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The typhoon that is weather-related, the organizers saw coming. The typhoon that is Vernon ultra athlete Shanda Hill, announcing her retirement from all ultra triathlon competitions mid-race in Taiwan, nobody saw coming. On her Facebook page early Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 12, Hill announced her official retirement. “My dear friends and supporters, it would not be

A ‘shocking’ process of killing more than 300 ostriches at Universal Ostrich Farm in Edgewood is drawing complaints and criticism over the animals’ ‘unnecessary suffering.’ Animal Justice, Canada’s leading national animal law organization, has filed a formal complaint with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) over its conduct during the Nov. 6 cull. Reports of

An eight-year-old girl is dead after a fall from a highrise balcony in Yaletown Tuesday (Nov. 11). Officers were called to a residential building near Nelson Street and Expo Boulevard just after 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday after the girl fell from an upper balcony, Vancouver police said in a news release Wednesday. First reponders provided

On Nov. 8, at approximately 4:15 p.m., Kamloops RCMP arrived at the scene of a large knife fight in the 3400 block of Westsyde Road after receiving multiple calls. Details related to why the fight broke out are still being investigated. While three people went to the hospital with what is believed to be serious,

Reaching Kelowna on their interprovincial journey, intending to relocate their 21 cats to the Lower Mainland, an elderly couple realized some of the felines in their recreational vehicle were in distress. On Oct. 21, concerned family members stepped in to support a couple in Kelowna when they realized that both the couple and the cats