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Trailside welcomes its first residents May 15, 2024 into the transitional housing facility on Highway 97 N in Kelowna. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)

VIDEO: Transitional housing units open for seniors in Kelowna

Trailside will help residents reach the goal of stable housing

  • May 14, 2024
Trailside welcomes its first residents May 15, 2024 into the transitional housing facility on Highway 97 N in Kelowna. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)
Teddy bears placed at a vigil in Ben Lee Park, Kelowna for 15-year-old homicide victim Tristan Seeger. (Brittany Webster/ Black Press Media)

Teens demand more from adults as youth violence rises in Kelowna

Kelowna RCMP said they take an education first approach

  • May 14, 2024
Teddy bears placed at a vigil in Ben Lee Park, Kelowna for 15-year-old homicide victim Tristan Seeger. (Brittany Webster/ Black Press Media)
Vancouver FC and Atlético Ottawa combined for a 1-1 result at Langley’s Willoughby Community Park on Sunday, May 12. (Beau Chevalier/VFC/Special to Langley Advance Times)

VIDEO: Vancouver FC fights Ottawa to a tie

Home match ends two-game losing streak

  • May 13, 2024
Vancouver FC and Atlético Ottawa combined for a 1-1 result at Langley’s Willoughby Community Park on Sunday, May 12. (Beau Chevalier/VFC/Special to Langley Advance Times)
Aaron Pritchett (SUBMITTED PHOTO)

Country music star hosts memorial concert for Kelowna crane collapse victims

Aaron Pritchett will be at Revelry on May 19

  • May 13, 2024
Aaron Pritchett (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
Residents of Hadgraft Wilson Place evacuating on April 2. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)

Evacuated residents launch class action lawsuit against UBC, City of Kelowna

The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Hadgraft Wilson Place residents

  • May 13, 2024
Residents of Hadgraft Wilson Place evacuating on April 2. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)
The pay phone at Roberts Lake Resort will be unplugged in coming days. Photo by Marc Kitteringham/Campbell River Mirror

Lonely stretch of B.C. highway mourns final call for its last pay phone

Residents concerned about emergency coverage on Vancouver Island between Campbell River and Sayward

  • May 8, 2024
The pay phone at Roberts Lake Resort will be unplugged in coming days. Photo by Marc Kitteringham/Campbell River Mirror
Nurses Deb Melvin, who is an Indigenous patient navigator, Indigenous Health Manager Jess McConnell and Indigenous Liaison Nurse Amanda Watts work at the West Coast General Hospital. (Alexandra Mehl photo)

Workers nursing health care to positive outcomes for B.C. Indigenous patients

West Coast pair advocating for patients who haven’t had great relationships with hospitals

  • May 6, 2024
Nurses Deb Melvin, who is an Indigenous patient navigator, Indigenous Health Manager Jess McConnell and Indigenous Liaison Nurse Amanda Watts work at the West Coast General Hospital. (Alexandra Mehl photo)
kwiisaḥiʔis as she swims out of the Little Espinosa Inlet Lagoon. Photo by Bay Cetology

Boaters warned against approaching as B.C. orphan orca works to find family

Ehattesaht Nation, DFO stepping up patrols to ensure kwiisaḥiʔis does not encounter humans

  • May 3, 2024
kwiisaḥiʔis as she swims out of the Little Espinosa Inlet Lagoon. Photo by Bay Cetology
file image by Alexa from Pixabay

B.C. woman doesn’t duck responsibilities, helps ducklings waddle across city

North Vancouver woman spends an hour guiding duck family through traffic and across sidewalks

  • May 3, 2024
file image by Alexa from Pixabay
Hadgraft Wilson Place. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)

Call for UBC Properties Trust to cease downtown Kelowna construction

Pathways Abilities Society said UBC Properties Trust representatives toured the damage in November

  • May 1, 2024
Hadgraft Wilson Place. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)
BC Cancer- Victoria hosted an open house on Oct. 5, 2019. (Evan Taylor/News Staff)

OPINION: B.C. Black Press editor starts his personal cancer ‘journey’

Many cancer survivors describe their experiences as a “journey.” I am embarking…

  • May 1, 2024
BC Cancer- Victoria hosted an open house on Oct. 5, 2019. (Evan Taylor/News Staff)
Jared Lowndes’ friend Jason Watt makes a statement at Lowndes’ memorial. Photo by Marc Kitteringham / Campbell River Mirror

