Bathroom fire causes evacuation of Kelowna Wendy’s

Fire sparked in a Wendy’s bathroom on March 28. (Jordy Cunningham/Capital News)
The Wendy’s on Hollywood Road reported smoke from the bathroom at 4:30p.m.
B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix has announced actions to protect the supply of Ozempic, a drug typically used to treat diabetes, but popular among individuals looking to lose weight. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. to cinch sales of celebrity-endorsed diabetes drug Ozempic to U.S. patients
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland speaks during a news conference before delivering the Federal budget, Tuesday, March 28, 2023 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Federal budget 2023 includes $59.5 billion in new spending, looks to increase revenue
Shoppers Drug Mart moves away from medical cannabis, will send patients to Avicanna

Shoppers Drug Mart moves away from medical cannabis, will send patients to Avicanna
Parks Canada says reservation system appears to be meeting ‘high demand’ for camping

Parks Canada says reservation system appears to be meeting ‘high demand’ for camping

The Mount Cashel orphanage in St. John’s, N.L., is shown in a 1989 file photo. The Archdiocese of Vancouver and a private Catholic school in British Columbia have denied any wrongdoing in claims of sexual abuse by former students and filed their own lawsuits against the alleged abusers. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

Vancouver archdiocese and private school deny wrongdoing, sue alleged abusers
Vancouver Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet, front left, and general manager Patrik Allvin listen during a news conference after the NHL hockey team announced Tocchet’s hiring, in Vancouver, on Sunday, January 22, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

THE MOJ: Of course, the worst has (predictably) happened, the Canucks are good again
Oliver RCMP is asking for the public’s help in identifying a woman who assaulted an employee at a store in the 5000 block of Main St. (Photo- Oliver RCMP)

Oliver RCMP look to ID woman who allegedly assaulted a store employee
Tents line the sidewalk on East Hastings Street in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on Thursday, July 28, 2022. A 2022-23 survey by Atira Women’s Resource Society suggests unhoused women living in the area have few safe housing options. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Sexual violence rampant amid lack of housing options for homeless Vancouver women: survey
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The Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation is asking residents to keep an eye out for nesting Canada geese so that staff can replace their eggs with ones that have been frozen to help control the population. A Canadian Goose is silhouetted against the Vancouver skyline as it walks along the seawall in Stanley Park, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Vancouver looks to frozen eggs to help control Canada goose population

B.C.’s Ministry of Housing has received the forensic audit of BC Housing ordered by Premier David Eby, then minister responsible for housing, but it is not clear when the public will see the report. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)

Premier David Eby promises BC Housing forensic audit release ‘as soon as possible’

The patio of a West Pender Street Starbucks in Vancouver is seen in the aftermath of a fatal stabbing on March 26. (Live-Customer-4784/Reddit)

Man stabbed to death outside downtown Vancouver Starbucks

Federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland talks to a sales associate to buy a new pair of shoes in Ottawa on Monday, March 27, 2023. Freeland will table the federal budget on Tuesday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Grocery money, clean tech tax breaks expected in federal budget Tuesday

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The rail crossing near the intersection of Tranquille and Ord rds in Kamloops. (Google Maps)

Back to the wild west in Kamloops: CN police investigate train robbery

There are no details on if anything was taken

pepper spray. (BPM file photo)

Movie-goers at B.C. theatre pepper-sprayed on Saturday afternoon, with kids in crowd

‘We are aware of two other recent similar incidents in other provinces,’ Surrey RCMP say

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Penticton Silver Bullets forward Morton Johnston, left, died Sunday, March 26, in a crash off Old Hedley Road near Princeton. (Quesnel Kangeroos/Facebook photo)

Penticton Silver Bullets withdraw from Coy Cup to mourn death of teammate

Team will host a charity tournament for Mort Johnston who died in a crash March 26

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Kelowna native earns WHL Player of the Week honours

Jalen Luypen is a Chicago Blackhawks prospect

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A team spent more than two hours redirecting a juvenile elephant away from the Trans-Canada Highway in Saanich. (Gorge Tillicum Community Association/Facebook)

Wrong turn temporarily strands moulting elephant seal on B.C. highway

Some serious gruntwork needed by police and fisheries officials to return it to nearby waterway

On the left: Paul and Denise Fejtek re-enacting their wedding proposal on a mountain near Nakusp. On the right: the original proposal in 1996. (Contributed by Paul Fejtek)

‘Those who ski together, stay together’: American couple re-enact mountaintop proposal near Nakusp

Paul and Denise Fejtek were the first couple to get engaged while heli-skiing in the Kootenays

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The ‘Gogglier’, a light fixture thought up by Rob Buchanan that Kyle Thornley helped bring to life. Taking a swathe of old ski goggle lenses and molding them into spheres, the Gogglier was a unique and functional art piece that Thornley was thrilled to work on with Buchanan. (Zachary Delaney/Revelstoke Review)

Forging ahead: How a Revelstokian made a career of molding metal

Kyle Thornley has been creating art with metals for over 15 years

The Rotary Centre for the Arts in Kelowna hosted an Indigenous Resilience Festival on March 26, 2023. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)

Celebrating all things Indigenous at Kelowna’s Rotary Centre for the Arts

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Queen and Adam Lambert eager for their post-pandemic tour, skipping B.C.

Band promises old favourites and a few surprises

This image released by Paramount Pictures shows Sophia Lillis, from left, Justice Smith and Michelle Rodriguez in a scene from “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.” (Paramount Pictures via AP)

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Vehicles line up to board B.C. Ferries sailing at Tsawwassen. In late February, Ford Motor Co. applied for patents on technology allowing the automotive company the power to remotely disable vehicles if owners had not made their payments. (Black Press Media)

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