The sounds of drums filled downtown Kelowna, B.C., Tuesday morning as part of a national day of awareness for missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people. Kelowna’s Red Dress event was organized by the Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society but took place across B.C., Canada and beyond. “Today is just an important day to think about…
As residents at the Crown Villa mobile home park in Vernon, B.C., begin a fourth week without power, some are trying to still make do as best they can. “We are just hanging in there,” said resident Lisa Cantafio-Anderson. Cantafio-Anderson said they are using a fire pit and camping stove to cook and using bottled…
A popular social media trend of racing through the hallways of Church of Scientology locations has come to Vancouver, with one teenager arrested though later released. Known as “speed running,” participants have entered the church’s Hollywood, Calif., locations and raced through hallways while attempting to avoid security guards and see how far they can get…
The Toronto Police Service is asking for the public’s help identifying a vehicle linked to a suspected hate-motivated assault in the city’s north end. Police say the incident happened April 30 in the Bathurst Street and Lawrence Avenue West area, where a suspect in a vehicle allegedly fired an Orbeez-style replica gun at victims who…
Thursday was a night to forget for the Edmonton Oilers, dropping their first-round series to the Anaheim Ducks and making an early exit from the Stanley Cup playoffs. The air was a little heavy for fans the day after, still coming to terms with the loss. “Obviously a tough Friday for everybody this morning,” said…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size One of music’s most successful artists is wading into the debate over lifeguards at Vancouver beaches. Peter Gabriel, originally part of Genesis, might never have reached the “Big Time” in 1986 if it had not been for a Vancouver lifeguard three years earlier. In a Facebook post,…
While relieved a dumpster fire behind his Kelowna, B.C., furniture store didn’t spread, it’s just the latest blaze Gaeten Benoit says he’s had to contend with. “I extinguished two fires last year,” said Benoit, who owns Treehouse Interiors on Windsor Road off of Spall Road. Sometime between Monday night and Tuesday morning, a fire broke…
By Noah Rishaug Global News Posted April 28, 2026 11:05 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A long-standing hockey rivalry added another chapter Tuesday night, this time on sleds. Top para hockey prospects from Canada and the United States faced off at Merlis Belsher Place in a development series…
Quebec’s premier met on Monday in Washington D.C. with Jamieson Greer, the top trade negotiator for President Donald Trump, as the U.S. becomes more aggressive in its demands toward Canada ahead of negotiations on the continental free-trade deal. Greer, a former U.S. air force lawyer who was chief of staff to Trump’s first-term trade representative,…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 26, 2026 6:06 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Provincial police say one person has died after a boat overturned in the St. Lawrence River on Saturday night. OPP say there were multiple people on board when the 15-foot aluminum boat capsized….
