Just more than five years after a farm set up shop on the site of a previous major employer, the community of Okanagan Falls is set to lose another as Avery Family Farms shuts down. Okanagan Falls director Matt Taylor shared the letter he received from owner Garry Peters with the community on Wednesday, Jan. […]
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Jonathan Lekkerimaki needed just 36 seconds in overtime to control the puck, find space and then rip a laser past Laval Rocket goalie Kaapo Kahkonen to deliver a 2-1 overtime win for the Abbotsford Canucks on Wednesday (Jan. 21). The 2022 first round draft pick has now scored the game winning goal in 23 per
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The skid is over. After a franchise-record 11 straight losses, the Vancouver Canucks hung on for a 4-3 win over the Washington Capitals in NHL action Wednesday at Rogers Arena. Brock Boeser, Evander Kane, Drew O’Connor and Filip Hronek scored for Vancouver (17-28-5), with David Kampf and Jake DeBrusk each adding two assists. Kevin Lankinen
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A Fernie man has been criminally charged after an altercation with Elk Valley RCMP. Scott Bell was charged on Jan. 16 for mischief, obstruction, and uttering threats to a police officer; and assaulting a police officer, stemming from a reported incident the day before. Bell got into an altercation with police on Jan. 15, at
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Through her support team, Shanda Hill has dictated a poignant social media post about what the sport of ultra triathlon means to her. Hill, from Vernon, stepped away from the sport late in 2025, mid-competition at an event in Taiwan, as her body told her it was time. In 2025, she became the first woman
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