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Wilson Landing Fire Department to collect food and donations for Central Okanagan Foodbank

Residents in communities served by the Wilson’s Landing Fire Department are encouraged to watch Tuesday evening for the flashing lights signifying the annual department Santa Run food drive.
West Kelowna Fire Rescue supporting local food banks

Join West Kelowna Fire Rescue (WKFR) in helping to keep the shelves stocked at the Central Okanagan Food Bank throughout the winter.
RDCO Board neeting highlights for November 30
Winter may cause waste collection delays
Rockets DeSouza shipped to Wheat Kings for Sadhra-Kang

The Kelowna Rockets announced today they have acquired 20-year-old defenceman Kayden Sadhra-Kang from the Brandon Wheat Kings in exchange for overage defenceman Jackson DeSouza.
BCHL names Warriors blueliner Norlin to All-Star roster

West Kelowna Warriors defenseman Isaiah Norlin has been named a BC Hockey League All-Star as the league unveiled the first round of players who will participate in the BCHL All-Star Weekend in Penticton, BC from January 19-20.
location for second set of 60 temporary homes for Kelowna's unhoused announced.

Sixty temporary homes will soon be available for people experiencing homelessness in Kelowna as construction gets underway on the second project created through an agreement between the Province and the city.
Westshore Estates water quality advisory ends

After consulting with Interior Health, the Regional District of Central Okanagan has rescinded a partial Water Quality Advisory for customers of the Westshore Estates water system.
Kelowna RCMP issue warning on dangers of sextortion

The Kelowna RCMP is reminding parents and caregivers to have open, honest and important conversations with their youth about the dangers of sextortion in the wake of a death by suicide of a 12-year-old in Prince George.

CTV BC Latest

6-month ban, $2,000 penalty for Abbotsford dentist who admitted to improperly touching staff member

An Abbotsford dentist who was the subject of "extraordinary action to protect the public" earlier this year has reached a consent agreement with the BC College of Oral Health Professionals.
'It's going to have a massive impact': Removal of 160,000 trees in Stanley Park to cost taxpayers $4.4M

Roughly 160,000 trees are going to be removed from Stanley Park in the coming months, a move the Vancouver Park Board says is both urgent and necessary due to an infestation of hemlock looper moths.
24/7 hospital emergency room in B.C. Interior closed for 30 of 48 hours this weekend

Of the 48 hours the emergency department at South Okanagan General Hospital would normally be expected to be open this weekend, it will be closed for 30 of them.
Injured man wearing suit found unconscious in Coquitlam bike lane, RCMP investigating

Mounties in Coquitlam are asking the public for help after an injured man in formal wear was found unconscious in a bike lane in the city late Friday night.
Coquitlam RCMP investigating after discovery of unconscious man in formal wear with 'significant' head injuries

Mounties in Coquitlam are asking the public for help after an injured man in formal wear was found unconscious in a bike lane in the city late Friday night.
Police seek 'dangerous' suspect after home invasion attempt on Vancouver Island

Mounties in Langford say they're looking for a suspect who "may be armed and is considered dangerous" after a home invasion that occurred late Friday afternoon.

Vernon News

Joint statement from City of Vernon, District of Coldstream and RDNO Electoral Areas B and C on recr

The City of Vernon has established a ‘fee for service’ agreement for recreation services with the District of Coldstream and Regional District of North Okanagan (RDNO) Electoral Areas B and C.
More supports coming to Vernon for mental-health, substance-use crises

To help people in crisis and to free police resources to focus on crime, a new crisis response is now in Vernon.
Maintenance work scheduled for Vernon Water Reclamation Centre next week

The City of Vernon would like to advise residents near the Vernon Water Reclamation Centre (VWRC) that increased odours may be noticeable in the area next week as crews begin scheduled maintenance on the facility.
Centennial Outdoor Rink set to open for the season

An outdoor recreation favourite will return this week for another season of winter fun. Vernon Recreation Services is pleased to announce the Centennial Outdoor Rink will officially open Friday, December 1 (tomorrow).
Wider, safer Highway 1 open through Kicking Horse Canyon

People travelling the Trans-Canada Highway through the Kicking Horse Canyon are now using a wider, safer, four-lane divided highway, with the opening of the new westbound lanes through Phase 4 of the project.
City crews ready for first snowfall of the season

Winter is set to return to the North Okanagan this week, with Environment Canada forecasting below freezing temperatures over the next several days, leading to the possibilities of snow for end of the week.

