BC Assessment’s proposed changes to its pipeline valuation model are receiving more pushback as local governments brace for substantial losses in tax revenue that would result if the changes come into effect next year as planned. The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) board of directors has written a second letter urging the Minister of Finance to […]
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A Kelowna grandmother is helping lead a petition drive to support seniors receiving Canada Pension Plan (CPP) benefits to help off-set gaps in financial support for taking on the legal responsibility to raise their grandchildren. Sharon Whiting, who has raised her now 17-year-old granddaughter since she was five, said she was shocked to discover the
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A man in a white SUV is suspected of trying to abduct two women from a “vulnerable sector” of the community in Mission on Monday (Dec. 15). Mission RCMP said in a news release that, in separate incidents, the man asked the women to perform a “sexual act” before trying to pull them into his
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WARNING: This story includes details from a murder trial and may be triggering for some readers. Staff Sergeant Timothy Russell said in the more than 60 homicides he’s investigated, the 2021 murder of Darren Middleton is one of the worst scenes he has ever attended. The RCMP officer was on the witness stand in Kelowna
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