Troy Ryder
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Outdated rules leave Howe Sound whales at risk, advocates warn #Squamish
Outdated rules leave Howe Sound whales at risk, advocates warn - BC News
With humpbacks feeding offshore and industrial marine traffic expected to increase near Squamish, advocates and politicians say B.C. must move faster to prevent whale strikes by requiring ships to use advanced detection technology in Howe Sound.
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December 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Outdated rules leave Howe Sound whales at risk, advocates warn #Squamish
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Coquihalla Highway remains closed after fire jumped highway #Coquihalla #BCHwy5
Coquihalla Highway remains closed after fire jumped highway - BC News
The Coquihalla Highway is closed in both directions between Hope and Merritt due to a growing wildfire that crews have been monitoring, rather than fighting, in recent days.
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September 4, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Coquihalla Highway remains closed after fire jumped highway #Coquihalla #BCHwy5
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South Okanagan SPCA is urgent need of supplies for shelter animals and pet food bank #Penticton
South Okanagan SPCA is urgent need of supplies for shelter animals and pet food bank - Penticton News
South Okanagan SPCA is urgent need of supplies for shelter animals and pet food bank
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March 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
South Okanagan SPCA is urgent need of supplies for shelter animals and pet food bank #Penticton
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Local news coverage in Canada in steep decline, inviting misinformation: report (Canada)
Local news coverage in Canada in steep decline, inviting misinformation: report - Canada News
The number of local news outlets has been in significant decline in Canada, leaving suburban residents in particular "starving" for local coverage, a new report found — and creating gaps for misinformation to take hold.
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March 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Local news coverage in Canada in steep decline, inviting misinformation: report (Canada)
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15+ years old, but still VERY relevent — and if we had acted 15 years ago, the “better world” we’d be creating would be a LOT better & easier to reach. There are real consequences we’re just starting to see to not heeding this cartoon a lot sooner. Even worse if we don’t heed it now. #ClimateCrisis
March 18, 2025 at 6:14 AM
15+ years old, but still VERY relevent — and if we had acted 15 years ago, the “better world” we’d be creating would be a LOT better & easier to reach. There are real consequences we’re just starting to see to not heeding this cartoon a lot sooner. Even worse if we don’t heed it now. #ClimateCrisis
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Canadian actor detained at US border in ‘inhumane conditions’ for nearly two weeks
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Canadian actor detained at US border in ‘inhumane conditions’ for nearly two weeks
Entrepreneur and actor Jasmine Mooney, who had a role in an American Pie sequel, says she was arrested at southern border and held in detention over an incomplete work visa
www.theguardian.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Canadian actor detained at US border in ‘inhumane conditions’ for nearly two weeks
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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It's not business as usual for Canadians who want to stay in the U.S., lawyers warn (Canada/U.S.)
It's not business as usual for Canadians who want to stay in the U.S., lawyers warn - Canada News
Immigration lawyers say the case of a Vancouver woman detained in the United States over a denied visa is a warning to other Canadians that it's no longer business as usual when crossing the border for work.
www.castanet.net
March 17, 2025 at 11:21 PM
It's not business as usual for Canadians who want to stay in the U.S., lawyers warn (Canada/U.S.)
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Nearly half of B.C. landslides linked to logging, wildfires, study finds (BC)
Nearly half of B.C. landslides linked to logging, wildfires, study finds - BC News
Nearly half the landslides that rocked southwest British Columbia during devastating 2021 floods started in areas that were logged or burned by wildfire, researchers have found.
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March 18, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Nearly half of B.C. landslides linked to logging, wildfires, study finds (BC)
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Shuswap Rotary supports local dragon boat team's breast cancer awareness efforts #SalmonArm
Shuswap Rotary supports local dragon boat team's breast cancer awareness efforts - Salmon Arm News
The Shuswap Rotary Club is putting their money where their mouth is with a $2,000 donation to a breast cancer awareness campaign being put together by a local dragon boat team.
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March 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Shuswap Rotary supports local dragon boat team's breast cancer awareness efforts #SalmonArm
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“‘I was put in a cell, and I had to sleep on a mat with no blanket, no pillow, with an aluminum foil wrapped over my body like a dead body for two and a half days.’”
Canadian woman put in chains, detained by ICE after entering San Diego border
A Canadian entrepreneur detained by ICE is speaking out after she got arrested while trying to enter the San Diego border to obtain a visa last Monday.
www.10news.com
March 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
“‘I was put in a cell, and I had to sleep on a mat with no blanket, no pillow, with an aluminum foil wrapped over my body like a dead body for two and a half days.’”
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A Canadian woman was put in chains and jailed by ICE when trying to enter the US with a work visa. Global Affairs Canada says they can't get involved in entry and exit requirements of another country. Stay away Canadians! youtu.be/dTsIzFryEBg?...
Canadian woman put in chains, detained by ICE after entering San Diego border
YouTube video by ABC 10 News
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March 13, 2025 at 1:33 AM
A Canadian woman was put in chains and jailed by ICE when trying to enter the US with a work visa. Global Affairs Canada says they can't get involved in entry and exit requirements of another country. Stay away Canadians! youtu.be/dTsIzFryEBg?...
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Vernon-based craft distillery makes purely Canadian spirits #VernonBC
Vernon-based craft distillery makes purely Canadian spirits - Vernon News
It doesn't get more Canadian than Okanagan Spirits Craft Distillery.
