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Two men are facing charges after a break-and-enter at a pharmacy in Lake Country earlier this month. The pair is also believed to be involved with other Kelowna crimes. Victoria Femia reports.

The two people who were arrested after breaking into stores at the Turtle Bay strip mall in Lake Country have been released on bail. And the City of Kelowna cancelled payment for an upcoming Community Safety Business Forum, after originally charging people $5.

It was a race against the clock in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains when a group of back-country skiers, both clients and guides, were buried in an avalanche near Lake Tahoe on Tuesday morning. The group had been in the final day of what the organizing company said was a three-day trip through the back country...

Cuba brought its electrical grid back online Thursday, after a massive blackout plunged two-thirds of the country into darkness. The country’s energy ministry blamed the outage on the Trump Administration, which has cut off foreign oil to the island. The island relied heavily on shipments from Venezuela. The blockade is making daily life miserable for...

U.S. President Donald Trump delivered the State of the Union address on Tuesday night and called the Supreme Court’s ruling against his tariffs “unfortunate.” The president said: “The good news is that almost all countries and corporations want to keep the deal that they already made, knowing that the legal power that I, as president,...

Could Surrey be a new soccer destination? The city is looking into becoming Canada Soccer’s national training centre location. As Taya Fast reports, Surrey says it only makes sense as one of the most active soccer communities in the country.

Saturday brought a major escalation in Middle East tensions after the United States and Israel launched military strikes against Iran. Redmond Shannon has the details of the operation. Jackson Proskow dives into what motivated the White House to take this step amid looming midterms and an electorate that’s averse to foreign intervention. As Reactions pour...

It is a dark day of commemoration in Ukraine. Tuesday marks the fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion. The Kremlin claimed Ukraine was mistreating Russian citizens, but there is no evidence of that. Neither side releases many combat statistics, but some estimates put the number of people killed close to two million. Many western countries, including...

On Thursday, Prime Minister Mark Carney met with police officials in Surrey, B.C., and said the federal government is taking measures to combat extortion threats not only in Surrey but across the country. He added that the government continues to work on strengthening border and immigration laws, while providing more funding for both the RCMP and...

With American wines removed from store shelves in Ontario for more than a year, local wineries are seeing new opportunities to reach consumers. The shift has pushed more Ontario bottles into the spotlight, encouraging shoppers to explore wines produced in regions like Niagara and Prince Edward County. Sommelier Beverly Crandon joins Jaden Lee-Lincoln to discuss...

At the Munich Security Conference Friday different European leaders stressed the necessity for NATO members within the continent to do more for their own conventional defence. With the war in Ukraine approaching its fourth year, and an increasingly isolationist United States, many countries are taking action and encouraging others to do the same.

A long list of Quebec politicians is making a pitch tonight to bring a future international bank for defence funds to Montreal. From the Premier to the CEO of a major bank, the leaders say Montreal has all the attributes to host a financial institution that can help allied countries build up their defence systems....

The Make Happy Tummies fundraising campaign is underway after an event at Hastings Elementary in Vancouver. The campaign supports more than three thousand student breakfast programs across the country.

A former director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement explains why ICE officers are in Canadian cities. John Sandweg also shares the difference he sees in the agency now, compared with when he ran the agency under President Obama — then often called the “Deporter in Chief.” Plus, Canadian country artist Paul Brandt gives his perspective...

The fate of many Iranians remains unknown even more than a month after the anti-regime protests began. That’s because the government still has almost entirely cut the country off from the internet. Information has been reduced to a trickle, and that’s all anyone with loved ones in the country has to learn if their loved...

Canada’s largest overseas mission is working with NATO to prevent further Russian aggression. While Canadian troops perform military exercises in the region, the Commander of Task Force Latvia explains how it’s a defence mission. A former director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement explains why ICE officers are in Canadian cities. Plus, Canadian country artist Paul...

A Canadian delegation including 19 members of the country’s Inuit community travelled to Nuuk, Greenland to celebrate the opening of Canada’s new embassy on Friday. A French embassy was also opened in the Danish territory. Both had been in the works well before U.S. President Donald Trump began making his threats. But as Heather Yourex-West...

A growing number of countries have taken or are considering measures to restrict children’s access to social media. Touria Izri explains which nations are the latest to take action, the mounting pressure on Canada to follow suit, and why some critics are warning against a ban.

The Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings county unwrapped a generous late Christmas surprise — a fifteen thousand dollar donation from a local community member. The funding will go toward digitizing and preserving the county’s past for future generations.

Beloved groundhog Wiarton Willie, in Bruce County, Ont., appeared on stage on Monday to make his prediction. According to folklore tradition, if a groundhog sees their shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter; if they don’t, it will be an early spring.