Penticton News

Slow down and watch for new crosswalk on Wade Ave E and Government Street

The City is alerting drivers to watch for traffic changes along Wade Avenue E and Government Street, which includes a new crosswalk that connects Papineau Street with the Penticton Creek pedestrian footbridge.
Major development project near PRH enters next steps

The Okanagan’s largest commercial transaction is now complete, and paves the way for a mixed use master planned community adjacent to Penticton Regional Hospital.
City provides location for Emergency Winter Shelter

Following a request from 100 More Homes, the City of Penticton has agreed to provide an emergency winter shelter space and will work with BC Housing on a long-term agreement for future shelter and housing needs.
RDOS Board appoints Chief Administrative Officer

The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Jim Zaffino as Chief Administrative Officer.
Kiwanis Pier at Rotary Point closed for repairs starting next week

The Kiwanis Pier at Rotary Point on Okanagan Lake will be closed for repairs starting Monday, Dec. 4 for approximately two weeks to complete maintenance and safety repairs
Cram the Kennel at Cherry Lane

Penticton RCMP officers, along with Police Dog Services, are partnering with the SPCA to fill up a dog kennel with non-perishable food items and pet supply donations.

Canada Headlines

Amid housing crisis, jail seen as preferable to living on the street

Michael Keough has to pause in the middle of his phone call from Newfoundland and Labrador's largest jail to cough and wipe his eyes -- there's black mould on the wall where the phones are, he explains, and it irritates him after a while.
'Every tool at our disposal': Lawyers submit amended application to challenge Sask. pronoun legislation

LGBTQ2S+ advocates are not backing down in their legal fight against the Sask. Party’s Parents’ Bill of Rights, submitting an amended application against the legislation on Friday evening.
Search for runaway kangaroo in Ontario continues

The search continues for the kangaroo that is hopping around somewhere in Ontario after it escaped zoo handlers from a transport truck Thursday night.
Amid housing crisis, decrepit N.L. jail seen as preferable to living on the street

Michael Keough has to pause in the middle of his phone call from Newfoundland and Labrador's largest jail to cough and wipe his eyes -- there's black mould on the wall where the phones are, he explains, and it irritates him after a while.
At first-ever health day at UN climate summit, Canadian doctors push for action

As global leaders prepare to meet for the first dedicated health day at a UN climate summit, Canadian doctors plan to use the platform to push for a new federal office dedicated to addressing the health effects of climate change.
Sandie Rinaldo: Rick Hansen marks the 50th anniversary of his life-changing accident by visiting the scene

Rick Hansen lost the use of his legs in a truck accident when he was just 15 years old, CTV National News anchor, Sandie Rinaldo interviewed him recently while visiting the place where his life changed irrevocably.

World

Trump calls Biden the 'destroyer' of democracy despite his own efforts to overturn 2020 election

Former U.S. president Donald Trump on Saturday attempted to turn the tables on his likely rival in November, President Joe Biden, arguing that the man whose election victory Trump tried to overturn is "the destroyer of American democracy."
DeSantis hits Iowa campaign milestone but is still far behind Trump, who again mocked his campaign

Ron DeSantis completed his campaign promise to visit each of Iowa's 99 counties, crossing a symbolic but also tactical threshold by telling his audience in a central Iowa town "this should show you that I consider myself a servant, not a ruler.
Italy reportedly refused Munich museum's request to return ancient Roman statue bought by Hitler

Italy's culture minister is reportedly refusing a request by the German State Antiquities Collection in Munich to return an ancient Roman statue that embodied Hitler's Aryan aesthetic, calling it a national treasure.
U.S. targets oil and natural gas industry's role in global warming with new rule on methane emissions

The Biden administration on Saturday issued a final rule aimed at reducing methane emissions, targeting the U.S. oil and natural gas industry for its role in global warming as President Joe Biden seeks to advance his climate legacy.
Las Vegas police search for suspect after 5 homeless people are shot, killing 1

Five homeless people were shot in Las Vegas on Friday, one of them fatally, and police were searching for a lone suspect, authorities said.
Trump and DeSantis will hold duelling campaign events in Iowa with the caucuses just six weeks away

Ron DeSantis plans on Saturday to complete his campaign promise to visit each of Iowa's 99 counties, a timeworn tactic for presidential candidates hoping to make their mark in the leadoff state over months mingling with voters at the state's diners, cookouts and Pizza Ranches.