Founded in Vernon, with an outlet in Kelowna, the distillery has been making Canadian products since opening their doors two dec
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March 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Vernon-based craft distillery makes purely Canadian spirits #VernonBC
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Four people facing a combinbed 43 charges for unlawfully hunting and killing wildlife (100 Mile House)
Four people facing a combinbed 43 charges for unlawfully hunting and killing wildlife - BC News
Four BC residents are facing a combined 43 charges in connection to unlawfully hunting and killing wildlife in multiple incidents throughout the province.
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March 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Four people facing a combinbed 43 charges for unlawfully hunting and killing wildlife (100 Mile House)
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PLEASE PLEASE be careful travelling to the US ‼️🚨
German TOURIST held indefinitely in San Diego area immigrant detention facility
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German TOURIST held indefinitely in San Diego area immigrant detention facility
www.kpbs.org/news/border-...
German tourist held indefinitely in San Diego area immigrant detention facility
The young woman had planned to spend a month with a friend in Los Angeles and then fly home to Berlin. But she’s been in federal custody since late January.
www.kpbs.org
March 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
PLEASE PLEASE be careful travelling to the US ‼️🚨
German TOURIST held indefinitely in San Diego area immigrant detention facility
www.kpbs.org/news/border-...
German TOURIST held indefinitely in San Diego area immigrant detention facility
www.kpbs.org/news/border-...
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First measles death is reported in the West Texas outbreak that's infected more than 120 people (United States)
First measles death is reported in the West Texas outbreak that's infected more than 120 people - World News
A person who was hospitalized with measles has died from measles in West Texas, the first death in an outbreak that began late last month.
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February 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
First measles death is reported in the West Texas outbreak that's infected more than 120 people (United States)
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Ground-up chicken waste fed to cattle may be behind bird flu outbreak in US cows
Experts warn that lax regulations could also see the virus spread to US pig farms, with serious consequences for human health
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
Experts warn that lax regulations could also see the virus spread to US pig farms, with serious consequences for human health
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
Ground-up chicken waste fed to cattle may be behind bird flu outbreak in US cows
Experts warn that lax regulations could also see the virus spread to US pig farms, with serious consequences for human health
www.telegraph.co.uk
February 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Ground-up chicken waste fed to cattle may be behind bird flu outbreak in US cows
Experts warn that lax regulations could also see the virus spread to US pig farms, with serious consequences for human health
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
Experts warn that lax regulations could also see the virus spread to US pig farms, with serious consequences for human health
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
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Restaurant association backs premier, urges people to “eat local” in response to U.S. tariffs (BC)
Restaurant association backs premier, urges people to “eat local” in response to U.S. tariffs - BC News
The president of the BC Restaurant & Foodservices Association urges British Columbians to eat local in response to U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods.
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February 2, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Restaurant association backs premier, urges people to “eat local” in response to U.S. tariffs (BC)
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American health workers looking to relocate? Doorway to practice medicine in Canada 🇨🇦
We have job openings nationwide. www.canada.ca/en/immigrati...
We have job openings nationwide. www.canada.ca/en/immigrati...
Canada announces new immigration stream specific to health workers
Communities across Canada need health workers. The health field is one of several key sectors of Canada’s labour force which is facing unprecedented shortages. To help respond to this challenge, last ...
www.canada.ca
February 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
American health workers looking to relocate? Doorway to practice medicine in Canada 🇨🇦
We have job openings nationwide. www.canada.ca/en/immigrati...
We have job openings nationwide. www.canada.ca/en/immigrati...
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Looks like this is happening.
This great perfidy from our longstanding and close ally and friend is immensely saddening and maddening.
But it also makes me resolute to defend our country. We should and must retaliate.
A thread about what I'll be looking for in our retaliation measures....
This great perfidy from our longstanding and close ally and friend is immensely saddening and maddening.
But it also makes me resolute to defend our country. We should and must retaliate.
A thread about what I'll be looking for in our retaliation measures....
Canada has been officially told that President Trump will impose tariffs today. Timing and specific details unknown. But it will be today. We will have extensive coverage on CBC News Network.
February 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Looks like this is happening.
This great perfidy from our longstanding and close ally and friend is immensely saddening and maddening.
But it also makes me resolute to defend our country. We should and must retaliate.
A thread about what I'll be looking for in our retaliation measures....
This great perfidy from our longstanding and close ally and friend is immensely saddening and maddening.
But it also makes me resolute to defend our country. We should and must retaliate.
A thread about what I'll be looking for in our retaliation measures....
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American pet food infected with bird flu recalled after house cat died sold in B.C. #Vancouver
American pet food infected with bird flu recalled after house cat died sold in B.C. - BC News
A pet food company in Oregon sent out a voluntary recall after a house cat died from eating its products, which tested positive for bird flu, and the company says the same contaminated batch was sold in British Columbia.
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December 27, 2024 at 12:36 AM
American pet food infected with bird flu recalled after house cat died sold in B.C. #Vancouver
It’s a beautiful day in Kelowna. Get outside and enjoy some sunshine 😎
December 9, 2024 at 10:00 PM
It’s a beautiful day in Kelowna. Get outside and enjoy some sunshine 😎
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Celebrate Elvis' 90th birthday in Penticton #Penticton
Celebrate Elvis' 90th birthday in Penticton - Penticton News
The Penticton Elvis Festival is excited to present Elvis’ 90th Birthday Show Fundraiser.
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December 7, 2024 at 4:00 AM
Celebrate Elvis' 90th birthday in Penticton #Penticton
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Natural gas for home heating to jump 17.5 per cent in New Year (BC)
Natural gas for home heating to jump 17.5 per cent in New Year - BC News
FortisBC has been given approval by the BC Utilities Commission (BCUC) to jack natural gas prices up 17.5 per cent on January 1.
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December 6, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Natural gas for home heating to jump 17.5 per cent in New Year (BC)