UPDATE: CP freight train derailment at Mount Macdonald Tunnel, investigation ongoing

A Canadian Pacific Railway trains sit idle. (File photo)
A Canadian Pacific train with cargo in tow derailed near Glacier Station on Feb. 5
Parents and their children are loaded onto a warming bus as they wait for news after a bus crashed into a daycare centre in Laval, Que., Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

Two children dead after city bus driven into Quebec daycare, driver charged
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre rises during Question Period, Tuesday, February 7, 2023 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Pierre Poilievre pledges to honour Trudeau’s health-care funding offer to premiers
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Touring the Bob Marley One Love Experience in Hollywood
Spring sensations: Chilly nights yield to sunny adventures in Parksville Qualicum Beach

Spring sensations: Chilly nights yield to sunny adventures in Parksville Qualicum Beach

The provincial government forecasts more than one million jobs to open up with the next decade. (Joshua Fischlin/The Free Press)

B.C. needs to fill more than 1 million jobs within 10 years: report
Man arrested who allegedly abandoned a Jeep and an E-bike stolen from Kelowna, then hopped on a train, arrested in Salmon Arm on Feb. 6, 2023. (File photo)

Salmon Arm RCMP arrest man who allegedly left stolen vehicle before hopping on a train
Heavy equipment at work at Coastal GasLink pipeline crossing at the Lho Kwa (Clore River) in northwestern B.C. (David Suzuki Foundation photo)

Feds quietly backed off while Coastal GasLink pipeline work killed fish in B.C.

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Bernie Pauly, a professor in the UVic School of Nursing and a scientist with the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research, said decriminalization of certain amounts of drugs for personal use can improve access to harm reduction and other services without fear of criminalization for personal possession. But other aspects still need to be worked out. (Photo courtesy University of Victoria)

As drug decriminalization rolls out, expert largely praises what B.C. is trying to do
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Walker (left) and Weston MacLellan have started a t-shirt business in West Kelowna called Hide & Seek Streetwear. (Brittany Webster/West K News)

By kids, for kids: West Kelowna boys launch clothing business

A man searches for people in a destroyed building in Adana, Turkey, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. A powerful quake has knocked down multiple buildings in southeast Turkey and Syria and many casualties are feared. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

VIDEO: Race to find survivors as quake aid pours into Turkey, Syria

B.C.’s Lt. Governor Janet Austin at the B.C. Legislature ahead of the annual Throne Speech on Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. (Wolfgang Depner/Black Press Media)

B.C. government to make heavy use of spending surplus: Throne Speech

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Victoria seniors are struggling to afford food due to rising costs. (Pexels photo)

B.C. seniors – and parents – skipping meals as ‘sticker shock’ from food inflation hits

Greater Victoria residents open up about financial struggles and their sacrifices

Protesters and advocates brought painted rocks in memory of friends and family they have lost to eating disorders. (Hollie Ferguson/News Staff)

VIDEO: ‘Huge gaps’ in care for adults with eating disorders says protest at B.C. capital

Protesters at the B.C. Legislature called for better care for adults with eating disorders

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Abbotsford’s Jake Virtanen (red jersey) has irritated his teammates who now want him off the roster. (EHC Visp Instagram)

Swiss League team forces management to remove Abbotsford’s Jake Virtanen ahead of playoffs

Former Vancouver Canucks first round draft pick is reportedly very unpopular with EHC Visp players

The kids are using milk jugs filled with water, then dyed with food colouring (Bowen Assman/Vernon Morning Star)

PHOTOS: Kids take aim at Jam Can Curling on Vernon ice

Jam Can Curling will be happening all throughout the week at Centennial Rink

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Aerial photo shows the destruction in Hatay city centre, southern Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. Donations are pouring into a Vancouver warehouse for those affected by Monday’s devastating earthquake in Turkey but a volunteer organizer says the country could most benefit from professional search and rescues teams.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, IHA

Vancouver’s Turkish community unites to collect donations for quake survivors

City’s Turkish community flocked to warehouse in the industrial area of Vancouver on Tuesday

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Kelowna’s new snowblower machine has been named Snownado. (City of Kelowna)

The public has spoken: Kelowna’s new snowblower has a name

The winning name received 34 per cent of the vote

The Kelowna RCMP’s held their third and final ‘Coffee with a Cop’ event of January was held at Bean Scene on Pandosy Street.The Vernon North Okanagan detachment’s officer in charge, Supt. Shawna Baher, hosts Coffee with a Cop specifically for seniors at Vernon’s Schubert Centre Wednesday, Feb. 22, from 9 to 10:30 a.m. (Black Press - file photo)

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Characters from The Simpsons pose before the premiere of “The Simpsons Movie”, Springfield, Vermont, July 21, 2007. Walt Disney Co. has been recently removed an episode from cartoon series The Simpsons that included a reference to “forced labor camps” in China from its streaming service in Hong Kong. (AP Photo)

Disney cuts Simpsons ‘forced labour’ episode in Hong Kong

Company declined to comment on why the episode was not available to stream

Stuart and Jenna Walker of The Reklaws are excited to bring their hits to Vernon for the Barn Burner concert at Kal Tire Place Friday, Feb. 10. (Reklaws photo)

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Country Barn Burner kicks off at Kal Tire Place Friday

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File - In 2023, are celebrations such as Black History Month still needed? This writer weighs in. Picture shown is an event promoting Black history month at the The Nanaimo African Heritage Society in lieu of their second annual online gala. (News Bulletin file photo)

HITCHINS: In 2023, yes, Black History Month is still important

Recognizing accomplishments by those of African origin vital to identity

A COVID-19 test. Island Health workers are being urged to not get tested. (Black Press Media file photo)

CAMPBELL: Some sick B.C. health workers urged by bosses to not test for COVID-19

New Vancouver Island memo seems to run counter to provincial policy on isolation

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