Politics

Bonnie Crombie wins Ontario Liberal leadership after 3 rounds of voting

Ontario Liberals have selected Bonnie Crombie, a three-term big city mayor and former MP who boasts that she gets under the skin of Premier Doug Ford, as their next leader to go head to head with the premier in the next provincial election.
Bonnie Crombie wins Ontario Liberal leadership

Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie is the new leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, winning the contest on the third ballot with 6,911 points.
Crombie leading after second round of voting for Ontario Liberal leader

Voting for the new leader of the Ontario Liberal Party is going to a third round, with Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie having nearly secured enough votes for the win.
Crombie leading after first round of voting for Ontario Liberal leader

Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie is leading after the first round of vote counting in the Ontario Liberal leadership race.
U.S. assassination attempt charges 'confirm' Trudeau's claims about India had 'real substance,' former national security advisers say

The indictment of an Indian national for the attempted assassination of a Sikh separatist and dual U.S.-Canadian national 'validates' Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's allegations that the Indian government may have been involved in the killing of a Canadian citizen as having 'real substance,' according to two of Canada's former national security advisers.
U.S. assassination charges 'confirm' Trudeau's claims about India had 'real substance,' former national security advisers say

The indictment of an Indian national for the attempted assassination of a Sikh separatist and dual U.S.-Canadian national 'validates' Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's allegations that the Indian government may have been involved in the killing of a Canadian citizen as having 'real substance,' according to two of Canada's former national security advisers.

Business

BMW recalls SUVs after Takata air bag inflator blows apart, hurling shrapnel and injuring driver

BMW is recalling a small number of SUVs in the U.S. because the driver's air bag inflators can blow apart in a crash, hurling metal shrapnel and possibly injuring or killing people in the vehicles.
Air Canada debuts app feature to track baggage. Here's how it works

Air Canada is hoping to give its customers more confidence when travelling with checked luggage through a new baggage tracking feature.
Cracks in job market grow as BoC succeeds at slowing economy to a near halt

Canada's unemployment rate continues to trend higher as the Bank of Canada's steep interest rate hikes weigh down the economy leaves workers with fewer options in the job market.
BMO sees higher cost savings ahead thanks to Bank of the West, cuts to real estate

BMO Financial Group said Friday it expects higher cost savings from its US$16.3 billion Bank of the West acquisition as part of a wider focus on efficiencies to weather the economic slowdown.
Walmart Canada investing $1 billion in modernization, 'store of the future'

Walmart Canada says it will invest nearly $1 billion this fiscal year on a slew of projects meant to modernize the retail giant's Canadian footprint.
Unemployment rate rises to 5.8% in November as job market continues to cave

Canada's unemployment rate ticked up to 5.8 per cent last month, as high interest rates weigh on job creation at a time when the country's population is growing rapidly.

Entertainment

Kiss say farewell to live touring, become first U.S. band to go virtual and become digital avatars

After 50 years of Kiss, the band is now interested in a kind of immortality, using digital avatars of themselves for virtual performances.
Avril Lavigne, Tantoo Cardinal among honourees at Canada's Walk of Fame anniversary gala

Pop-punk icon Avril Lavigne, political satirist Rick Mercer and hockey superstar Connor McDavid are among those set to be inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame tonight at a special anniversary gala in Toronto.
Biden is heading to Hollywood for a major fundraiser featuring Steven Spielberg and Shonda Rhimes

President Joe Biden will head to Los Angeles next week for a big-dollar event that will be his first since strikes by writers and actors effectively ground his fundraising to a halt in the heart of the entertainment industry, which has long served as the ATM for the Democratic Party.
Illinois appeals court affirms actor Jussie Smollett's convictions and jail sentence

An appeals court upheld the disorderly conduct convictions Friday of actor Jussie Smollett, who was accused of staging a racist, homophobic attack against himself in 2019 and lying about it to Chicago police.
'Angel' Shane MacGowan remembered by friend Finny McConnell of The Mahones

Finny McConnell, frontman for Canadian band The Mahones, remembered many occasions spent drinking into the mornings with his close friend and fellow Irish punk Shane MacGowan as he prepared to pay tribute to the singer-songwriter in London.
Movie reviews: 'Maestro' is a stylish, passionate movie with enough depth to both warm and break your heart

This week, pop culture critic Richard Crouse reviews new movies 'Maestro,' 'May December,' 'Saltburn' and 'Silent Night.'