All residents who were forced out of their homes due to the Quilpituk Creek wildfire, burning north of West Kelowna, B.C., were allowed to go home on Friday. The evacuation orders for all properties from Cinnabar Creek to Westshore Estates have been downgraded to an evacuation alert, and the evacuation alerts for properties south of…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Residents of Peachland and the surrounding area will be going home on Friday, almost exactly one week after the Bald Range wildfire forced them to flee. Central Okanagan Emergency Management (COEM) said that as of 6 p.m. on Aug. 14, evacuation orders for all properties in Peachland…
The Ontario government is implementing a spate of new bail requirements, in an effort to crack down on repeat offenders. The province will now require a full cash security deposit to be paid once an accused person is released from custody, with that payment due within two business days of the release. If the accused…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size RCMP in Red Deer say a drug trafficking investigation has resulted in several different drugs being taken off the streets and two men in their 20s facing charges. Mounties say they pulled over a vehicle on 30 Avenue in Red Deer in early July, which led to…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size B.C. Premier David Eby gave his cabinet a mini shuffle on Friday morning after his finance minister announced she has been diagnosed with cancer. In a statement issued on Thursday, Brenda Bailey said, “A few weeks ago, I was diagnosed with early-stage, treatable cancer and given a…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 14, 2026 1:11 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A bail hearing for a man accused of making a bomb threat against the U.S. Consulate in Halifax was adjourned for a third time Friday. Halifax resident Ali Assakereh was charged Tuesday with…
Canadian wholesalers were busy in June as sales rose nine per cent from a year earlier, according to Statistics Canada, with all seven subsectors reporting higher sales. The agency said Friday that June saw comparable wholesale sales (which exclude those of petroleum, petroleum products and other hydrocarbons, as well as oilseed and grain sectors) top…
A California couple’s surrogate who went to Texas amid escalating friction over the treatment of a congenital heart defect detected in the fetus she was carrying on their behalf has given birth, a day after a judge in Dallas ordered life-sustaining treatment for the newborn. The baby was receiving stabilizing care and was scheduled to…
Hopes of finding more survivors of the powerful earthquake that rocked Colombia early this week were fading on Thursday as rescue workers narrowed their searches, while families in the worst-hit areas waited for news of missing relatives. In Cali, the country’s third-largest city, crews shifted from a search-and-rescue effort to debris removal at most sites, a sign…
By Christopher Reynolds The Canadian Press Posted August 14, 2026 8:24 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Industry insiders say companies are opting to wait and see as the clock ticks down on U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest tariff deadline, rather than rushing shipments across the border to beat…
