Castlegar woman awarded $1.6 million in damages after collision

Michelle Donaldson and Holly Grayson were involved in a collision in this area of Columbia Avenue in Castlegar on Nov. 14, 2015. Photo: Betsy Kline
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Edmonton Oilers’ Connor McDavid (97) and Leon Draisaitl (29) celebrate an overtime goal against the Vancouver Canucks during overtime NHL pre season action in Edmonton, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

McDavid nets OT winner, Oilers edge Canucks 2-1 in pre-season play
After a bear wandered into visitor parking at a downtown Langley residential building on Sunday morning, Sept. 24, it was captured by conservation officers, and later euthanized. (Allie Wilkinson/Special to Langley Advance Times)

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Oregon launches legal psilocybin access amid high demand and hopes for improved mental health care

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A new poll shows more than four of 10 surveyed British Columbians say they are in the worse financial shape this year than at the same time last year with more economic bad news on the horizon. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld)

4-in-10 British Columbians in worse money shape than a year ago: poll
A volunteer at the Surrey Food Bank in 2022 sets up food for clients. A new poverty report card from Food Banks Canada shows B.C.’s unaffordable housing market is just one of the reasons why the province is barely passing. (Lauren Collins)

B.C. gets a D+ in Food Banks Canada’s poverty report card
Chase RCMP located what appeared to be a non-emergency vehicle driving in an evacuated area of Sorrento on Aug. 21, 2023. (File photo)

Shuswap man claiming to be firefighter handed 90-day driving prohibition
An anti-SOGI protest was held outside of the Abbotsford school district administration office during the public board of education meeting on Tuesday night (Sept. 26). (Screengrab from video)

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The retired BC Ferries vessel Queen of Sidney, top, that was in operation from 1960 to 2000, and another derelict vessel are seen moored on the Fraser River, in Mission, B.C., on Tuesday, July 18, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Canada slowly creating wreck inventory as it tackles derelict vessel issue

FILE - Former President Donald Trump pauses before ending his remarks at a rally in Summerville, S.C., Sept. 25, 2023. A New York judge ruled, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023, that the former president and his company committed fraud for years while building the real estate empire that catapulted him to fame and the White House. (AP Photo/Artie Walker Jr., File)

Trump defrauded banks while building real estate empire, judge rules

The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal says a Vancouver juice bar manager discriminated against one of his employees from 2019 on the basis of sex and race. The complainant, who was 13 years old at the time, was awarded close to $28,000. (Credit: Unsplash)

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Hot spots from the Lower East Adams Lake wildfire burn in Scotch Creek, B.C., on Sunday, August 20, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Wildfire danger drops, bans lift as B.C. gets cooler, wetter

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Record-breaking wildfires inflate forecasted B.C. deficit to $6.7 billion

Finance minister says fire fight cost nearly $1B, predicts declining new housing starts

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LVR senior girls win bronze at first volleyball tournament of season

The Bombers took third at the event in Kamloops

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SEEDS dissolves, donates assets to Nelson Community Food Centre

The organization says it does not have the resources to establish a new greenhouse

The Doukhobor Discovery Centre’s Borshch Cook-off will take place Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. Photo: Submitted

Castlegar’s Doukhobor Discovery Centre hosting Borshch Cook-off

This year’s event will take place Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023

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Bruce Springsteen, left, and Steven Van Zandt perform on tour at MetLife Stadium on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, in East Rutherford, N.J. (Photo by Scott Roth/Invision/AP)

Bruce Springsteen postpones remainder of tour due to peptic ulcer disease

Remaining shows will run in 2024 instead

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