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Penticton’s Boonstock Festival ends with one dead, 80 sent to hospital

Penticton’s Boonstock Festival ends with one dead, 80 sent to hospital

The troubled Boonstock Festival in Penticton ended Sunday with one death and dozens of hospitalizations. Interior Health confirmed 80 people were transported from festival grounds to Penticton Regional Hospital from 7 a.m. Friday to 7 a.m. Monday.
Mine waste leak forces water-use ban in Cariboo

Mine waste leak forces water-use ban in Cariboo

Tailings pond for Imperial Metals’ mine breached, sending millions of cubic meters of waste into waterways southeast of Quesnel
Man who ‘should have been dead’ meets doctors who saved his life

Man who ‘should have been dead’ meets doctors who saved his life

It was a few days before Halloween when Peter Rogal caught what he thought was the flu. As it worsened, he remembers carving pumpkins — more than 100 — for his family’s annual Halloween display. On Oct.
B.C. Day special: 50 fun facts about our fascinating province

B.C. Day special: 50 fun facts about our fascinating province

To mark B.C. Day, we’ve rounded up an eclectic array of 50 facts about our province.
U.S. Coast Guard recovers B.C. rower’s boat but no sign of man on solo journey

U.S. Coast Guard recovers B.C. rower’s boat but no sign of man on solo journey

OCEAN SHORES, Wash. — A five-metre row boat belonging to a missing B.C. man has been recovered in waters off Washington State, hundreds of kilometres from where Paul Clark was last spotted. The U.S.
Used cocaine lately? It may contain a pig-deworming chemical

Used cocaine lately? It may contain a pig-deworming chemical

Anyone who consumed cocaine purchased from the 856 gang or its associates may have something in common with pigs — phenacetin.
Legebokoff trial: RCMP expert details blood-pattern findings

Legebokoff trial: RCMP expert details blood-pattern findings

An expert in blood pattern analysis presented her findings to the court Wednesday from the crime scenes related to Cody Allan Legebokoff, the young man accused of murdering a teenage girl and three women.
Going to Vancouver? Don’t swim at Sunset Beach

Going to Vancouver? Don’t swim at Sunset Beach

Fecal contamination has closed the swimming area at a popular beach near English Bay in the city’s West End. Metro Vancouver monitors the level of the bacteria E.
Comox native enlisted by Liberals for Vancouver riding

Comox native enlisted by Liberals for Vancouver riding

When Jody Wilson-Raybould was growing up in Comox, she watched proudly in class as her father urged prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, during a nationally televised conference, to include an aboriginal rights section in the 1982 Constitution Act.
Legebokoff admits hitting girl with pipe wrench, denies killing her

Legebokoff admits hitting girl with pipe wrench, denies killing her

Confronted by a tag team of two RCMP officers as well as a tearful girlfriend, Cody Allan Legebokoff admitted to hitting Loren Donn Leslie "twice at the max" with a pipe wrench but maintained he did not kill the girl, the court heard Tuesday, Legebok