Team Canada is off to the second round of the World Baseball Classic for the first time. In a win-or-go home game, Canada beat Cuba 7-2 to finish first in Pool A and advance to the quarter-finals. Pitcher Cal Quantrill had an outstanding start, throwing five innings, allowing one run on two hits and a […]
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A Maple Ridge mother warming up her vehicle was steps away, holding her baby, when it was stolen in front of her eyes. Kaley, who did not want her last name used, said her windshield was fogged at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, March 9, and the car was cold, so she started the vehicle to
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The first-degree murder trial for Ekene Dillichuwu Anigbo, who the Vancouver Police Department named one of B.C.’s most dangerous gangsters in 2021, continued this week in Kelowna Supreme Court. Anigbo has pleaded not guilty to the murder of 57-year-old Kathleen Richardson of Naramata. On June 9, 2021, Richardson was found dead in her home, where
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The B.C. government has introduced legislation to make it easier for officials to disregard or delay freedom of information (FOI) requests. Citizens’ Services Minister Diana Gibson claims this will enable requests to be met more quickly by a system overwhelmed by reams of data, but critics and transparency advocates are alarmed. One of those is
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A Salmon Arm couple’s high-flying wedding was also rooted in Mount Ida as the ‘I dos’ coincided with the location of a significant discovery. The narrative of helicopter pilot and prospector David Fredlund’s love story was set back when he was a four-year-old child who accompanied his dad to mining camps after his mother became
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