Education Minister Paul Calandra has set the bar high for new Near North District School Board Supervisor Rebecca Bell
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Hallway health care persists at Kelowna General Hospital as hospital floors sit empty
Concerns about so-called ‘hallway health care’ have been expressed for years, but the issue was reignited Tuesday during question period in the legislature.
Senators fans ready for playoff hockey after ‘roller-coaster of a season’
Senators fans say last year’s taste of playoff hockey turned the fanbase into “raving lunatics.” Now, fans are confident ahead of what’s hopefully a long postseason run.
Microsoft counters the MacBook Neo with freebies for students
Apple’s $599 MacBook Neo ($499 for students) has sent shockwaves through the PC ecosystem, and now Microsoft is responding with deals targeting students in the US. A new “Microsoft College Offer” is launching today, which will see the software giant bundle 12 months of free Microsoft 365 Premium and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate with select Windows 11 PCs that have also been discounted.Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, and Lenovo are all participating in this Microsoft College Offer, and Microsoft is even discounting some Surface devices days after hiking the prices of its Surface Pro and Surface Laptop models…
‘The Last Airbender’ Leaked Online. Some Fans Say Paramount Deserves the Fallout
After the full movie leaked, animators mourned the chance to release their work as intended. Others feel the leak is justified in light of Paramount’s marketing blunders and association with Trump.
Amazon-backed X-energy files to raise up to $800M in IPO
Nuclear startup X-energy hit the road today to sell prospective investors on its initial public offering.
Vancouver mayor wants to bring a Major League Baseball team to the city
Ken Sim will bring the motion before council later this month and if it passes, staff will launch an expression of interest process to identify an ownership group.
YouTube now lets you turn off Shorts
YouTube’s time management settings now have an option to put a zero-minute time limit on Shorts, effectively removing them from your app in Android and iOS. The option is an update to the Shorts timer YouTube originally announced in October; the lowest previous option was 15 minutes. The feature was expanded in January to give parents some control over how long their kids spend scrolling through Shorts, with an option for zero minutes “coming soon.” According to YouTube spokesperson Makenzie Spiller, the option to set the timer to zero is now “live for all parents, and is currently being rolled…
Kelowna gears up for BC Summer Games as 100-day countdown begins
The 2026 BC Summer Games are only 100 days away.Organizers in Kelowna are now ramping up their preparations as they get set to welcome some of the best athletes in the province.Organizers, dignitaries, volunteers and athletes turned out for a 100-day celebration at Kelowna’s Stuart Park on W…
Saskatoon ERs seeing more overdoses after drug site closure: union
The closure of Saskatoon’s only supervised drug consumption site seems to be having spillover effects in the city, including at one of its emergency rooms.