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The tap water in roughly 300 West Kelowna, B.C., homes has been deemed safe after the city rescinded a do-not-consume order issued last week. “I love it,” said Mike Kinnear, one of the impacted residents. “Now I don’t have to go get some big jugs and take them back to the house.”Residents in the Tallus Ridge and Shannon Woods neighbourhoods went five days without being able to drink their tap water after a security breach at the Tallus reservoir.However, tested water samples have now all come back negative.“Interior Health indicated what samples, what testing they wanted done,” said Patrick Pulak,…
For father of four Shane Braniff, every day is a battle, a life consumed by relentless pain and constant fear. “I was diagnosed last year with a rare form of epilepsy that’s located in the frontal left lobe of my brain,” he said.The seizures began in 2023 and quickly became all-consuming.“After the first one, they started coming very fast, very frequent. I was having anywhere from three to nine seizures a day,” Braniff said.Since then, he says his doctor and private neurologist have repeatedly sent requests to Kelowna General Hospital for brain surgery, a procedure he believes could relieve dangerous…
HONG KONG, March 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CoinEx is proud to announce that it has once again been recognized at the World Business Outlook Awards 2026, achieving a third consecutive year of global recognition. This year, CoinEx has been honored with the following awards: Most Professional Cryptocurrency Exchange Global 2026Best Crypto Trading Platform Global 2026 This hat-trick milestone reflects CoinEx’s sustained commitment to delivering a secure, professional, and reliable trading environment for users worldwide. Industry Recognition Built on Consistency Organized by World Business Outlook, a Singapore-based publication covering global finance and business, the awards recognize excellence across key areas including…
As Vancouver prepares to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup, questions are being raised about what will happen to people living on the streets. Seattle, which is also hosting, has rolled out an emergency plan to move some encampments and expand shelter and housing space ahead of the tournament.“It has particular time limits, because in about three months our city is about to welcome a quarter of a million people for the World Cup,” Kate Brunette Kreuzer, the Seattle mayor’s chief of staff, said at a council meeting.“It is really important that when we are hosting so many visitors to…
As questions swirl around his predecessor, Calgary’s mayor is claiming that no current or former members of city council are the target of an ongoing RCMP investigation after some of their phones were seized. It comes after Global News confirmed RCMP officers executed warrants at the homes of former mayor Jyoti Gondek, former Ward 4 Coun. Sean Chu, and current Ward 10 Coun. Andre Chabot.Gondek said she has been “fully cooperative” with officers but she called the situation “invasive,” and noted her lawyer would be reviewing to determine if the warrant was “justified.”Chabot also told reporters he is “fully cooperating,”…
By Ashley Beherns Global News Posted March 25, 2026 10:39 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Starting the week of April 6th until June, the University Bridge in Saskatoon will be closed for work on the city’s bus rapid transit plan. The start date was a little confusing as contractors accidentally put up construction signs saying the work will start on the 31st of March. The city is apologizing and confirms construction starts the week of the 6th, if weather permits.The bridge won’t be completely closed the whole summer, allowing for some flow of…
The crash at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, in which two Air Canada pilots died, has brought up questions of safety protocols and workloads for air traffic controllers. NAV Canada, which operates the country’s civil air navigation system, has processes in place to mitigate risk.On Wednesday, the organization said it is short an estimated 200 air traffic controllers and is working on building its capacity.Following the deadly crash, pilots have told Global News that the protocols, including those at Vancouver International Airport (YVR), are not always followed in practice.“It’s certainly the case that positions are occasionally combined in air traffic controller towers,” Capt.…
While the war in Iran has sent gasoline prices soaring around the world, there are growing concerns about how the spike in the cost of other fuels could also affect consumers and the broader economy. In Canada, the average price of diesel has surged to nearly $2.30 per litre — more than 50 per cent higher than just three months ago.“It’s unprecedented. We’ve never seen anything like this in the oil market or the refined products market and it’s getting worse,” said Calgary-based petroleum industry analyst Richard Masson. “The tankers that left four weeks ago just before the war started…
ETOBICOKE, Ontario, March 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cleanfarms, the national producer responsibility organization that manages agricultural waste across Canada, announced today that its founding Executive Director, Barry Friesen, will retire on April 2, 2026. A professional engineer and respected leader in the solid waste industry, Mr. Friesen has provided visionary leadership in establishing and growing the Cleanfarms organization, which celebrated its 15th anniversary just last year. “Barry has been more than a leader; he is a mentor, a builder and a trusted voice for this industry. Under his guidance, Cleanfarms has grown from a one-person, one program start-up into…
The Supreme Court has issued its ruling in a lengthy copyright battle between Cox Communications and major record labels, determining that the cable and internet service provider isn’t responsible for illegally downloaded music, as reported earlier by the Associated Press. The unanimous decision says Cox “neither induced its users’ infringement nor provided a service tailored to infringement.”Several record labels, led by Sony Music, sued Cox in 2018, alleging the company allowed 60,000 internet subscribers to download over 10,000 copyrighted songs illegally. A jury found Cox liable for piracy in 2019 and granted Sony $1 billion in damages, though an appeals…