Okanagan Latest News

• Barnes voted to NBA’s second all-defensive team

  Toronto Raptors forward Scottie Barnes was selected to the NBA's all-defensive second team Friday.

  Sports

  9 hours
• U.S. says foreigners now must apply for green card from their home country

  Officials said most foreigners who are in the U.S. temporarily and who want to apply to become lawful permanent residents will have to return home and apply there.

  U.S. News

  11 hours
• Nurses union, B.C. employer reach tentative agreement after strong strike vote

  The deal comes after members of the BC Nurses' Union voted this month more than 98 per cent in favour of strike action if necessary.

  Health

  11 hours
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• U.S. streaming industry slams CRTC rules for Canadian content investment

  The Motion Picture Association, which represents U.S. streamers including Netflix, said the new rules impose unprecedented, unnecessary and discriminatory investment obligations.

  Canada

  May 22
• Illegal cigarettes with ‘gigantic’ profit margin are costing Canadians billions

  The sale of counterfeit cigarettes is rising in Canada, despite fewer people smoking them, a study found. Advocates are calling for legislative reform to stop this trade.

  Crime

  May 22
• Edmonton dog owner guilty of criminal negligence in death of 11-year-old Kache Grist

  Kache Grist, 11, from B.C. was visiting his dad in Edmonton over spring break when Crystal MacDonald's Cane Corso dogs mauled the child to death in her Summerside home.

  Crime

  May 22
• Kevin Warsh sworn in as U.S. Fed chair facing inflation, policy pressures

  Trump said he wanted Warsh to be 'fully independent' in his new role, but also urged him to recognize that 'growth does not mean inflation.'

  U.S. News

  May 22
• Huge national marine conservation area established off B.C.’s Central Coast

  The area, called Mia-yaltwa Ha'lidzogm hoon, means 'Realm of the Salmon, Home of the Salmon' in a hybrid composite name drawn from the Indigenous languages of the partner Nations.

  Environment

  May 22
• Kyle Busch was short of breath, coughing up blood day before his death

  No cause of death has been given, though his family said earlier he had been hospitalized with a 'severe illness' three days before he was to compete in the Coca-Cola 600.

  Sports

  May 22
• Judge dismisses human smuggling charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia

  U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw granted Kilmar Abrego Garcia's motion to dismiss the human smuggling case for 'selective or vindictive prosecution.'

  U.S. News

  May 22
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• Rising food costs have forced British Columbians to shop differently, eat less: poll

  The poll, conducted by Research Co., found that rising food costs have forced many British Columbians to change their shopping and dietary habits.

  Canada

  May 22
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• Alberta’s referendum question could ‘chill’ private investment, expert says

  With Alberta moving closer toward a referendum vote to potentially leave Canada, experts say there could be a 'chill' among private investors in some nation-building projects.

  Canada

  May 22
• Mother who drowned her 3 kids at Coney Island sentenced to 20 years to life

  Erin Merdy, 34, was sentenced for drowning her children — who were three months old, four years old, and seven years old — in the ocean near their home in Coney Island.

  U.S. News

  May 22
• Canadian couples want money for wedding gifts to buy a home: survey

  Nearly eight in 10 (79 per cent) Canadians would 'consider requesting money for a down payment on a home as a wedding gift' rather than receiving a traditional wedding gift.

  Canada

  May 22
• Alberta separatists should aim to win fall vote and respect the result: Danielle Smith

  Asked if she's worried about her job, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said those who want a binding separation vote should put their efforts toward winning in October.

  Politics

  May 22
• Australian man dead after 400-metre fall during hike on Peru’s Inca trail

  Members of a rescue team found the body of 52-year-old Matthew Cameron Paton, a Victoria Police Department sergeant, on Thursday about 400 metres down a steep slope.

  World

  May 22
• Tulsi Gabbard says she’s resigning as U.S. national intelligence director

  Tulsi Gabbard resigned as President Donald Trump's director of national intelligence on Friday, saying she needed to step away as her husband battles cancer.

  U.S. News

  May 22
• Canada adds Ebola screening at airports as Ontario test comes back negative

  Dr. Joss Reimer said the testing was done proactively after an individual returned from Ethiopia and reported symptoms 'consistent with a range of illnesses.'

  Health

  May 22
• Ottawa to pay tax bill imposed on Laval, Que. after corrupt ex-mayor’s fraud

  He was sentenced to six years in prison and ordered to repay the city more than $8 million, including $7 million that was held in a Swiss bank account. 

  Canada

  May 22
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• Montreal farm recalls broccoli microgreens for possible E. coli contamination

  A Montreal-based farm has issued a recall for its broccoli microgreens due to possible E. coli contamination, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says.

  Health

  May 22
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• Trump official tried to ban voting machines in half of U.S. states: sources

  Sources say White House adviser Kurt Olsen, a lawyer Trump has tasked with proving widely debunked election-rigging claims, pushed a plan to target Dominion voting machines.

  U.S. News

  May 22
• Would Canada be ready for an Ebola outbreak? Experts say yes

  Symptoms are similar for all strains of Ebola and can start with fever, fatigue, muscle pain, headache and sore throat, according to the World Health Organization.

  Health

  May 22
• U.S. notes ‘slight progress’ in Iran talks, but uncertain deal will be made

  Rubio said he didn’t want to exaggerate the progress, saying there had been “a little bit of movement and that’s good.” He said the conversations were ongoing.

  World

  May 22
• Second batch of U.S. government declassified UFO files released

  Trump is the latest president to release U.S. government reports on unidentified flying objects, a disclosure process that began in the late 1970s.

  U.S. News

  May 22
• Daylight saving time could become permanent as U.S. House revives bill

  The bill still must pass the full U.S. House, and then the U.S. Senate would consider whether to take up the measure, after unanimously passing a similar bill in 2022.

  U.S. News

  May 22