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The results of new UBC study could mean Alzheimer's disease could be treated by medication that doesn't have to act directly on the brain.

The Dallas Stars are in Kelowna for a couple days of practice and team bonding.

The teen allegedly assaulted an officer who was trying to break up a fight between two girls, while 50 students watched.

Patients alleged Krieger drilled too deep into teeth and gave unnecessary fillings, causing 'excruciating' pain.

Karry Corbett, who was filmed shouting racially charged language in Abbotsford last year has been handed a two month conditional sentence and one year's probation

On Nov.1, the Stuart Wood elementary school building will officially become a temporary homeless shelter in downtown Kamloops. The building has sat empty since June 2017.

RCMP are trying to determine if DNA tests will link a missing woman case to the intense search of a farm property in the north Okanagan. The mother of Traci Genereaux says she has provided a DNA sample to investigators. Genereaux was last seen in Vernon in May. Laurie Nixon says her daughter was likely...

A Kamloops couple took to Facebook to express their sadness after finding out that a family of bears caught in their backyard would be put down.

Long time poverty reduction advocate Trish Garner says she is excited to have a provincial government in power that she feels wants to reduce poverty in a meaningful way.

Our annual Nativity Exhibition “COME LET US ADORE HIM” is officially in it’s 11th year. Come and visit this community exhibit featuring the Christmas Nativity story. Ceramics, art, needlework and crafts depict the birth of Christ through the representation of traditional and non-traditional displays from many countries; Israel, Germany, Norway, Mexico, Japan, France, Italy, Africa,...

A lack of research on the rodents is a huge oversight says UBC PhD candidate Kaylee Byers.

Halloween may be full of spooky fun for people but for many pets the night is often stressful and terrifying.

A place where people in any kind of persistent physical pain can meet with others in the same situation, Because people in this situation often end up isolated our support groups off a chance for people to meet others who can actually validate what they are feeling when no one else can possibly understand. We...

"We need people to stop using drugs alone and we will be there, we're not there to judge, we're there to help."

British Columbia’s biggest model train show and sale. Great for kids and families and serious modelers alike. Over 60 exhibitors and sellers.

The 39-year-old Kelowna man broke his pelvis in the accident.

"You had no breathing tube, no catheter in your bladder. You could return to work the next day. You could be driving the next day."

Jenna, a 16 year old girl from Prince George, is mobile now thanks to the generosity of British Columbians through Variety – the Children’s Charity.

The trail will be closed until at least next spring while danger mitigation work is done.

The founder of Variety for Tomorrow, Meghan Luk talks about the Halloween Fair fundraiser and why it’s important for young people to be involved with Variety Children’s Charity

A shuttered golf course in Kamloops could become the city’s first outdoor education park if the Kamloops Naturalist Club has its way.

Police across the province are reminding drivers to slow down tonight, to make way for all the little ghosts and goblins. Jordan Armstrong reports from a spooky location.

On his way to question period today, Trudeau descended the stairs sporting slicked-down hair and a blue suit with a bright red tie, surprising the assembled staff and journalists who were waiting for him when he opened his shirt revealing his latest Halloween costume.

His violent, racist tirade was caught on camera and caught headlines around the world. Karry Corbett lost his temper at a parking attendant in Abbotsford last October when he was getting a parking ticket, and his tantrum took a violent racist turn.

Green Party trustee Janet Fraser has been named Chairperson of the Vancouver Board of Education.

Special strips that test drugs for the presence of fentanyl won't be widely available any time soon.

The man's boat flipped on Monday night as he was pulling up a crab pot about 60 metres off the Belcarra Park dock. 

SFU Professor of geography Paul Kingsbury talks to Paul Haysom about crop circles, theories around their origin and the types of people they attract.

The Vancouver Whitecaps are better known for their skills on the soccer field than in the kitchen, but a new cookbook is adding to their reputations as chefs.

The Intelligent Community Forum has named Kelowna one of 21 finalists in its Smart21 Communities of 2018 contest.

About 43,000 people have already weighed in.

Prince George RCMP are investigating an attempted abduction after a woman tried to pick up someone else's child from a daycare without authorization.

"Do we want to protect south side of Boneaparte Road from North Green Lake Road to Pressy Lake."

The B.C. SPCA's monthly free veterinary clinic in the Downtown Eastside is helping low or no-income people provide for their pets.

The first federal survey of what the provinces are doing to preserve caribou says herds and habitat continue to generally decline. 

Outside of court today, Corbett said he was having a bad day when this incident occurred. 

Peter Korney was last seen Monday morning at his McKinnon Road residence.

The city of Prince George is running out of space in its mausoleum as the popularity of cremation grows, according to a new report.

The Canadian dollar is headed downward again.

Carl Valentine joins us to talk about the Vancouver Whitecaps playoff series.

Cody the Golden Retriever spent years greeting people outside his owner's furniture store, Charmaine's Past and Present, on Fort Street.

The city's development permit board deferred its decision on the project, pitched by the Beedie Group, following a public hearing Monday.

Eastbound traffic is down to one lane.

The Granville Street property is currently occupied by a Hudson's Bay department store, which has a long-term lease.

A Surrey man is recovering in hospital after being stabbed on the steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery late Monday night.

A caribou restoration project in northeast B.C. has suffered a major setback after somebody illegally restored a road that had been deactivated to help protect calves from wolves and other predators.

A photo of Edmonton Oilers star Connor McDavid, dressed as U.S. President Donald Trump garnered hundreds of likes after being posted to Instagram Monday afternoon.

The Canadian 'SuperScooper' is a vital firefighting tool in Europe, but the Victoria-based manufacturer says it needs 'an order that we can sink our teeth into' to restart production.

Translink's SeaBuses could one day have some new neighbours docking at their downtown Vancouver terminal. Earlier this month, the transit authority asked for expressions of interest from private ferry and water taxi services to use the outside berth of the terminal.

The resignation of disgraced Pitt Meadows councillor David Murray takes effect Jan. 2, 2018.