the region. Delegations including the heads of parliament from Turkey, Kuwait, Syria and Jordan also attended the one-day conference in the Iraqi […]

The reported incident comes shortly after a number of Sumatran tiger cubs were first revealed to the public.  On March 22 the park shared images of the three cute cubs on Twitter. They wrote: “It’s finally warm enough for the tiger cubs to go outside!! “We think it’s safe to say they love it! Be […]

US-based Dr Mark Perlin has lodged a request with London’s Metropolitan Police to release 18 samples from the investigation.  Dr Perlin claims his Pittsburgh lab Cybernetics – which has identified victims of the 9/11 terror attack – can unlock samples UK authorities struggled to analyse.  Portuguese police initially sent DNA findings to be examined by […]

SARAJEVO (Reuters) – A Bosnian national suspected of fighting for Islamic State in Syria has been transferred to Bosnia and put in detention, Bosnia’s prosecutor’s office said on Saturday. After the collapse of Islamic State’s self-declared caliphate in Syria and Iraq, countries around the world are wrestling with how to handle militants and their families […]

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamic State attacks on the Syrian army and allied militias in central Syria have killed 35 soldiers over two days, a war monitor said early on Saturday. Although Islamic State lost its last territorial enclave in Syria at Baghouz near the Iraqi border last month to U.S.-backed forces, it still has fighters […]

“They were cold and shaken but the outcome could have been far worse” Blackpool RNLI Blackpool RNLI said on twitter: “Our @RNLI volunteers were called out at 6.36pm when two people were spotted in rubber rings near North Pier unable to reach the shore and shouting for help. “One D-Class lifeboat launched & quickly took […]

Meet the Sisters of the Valley who built an international cannabis empire after starting their operation with just 12 plants in 2011.  Now the Californian nuns are the subject of a new documentary released to mark cannabis smokers’ holiday 4/20 day in the US.  ‘Breaking Habits’ explores the history and sustained survival of the pot-growing sisters, who are […]

West Kelowna firefighters are warning about the dangers of irresponsible burning after a backyard campfire spread, damaging a neighbours shed. “It was a little careless and it could have been a lot more serious,” West Kelowna Fire Rescue Capt. Pat Harmata said. The fire broke out behind a home in the 3300 block of McQueen […]