Comedian and producer Ali Mohammadi says almost anything goes starting July 13 at the first edition of ‘Montreal’s Got Jokes.’
Month: July 2024
Chinook Regional Hospital emergency department seeing temporary staff reduction through summer
The emergency department at Chinook Regional Hospital may see longer-than-normal wait times throughout the summer, as Alberta Health Services (AHS) deals with a temporary physician reduction.
Heiltsuk Nation celebrates ‘powerful, emotional’ return of historic Chief’s Seat
The nation is celebrating the first step of a repatriation effort to bring home a decorated chief’s seat from the Royal BC Museum.
Plans unveiled for new hotel in Kelowna Ramada parking lot
Durali Properties has unveiled plans for a new Marriott Hotel as part of a development permit application presented to city planners this week.The six-storey hotel would be situated in what is presently part of the Ramada Hotel parking lot between the Ramada and Sandman Inn.The application d…
Sask. man hopes discovery of rare archaeological site will contribute to land-based education
Archaeologists are studying a site north of Prince Albert to determine when people migrated to the area.
‘He was loved’: Family members devastated by death of Toronto man allegedly swarmed by teens
Family members of a homeless Toronto man who died after police allege he was swarmed and stabbed by a group of teen girls say the thought of his last moments haunts them.
Kelowna vet clinic busy with rattlesnake bites
Nobody wants to be bitten by a snake, especially a rattlesnake.Kelowna’s Fairfield Animal Hospital say they have treated eight rattlesnake bites for pets this year and are expecting that number to rise with the heat this summer.These bites have been happening across the Okanagan, including P…
Surrey Sikh temple employee charged after sexually assaulting teen: RCMP
Mounties say a man has been charged in connection with a sexual assault investigation involving a teen at a temple in Surrey’s Newton area just over a year ago.
Electricity use surges amid heat wave: FortisBC
FortisBC says that while they didn’t quite break any power consumption records this week, the utility came very close."While we didn’t hit a record, we sure hit a spike," says FortisBC spokesperson Nicole Brown.The heatwave across across the province this week has brought record-br…
Hearing on Sask.’s request to stop collection of carbon money cancelled
A scheduled hearing from the Government of Saskatchewan to stop the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) from collecting carbon levy money was cancelled on Friday.
