Category: Canada

Over the next few weeks, Castanet News will feature each of the candidates seeking your vote in each of the four Central Okanagan ridings ahead of the Oct. 19 provincial election.Today, we focus on BCNDP candidate Loyal Wooldridge, who is running in the Kelowna Centre riding.For the past six…

A Kelowna man says his tickets for an upcoming UFC event in Edmonton were transferred to someone else without his permission.Tom Wilson tells Castanet he purchased the tickets for the event, which takes place on November 2, 2024, including flights and a hotel for himself and his girlfriend.H…

A Kelowna man who killed a person with a hammer in Rutland back in 2014 is back behind bars, after he was arrested yet again this past weekend.After the BC Court of Appeal overturned a jury’s second-degree murder conviction of Steven Pirko last year, he pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of man…

A wave of policies restricting students’ use of cellphones in school swept across Canada this fall. Now, about a month into the term, some students and educators tell CBC News what they’re experiencing in the classroom.

If Liberals want support from the Bloc on future confidence votes, C-282 must become law. But private members bills are not prioritized on the Senate’s agenda. There’s no Liberal caucus in the Senate anymore to force it through. And the Independents now in charge have big concerns with this bill.

CTV National News: Inside the brain of a fruit fly  CTV NewsWhole-brain annotation and multi-connectome cell typing of Drosophila  Nature.comScientists Unveil the First-Ever Complete Map of an Adult Fruit Fly’s Brain, Captured in Stunning Detail  Smithsonian MagazineAn adult fruit fly brain has been mapped—human brains could follow  The EconomistFly brain sheds light on human thought process  BBC.com

Mission Creek park goers may notice some changes in the week ahead.The Kokanee Bridge in Mission Creek Regional Park will be closed for construction starting Monday, Oct. 7, and will reopen by end of day, Wednesday, Oct.16, Central Okanagan RegionalPark users who wish to access the south sid…

Interruption of NCC Weekend Bikedays on Queen Elizabeth Driveway, October 6, 2024  National Capital Commission

As the provincial election campaign reaches the halfway mark, the party leaders made pitches to voters on bread-and-butter issues: housing, child care and jobs.

Chayton Point loved to dance. Just ask his mom.