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Schoenborn sentence to be handed down on Feb. 22
A verdict in the trial of a father who killed his three children is expected to be handed down next Monday (Feb. 22) by B.C. Supreme Court Justice Robert Powers.
....more Kamloops News, Sports, Entertainment, Business and Lifestyles

Chamber wants tech park in OCP
Kelowna’s chamber of commerce wants a technology park placed among the new Official Community Plan’s top priorities.
....Kelowna News, Sports, Entertainment, Business and Lifestyles

Fall ends Richards' Olympic dream
WEST VANCOUVER – Kristi Richards may have fallen on the Olympic stage but that didn't stop her blue eyes and smile from shining brighter than the television lights that shone down on Cypress Mountain Saturday evening.
....Penticton News, Sports, Entertainment, Business and Lifestyles

Teens send cyber warning
Just before young teenagers leap into the topsy-turvy world of high school, a group of older teens is telling them to be wary of the pitfalls in another world: the virtual one.
....Vernon News, Sports, Entertainment, Business and Lifestyles

BC News
Canada News
World News

Teen charged in masked home invasion released on $20,000 bail
A teenager charged in connection with a Gordon Head home invasion has been released on $20,000 bail and conditions amounting to house arrest. The 17-year-old, who cannot be identified under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, has been charged with break and enter, robbery, committing an offence with a face mask, assault with a weapon and uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm. On Feb. 4 two masked youths allegedly forced their way into a house on Feltham Road, discharged bear or pepper spray and threatened the occupants with a pellet gun.
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Markets up as gold and oil surge
Markets opened higher in Canada, as gold and oil prices surged on a weaker U.S. dollar.
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Pedophilia is a heinous crime: Pope tells Irish bishops
VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict told Irish bishops at crisis talks over a pedophilia scandal that sexual abuse of children by priests is a "heinous crime" that they must address with resolve, the Vatican said on Tuesday.
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Technology

WASHINGTON – Apple is in talks with television networks to begin selling TV shows on iTunes for 99 cents, half the current price, to coincide with the release of the iPad next month, newspapers reported Thursday.
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Food

The long liners would put 2,500 hooks out into the ocean and would come back hours later to pull up their haul.
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Travel

CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA, Calif -- This was not a typical girls’ trip. My sister-in-law Lisa and I were going on vacation, not with our daughters but with Daisy and Misty -- our dogs.
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Sports
Entertainment
Business
Health

Parker goes back to Argonauts
As expected, Edmonton Eskimos cornerback Byron Parker is returning to the Toronto Argonauts as the Canadian Football League club dipped into the free agency market shortly after it opened at 10:01 p.m. MST on Monday. This will be Parker's fourth stint with the Double Blue.
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Surviving Hollywood week
Hallelujah. Your faith may be strong, but you still need proof: The horror of American Idol's Hollywood Week is almost over.
....more Entertainment News

Ottawa toughens mortgage rules
OTTAWA -- Amid warnings about "reckless" housing speculation and overextended homebuyers, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said Tuesday the federal government would make it tougher for people to get a mortgage.
....more Business News

Europeans spend billions on fake medicines: Survey
LONDON – Western Europeans spend an estimated 10.5 billion euros ($14.3 billion) a year on illicitly sourced medicines, many of them counterfeit, according to a Pfizer-sponsored survey published on Tuesday. ....more Health News