Okanagan Falls rodeo star to be honoured Considered by many to be the finest cowboy Canada has ever produced, Kenny McLean will soon have a bronze statue to honour him in his home town. This afternoon a fundraising campaign will kick off in OK Falls for the project. The launch will be at 2pm at Centennial Park on Highway 97. The public is invited. 8/19/2008 6:30:33 AM

Police investigate dog-napping caught on tape An investigation is underway after a Vancouver couple had its dog stolen -- in an incident caught on tape -- and then returned for a reward. They were frantic, and posted a reward for $5,000 on the website Craigslist. 8/19/2008 5:28:05 AM

Sluts of Fury on the box? It's got CanCon Shaun Donnelly, the 40-year-old Edmonton businessman behind the country's first adult digital pay channel specializing in CanCon, is confident that Canadians will eagerly embrace shows such as Glory Hole Girls, Toxxxic Goo and Iron Lee's Sluts of Fury. 8/18/2008 7:56:17 PM

'Ugly' Australian women to protest A plea for lovelorn female "ugly ducklings" to redress a gender imbalance in the north-west mining town of Mount Isa has sparked a protest march. 8/18/2008 7:45:31 PM

Men, women find symmetrical bodies more attractive Both men and women find members of the opposite sex more attractive if they have symmetrical bodies -- not just symmetrical faces -- new research says. Previous research has shown that most people find a symmetrical face to be more beautiful. 8/18/2008 7:15:44 PM

Man gets stuck 'having sex with bench' A "lonely and disturbed" Hong Kong man had to call police to try and free him after his penis got stuck in a park bench he had apparently tried to have sex with, reports said. Emergency workers took four hours trying to free Le Xing. 8/18/2008 7:03:48 PM

Pushing the limits to be a role model Marlene Wiig spent a year training for Primal Quest, a gruelling 10-day race through the mountainous terrain of Big Sky, Mont. And she came home disappointed. Just one day into the late June competition, she and her three male teammates had to abandon their quest. 8/18/2008 6:31:55 PM

British spy service campaigns to hire gays After shunning them for decades over worries of blackmail, MI5 is now asking gay and lesbian people to consider a career as a spy, promising the chance to fight terrorists, protect their country -- and earn a decent salary, plus benefits. 8/18/2008 6:27:04 PM

France's secret affair with McDonald's Magali, the photographer, is appalled. We are in McDonald's, just around the corner from the Louvre in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, and we are tucking into some breakfast. With a beer. Because we can. 8/18/2008 5:06:10 PM

Kelowna: Celebs to tee off for Kids Rock National Basketball Association star Charles Barkley will be part of a long list of famous guests at the first Kids Rock Celebrity Invitational Golf Tournament Aug. 27 – 31. There will also be an old west riverboat-style casino night on the Fintry Queen. 8/18/2008 10:00:39 AM

Surrey Mountie sued after using database to find brother A Surrey Mountie, believing his estranged brother might be a "person of interest" in a firebombing of the Port Mann detachment, used the RCMP computer databases to track him down. The firebombing and subsequent firebombing of police cars was not reported to media. 8/18/2008 9:55:56 AM

B.C. pair helped victims of Great Wall lightning strike They went to China to see a total solar eclipse and check out the Olympics -- but it was a lightning strike on the Great Wall that left a B.C. couple with some electrifying memories. 8/18/2008 9:49:49 AM

More people willing to date smokers, poll says Despite the modern taboo against smoking, a new nationwide survey shows more Canadians would consider dating a smoker now than three years ago. However, that doesn't mean smoking is getting sexy. 8/18/2008 9:03:39 AM

China's safe-sex squad targets Olympic visitors Xie, xie, China. I’m now completely protected by the 29th Olympiad’s security machine, which is so ubiquitous in Beijing it even goes under the covers. 8/18/2008 6:06:18 AM

Sasquatch evidence 'compelling,' says academic When news broke Friday that two self-proclaimed sasquatch trackers in the state of Georgia claimed to have one of the fabled ape creatures in their freezer, Jeff Meldrum was quickly pulled into the story. After all, he's one of the few PhDs conducting field work on Bigfoot and reporters were quick to search him out for comment. 8/18/2008 5:47:28 AM

Christians stage bible sit-in at China airport Four American Christians who staged a sit-in at the customs zone of a Chinese airport over 315 confiscated Bibles finally admitted defeat this evening after one night and almost 30 hours. 8/18/2008 5:28:26 AM

