Ontario to pause anti-tariff U.S. ad campaign after first 2 World Series games

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says his province’s advertising campaign will continue through the weekend – during the first two games of the World Series – but will be paused, effective Monday. U.S. President Donald Trump took to his Truth Social account Thursday (Oct. 23) to blast the ad campaign, saying Canada “fraudulently used an advertisement […]

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‘Insatiable demand’: B.C. seeks more control over who plugs into its energy grid

New energy legislation is making critics uneasy as the B.C. government again moves to consolidate its authority to expedite major projects — or to hold them back. Warning of the “insatiable demand for power” from artificial intelligence (AI), data centres and cryptocurrency mining, Energy and Climate Solutions Minister Adrian Dix is justifying the moves by

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1 arrested in connection to wildfire that sparked on Kelowna’s Knox Mountain

UPDATE: 6:30 p.m. Fire crews appear to have got the blaze on Knox Mountain under control, with some help from Mother Nature. Despite strong wind gusts earlier in the day, rain started to fall in Kelowna just before 5 p.m., helping to douse the flames that were reportedly intentionally set by an individual on Friday.

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Earl Patrick Waddell

April 4, 1950 – May 13 2025 In loving memory ~ Pat, also affectionately known as “Pat the Dad,” “Pearl,” and “Papa Pat,” passed away peacefully on the evening of May 13th after a short but aggressive battle with cancer. Pat was predeceased by his parents, Rhoda (Newman) and Samuel Waddell; his brother, Samuel Thomas;

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Local business rallies behind Maple Ridge father battling leukemia

A local restoration company is rallying behind one of its employees following a leukemia diagnosis, as they fundraise for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada Light the Night campaign. Maple Ridge resident Todd Yuen, who works with First OnSite, initially felt sick in December, 2022. Yuen came down with what he thought was a

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