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Starting Monday (Sept. 18), playgrounds, spray pools, wading pools and skate parks will join schools as zones excluded from the temporary decriminalization of certain illicit drugs as part of a federal-approved trial in British Columbia. (Monica Lamb-Yorski/Black Press Media)
B.C. excludes playgrounds, rec areas from drug decriminalization trial
The Juno Awards have introduced new “AI Eligibility” submission guidelines for music creators to specify how much artificial intelligence technology can be used in recordings. A video camera is silhouetted as people gather for a press conference for the 2023 Juno Award nominee announcement in Toronto, on Tuesday, January 31, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Plug pulled on Fake Drake as Junos add AI guidelines
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‘Like a wrecking ball’: Kootenay woman arrested after twerking at RCMP
Bruce Banman has left the BC United party and joined the Conservative Party of BC, now in line for official status in the provincial legislature. (Abbotsford News file photo)
Conservative Party of BC gains seat and official status in legislature
The RCMP logo is seen outside the force’s ‘E’ division headquarters in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, March 16, 2023. A British Columbia man who is suing the RCMP claims he walked naked out of his shower to find a female uniformed Mountie standing in his bedroom. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Mountie served B.C. man ticket as he stepped from his shower naked: lawsuit
An RCMP expert testifying at the Ibrahim Ali murder trial says the suspect’s genetic profile matched that of an unknown male’s DNA found on swabs of the murder victim. Media wait outside B.C. Supreme Court, in Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday, June 2, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Accused killer’s DNA matches sample found on dead B.C. teen’s body
A firefighter works on the Peacock Creek wildfire, south of Smithers, B.C. The fire is 1,444 hectares in size and burning out of control as of Sept. 13. (Credit: BC Wildfire Service)
Wildfires may continue to burn into 2024 in northern B.C., say officials
A plane at Penticton Airport. (Western News file photo)
Air Canada says pilot shortage to blame for grounding service to Penticton
This image released by Warner Bros. Entertainment shows Gal Gadot in a scene from “Wonder Woman 1984.” (Clay Enos/Warner Bros. via AP)
Calgary trying to entice Gal Gadot to Wonder Woman statue unveiling
FILE - The Apple logo is illuminated at a store in the city center of Munich, Germany, Dec. 16, 2020. Apple is expected to take the wraps off its next iPhone on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, during what has become an annual late summer rite aimed at giving more people more reasons to buy the technology trendsetter’s marquee product. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)
Apple unveils iPhone 15 Pro Max as it tries to reverse mild slump
A person walks along the boardwalk under an umbrella during a rainy day in West Vancouver, Tuesday, Dec.27, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Fall chill for Canada will ease to mild December: Weather Network
The McDougall Creek wildfire ripped through the Bear Creek area of West Kelowna. There is very little left for residents to salvage. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)
Resources, warnings accompany people home in aftermath of B.C. wildfires
The 2021 atmospheric river caused flooding and landslides across the province, including in Merritt, where the city’s dikes failed. An FOI request shows issues with Merritt’s dikes were known for several years in advance, but nothing was done. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Dike reports to province showed repair needs for years before 2021 floods: FOI
An RCMP patch is seen on the shoulder of an assistant commissioner, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday, April 28, 2023. North Vancouver RCMP is warning both teens and adults to be aware of ongoing online sexual extortions, while also excouraging parents to talk with their children about the dangers of these scams. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Sexual extortion scams can happen in 20 minutes, B.C. RCMP warn
Premier David Eby says a yet-to-be named independent person will look into why the suspect in the recent Chinatown stabbings was out on day parole. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito)
Eby ‘white hot angry’ about Chinatown stabbings, promises action
17 dogs have been seized from a North Okanagan breeder. (BC SPCA photo)
16 Yorkshire terriers, pregnant Pomeranian seized from B.C. breeder
This long train of shopping carts is a regular sight around Penticton. (Facebook)
B.C. town wants to fine stores for allowing shopping carts to be stolen
FILE - A statue of the MTV Moon Man appears on the red carpet at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York. The MTV Video Music Awards return Tuesday night at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., and will celebrate 50 years of hip-hop with a star-studded, multi-generational finale performance. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
Women take centre stage as MTV Video Music Awards return
The name of Prince Charles Secondary School was removed from the front of Creston’s high school in 2021 after lobbying by teacher Ki Louie, who is now facing allegations of sexual abuse of two students. Photo: Kelsey Yates
Creston teacher arrested for child-sex offences involving students
Physician shortage temporary closes Oliver hospital emergency. (File photo)
South Okanagan emergency department closes 4 days in a row