Descrease article font size Increase article font size Two men from Calgary ran 10 marathons in 10 days in 10 provinces in order to raise $1,000,000 for KidsSport, Big Brothers Big Sisters and the Autism Asperger’s Friendship Society. “We started on Friday May 16, ten days ago in St. John’s, Newfoundland,” explained Dave Morin, who made…
The Edmonton Oilers weren’t lacking in guys who made an impact on Sunday. Zach Hyman had two goals and an assist, Connor McDavid also had a two-goal outing, and the Oilers took a 2-1 lead in their Western Conference final series with a 6-1 victory over the Dallas Stars. Evan Bouchard, with a goal and…
This year marks the 34th annual Cathedral Village Arts Festival, and more than ever, people want to shop local and take in what vendors have to offer. Source link
The search for an office lamp at a thrift store in Maple Ridge, B.C., has resulted in an outpouring of interest online and shed light on family ties thousands of kilometres away. Julia Ghersini, who works in the film industry, found the $14.99 wooden Nova Scotia lighthouse lamp at Value Village. She found it charming. When…
Doctors who work in the emergency room (ER) at Kelowna General Hospital (KGH) are in disbelief that the entire pediatric unit will be shutting down for at least six weeks. “We never imagined a disruption of pediatric services of this magnitude,” said Dr.Jeff Eppler, a longtime KGH ER physician. “It’s something I never could have…
A former Kelowna, B.C., RCMP officer, who admitted to sending sexually explicit messages to a victim of domestic assault, has been granted a conditional discharge and placed on probation for 12 months. Sean Eckland, who served with the national police force from 2006 to 2024, pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to obstruct justice, after…
First Nations communities in the Interlake, Man., region are hoping that new designs for a long-delayed flood mitigation project for Lake Manitoba and Lake St. Martin will address their concerns over its impact on Indigenous people in the area. “We’re old timers, we like the land the way nature made it,” Lake Manitoba First Nation…
The first sign that something was off was the sound of truck doors being slammed outside, a puzzling break to the peace inside the yurt located down a long driveway in a wooded rural outstretch not far from the quaint town of Annapolis Royal, N.S. Within moments, a ceremonial leader named Michael Adzich had been…
Answer: Fulfilling a childhood dream. What is: Appearing on Jeopardy! and becoming a champion. Vancouver resident Brendan Liaw has become the newest Jeopardy! champion, winning the game show on Tuesday night. “I started watching Jeopardy!, gonna be around nine or 10, and realized pretty early on that I knew quite a few answers, and that…
Prime Minister Mark Carney says it’s “totally unacceptable” that members of the Israeli army fired shots near a diplomatic delegation, which included Canadians, in the West Bank on Wednesday. The federal government confirmed Wednesday that four Canadian personnel were part of a tour in the city of Jenin when members of the Israel Defence Forces…