First Nations Leadership Council joins call for probe into lack of police prosecutions

‘We are shocked and angered, and will not be backing down’ — FNLC

  • Apr 30, 2024
Jared Lowndes’ friend Jason Watt makes a statement at Lowndes’ memorial. Photo by Marc Kitteringham / Campbell River Mirror
The UBCO downtown Kelowna campus construction has resumed. The evacuated low-income housing Hadgraft Wilson Place can be seen in the background. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)

UBCO requests access for assessment of evacuated Kelowna apartments

Hadgraft Wilson Place residents will be housed by Okanagan College for the summer

  • Apr 29, 2024
The UBCO downtown Kelowna campus construction has resumed. The evacuated low-income housing Hadgraft Wilson Place can be seen in the background. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)
Lisa Rauch died after a standoff with police that ended up with anti-riot ammunition being deployed. Week two of a public hearing into the conduct of the officer who took the shot began on April 29. (Photo Courtesy Rauch Family)

Week 2 of Victoria hearing into police-involved death begins

Officer who shot 43-year-old Lisa Rauch with anti-riot weapon to testify late this week

  • Apr 29, 2024
Lisa Rauch died after a standoff with police that ended up with anti-riot ammunition being deployed. Week two of a public hearing into the conduct of the officer who took the shot began on April 29. (Photo Courtesy Rauch Family)
On Tuesday, April 23, playing in the Canadian Championship annual soccer tournament, VFC suffered a 1-0 defeat to Cavalry in Calgary. (Beau Chevalier/VFC/Special to Langley Advance Times)

VIDEO: Vancouver FC suffers second loss on the road

‘There’s always light in darkness’ coach says

  • Apr 27, 2024
On Tuesday, April 23, playing in the Canadian Championship annual soccer tournament, VFC suffered a 1-0 defeat to Cavalry in Calgary. (Beau Chevalier/VFC/Special to Langley Advance Times)
Drummers approach the Campbell River RCMP detachment. On July 8, 2021 Wet’suwet’en man Jared Lowndes was shot by RCMP outside a Tim Hortons. Photo by Marc Kitteringham / Campbell River Mirror

Watchdog wants B.C. to probe lack of prosecutions in police use of force

None of the 15 IIO cases taken to trial where officers have not pled guilty have ended in conviction

  • Apr 26, 2024
Drummers approach the Campbell River RCMP detachment. On July 8, 2021 Wet’suwet’en man Jared Lowndes was shot by RCMP outside a Tim Hortons. Photo by Marc Kitteringham / Campbell River Mirror
kwiisaḥiʔis, the two-year-old orca calf trapped in a lagoon near Zeballos has swum out of the lagoon. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

Orphaned orca calf swims out of B.C. lagoon after being trapped for weeks

Ehattesaht First Nation thankful for support after many rallied to help around remote Zeballos

  • Apr 26, 2024
kwiisaḥiʔis, the two-year-old orca calf trapped in a lagoon near Zeballos has swum out of the lagoon. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
Choosing the right vehicle for your camping trip is essential, including all-wheel drive or four-wheel drive options if your idea of car camping includes navigating forestry roads. NCDA Photo

Tis the season for camping…in your car!

By Blair Qualey With the winter now firmly in the rearview mirror…

  • Apr 25, 2024
Choosing the right vehicle for your camping trip is essential, including all-wheel drive or four-wheel drive options if your idea of car camping includes navigating forestry roads. NCDA Photo
The elephant in the room is that the Prologue is built on a General Motors battery and powertrain platform. Why? Honda is still working on its own. Will this matter to Honda customers? PHOTO: HONDA

2024 Honda Prologue: Honda’s first electric utility vehicle heads to market

The Honda Prologue is a hybrid of sorts but not in the…

  • Apr 25, 2024
The elephant in the room is that the Prologue is built on a General Motors battery and powertrain platform. Why? Honda is still working on its own. Will this matter to Honda customers? PHOTO: HONDA
Harbour Air has signed a letter of intent to purchase 50 electric engines for its seaplane fleet. Harbour Air’s prototype electric plane is seen here. (Photo Courtesy Harbour Air)

Harbour Air could have electric planes flying over B.C. as soon as 2026

The company just announced plans to buy 50 electric airplane engines from Washington company magniX

  • Apr 25, 2024
Harbour Air has signed a letter of intent to purchase 50 electric engines for its seaplane fleet. Harbour Air’s prototype electric plane is seen here. (Photo Courtesy Harbour Air)