Controversial faith healer resigns over 'unhealthy relationship' Controversial faith healer Todd Bentley has resigned from the Abbotsford church he helped found after it was revealed he had "unhealthy relationship" with a female co-worker, according to the Fresh Fire Ministries website. 8/17/2008 6:36:30 PM

SFU pipers victorious in Glasgow The Simon Fraser University pipe band has defeated its longtime rival in the World Pipe Band Championships in Scotland and staged a comeback, claiming first prize. "A great, great day," said Pipe Major Terry Lee. 8/17/2008 6:33:04 PM

In search of the unstealable bicycle On June 26, John Millen learned how difficult it is to keep a bicycle safe from Toronto thieves. That was the day he took his custom bike up the elevator to the fourth floor of his Front Street E. office. 8/17/2008 9:56:56 AM

Simon Whitfield likes his chances Canada's men's triathlon team leader Tom Patrick says he still has visions of Simon Whitfield of Victoria standing on top of the podium with a gold medal around his neck Tuesday. 8/17/2008 9:43:11 AM

Wind power brings prosperity, resentment John Yancey knows the windmills on his property have been largely embraced by his community in northern New York. But he hates them. He says they disrupt his sleep, invade his house, his consciousness. 8/17/2008 9:29:52 AM

Elvis fans brave rain for memorial vigil Several thousand Elvis Presley fans lined up in the rain Friday to ensure their place in a late-night candlelight vigil past the singer's grave in Memphis, Tenn., on the eve of his death 31 years ago. 8/17/2008 9:03:55 AM

Beijing's winning gold for Games trickery From fake fireworks and lip-synching little girls to coverups of catastrophic accidents and "volunteer" fans filling embarrassingly empty seats, the Beijing Games win the gold medal for phoniness. 8/17/2008 6:10:17 AM

Celebrating all things cannabis -- Hempfest in Seattle They poured into Myrtle Edwards Park on the Seattle waterfront Saturday -- thousands of cannabis-lovers in Seattle to network and celebrate their favorite green plant. Hempfest kicked off its 17th year in the Emerald City Saturday. 8/16/2008 11:24:08 PM

Burglar flees in boxers, with jeans left in washer A Kansas burglar apparently likes to be clean - but isn't so good about clean getaways. Police in Wichita say it appears a man broke into a house Friday night to wash his clothes but fled in boxers, with his jeans still in the washer. 8/16/2008 11:14:04 PM

Kelowna residents unbeaten by fire Five years after lightning touched off the most catastrophic fire in the Okanagan‘s history, the people living on the front line are still rebuilding. In the months following owners of the 239 houses destroyed put their heads down and got to work. 8/16/2008 8:44:28 AM

Heartbroken senior searches for dog stolen from shopping centre Gilles Marion, an 83-year-old Ottawa man, was taken to Hospital Friday with an ailment that doctors were powerless to treat: a broken heart. Dr. Marion's beloved dog Brynn has been missing since Tuesday when his car, with Brynn inside, was stolen from a handicapped parking spot. 8/16/2008 6:44:35 AM

Former Penticton MP safely out of Georgia Jim Hart, former member of parliament for the Okanagan Coquihalla has made it safely out of Tbilisi, Georgia. Part of the country was overrun by Russian troops in the last few days. 8/14/2008 6:40:40 AM

End of an era as Oslund's closes doors Ralph Oslund has seen many changes during four decades in Penticton throughout his career of running Oslund Jewellers, but he is now closing the doors to make way for his
retirement. 8/13/2008 5:14:07 AM

Will Rogers run ends Friday in Penticton Will Rogers started running in Victoria July 29th to raise money for the Servants Anonymous Society of Surrey. Last night on his blog he wrote, "As of 6:30 this evening, (monday) I am 1 mile north of Osoyoos, en route to Penticton. I am still running with the aid of the crutches, but I AM feeling better." 8/12/2008 1:30:46 PM

Peachfest continues to delight and excite Expectations were high for this year‘s version of the Peach Festival, and according to president of the event, it delivered a jam-packed punch of fun and entertainment for everyone. “We started on a high and we ended on a high,” said Mark Grimm Sunday afternoon. 8/11/2008 5:17:43 AM

Peachfest parade draws crowd despite rain The throng of spectators lining the streets of downtown Penticton on Saturday for the Peach Festival Grand Parade was “a little bit lighter” than usual, but still impressive given the uncertain weather conditions, said one of the organizers. 8/10/2008 5:12:23 AM