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'Team Emma' buoys nine-year-old girl with brain tumour

'Team Emma' buoys nine-year-old girl with brain tumour

Cloverdale Traditional School is full of people wearing lilac ribbons these days - a symbol of efforts to help nine-year-old Emma Smith, a Grade 4 student who was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour in early October.
A little extra help brightens Christmas for man on disability

A little extra help brightens Christmas for man on disability

John Auringer never found out who spiked his drink in a Kelowna college dorm room more than 20 years ago, but he's been living with the life-changing ramifications ever since.

Man shoots himself at Westside Village shopping centre

Police cordoned off a portion of the Westside Village shopping centre on Wilson Street about 9 a.m. Wednesday, after receiving reports of gunshots from inside one of the businesses.
Geese, deer damage force Galeys to scale back farm

Geese, deer damage force Galeys to scale back farm

'It just makes you want to cry,' farmer says, after taking 12 hectares out of production

Produce-munching deer mean less lettuce for sale

Fed up with losses, farmers consider growing fewer types of vegetables

Fares a top concern at low-key ferries forum in Victoria

When it come to B.C. Ferries, Barry Mayhew just wants to get from point A to point B cheaply and safely. "B.C. Ferries has tried to create cruise ship amenities," said Mayhew, a former economic development commissioner for the City of Victoria.

Fares a top concern at low-key ferries forum in Victoria

When it come to B.C. Ferries, Barry Mayhew just wants to get from point A to point B cheaply and safely. “B.C. Ferries has tried to create cruise ship amenities,” said Mayhew, a former economic development commissioner for the City of Victoria.

Impaired driver who killed motorcyclist gets one day jail, probation

An impaired driver who killed motorcyclist Jana Mahenthiran on the Trans Canada Highway on Canada Day 2011 has been sentenced to one day in jail and three years probation.

Langley thieves hit jewelry gold mine

RCMP are asking for the public's help in finding thousands of dollars worth of diamond-and ruby-encrusted jewelry stolen from a home in Langley. Cpl.

Mountie pleads guilty to Kelowna assault

An RCMP officer who was caught on video as he kicked a man in the head surprised a full courtroom in Kelowna by pleading guilty to assault. Const.