PHOTOS: Witches conjure up the spirit of adventure at community paddle

Photos by Melissa Leslie and Heather Cottingham
The fifth annual Witch Paddle took place on Tie Lake
Fresh produce is shown at a market in Toronto on Wednesday Feb. 2, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

Food insecurity a ‘public health crisis’ for B.C.’s Indigenous kids
Thirteen of the country’s most influential rock acts of the 1970s and 1980s are being added to Canada’s Walk of Fame with the bands set to be toasted at Toronto’s Massey Hall as part of a “mega-induction” ceremony. The Massey Hall sign is lit up in Toronto, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

B.C. shares centre stage as 13 rock acts join Canada’s Walk of Fame
Canadian pot companies cheer as Senate committee advances cannabis finance reforms

Canadian pot companies cheer as Senate committee advances cannabis finance reforms
Why mountain biking should be your new travel activity — plus tips for beginners

Why mountain biking should be your new travel activity — plus tips for beginners

Chicago Blackhawks center Connor Bedard warms up for the team's preseason NHL hockey game against the St. Louis Blues on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

B.C.’s Connor Bedard ‘comfortable’ in his NHL exhibition debut
Members of the Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU) at Simon Fraser University walked the picket line at the Surrey campus Thursday. (Photo: @TSSU/ Twitter)

Teaching Support Staff Union pickets outside Simon Fraser University
Vancouver Canucks defenceman Guillaume Brisebois (55) and Seattle Kraken left wing Andre Burakovsky (95) battle for the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey preseason game, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, in Seattle. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)

Tolvanen scores twice as Kraken beat Vancouver Canucks 3-1
A Vancouver Police Department patch is seen on an officer’s uniform in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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On-call Coquitlam teacher Amira Mounir Abraham has been reprimanded by the B.C. Commissioner for Teacher Regulation after showing a nine-minute animated film to students in grades 2 and 3 that depicted sexual intercourse and suicide (Pixabay photo)

On-call B.C. teacher shows inappropriate short film to elementary students

The Lululemon logo is seen on a wall at the company’s headquarters in Vancouver on Thursday, May 25, 2023. Lululemon Athletica Inc. says it has struck a five-year partnership with Peloton Interactive Inc. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Lululemon, Peloton join forces in tradeoff of fitness for fashion

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg kicked off the tech giant’s Connect developer conference on Wednesday with a focus on virtual and augmented reality and artificial intelligence. (AP PHOTO/GODOFREDO A. VÀSQUEZ)

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg kicks off developer conference with focus on AI, virtual reality

SAG- AFTRA actors rally outside the Paramount Pictures Studio in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Writers Guild board approves deal to end Hollywood strike

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Hospital Employees Union members from Vernon’s Heron Grove hosted a two-hour rally outside the facility Wednesday, Sept. 27. Staff at Heron Grove and six other facilities owned and operated by the Good Samaritan Canada Society hosted rallies as they try to negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement. (Roger Knox - Black Press)

B.C. care facilities rally outside in contract dispute

Staff at Good Samaritan Canada facilities in Vernon, Penticton, Salmon Arm and Coast seek support

Rogers and Shaw applications are pictured on a cellphone in Ottawa on Monday, May 9, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Former Shaw techs approve B.C. strike action against Rogers

Workers based in Vancouver, Richmond, Surrey and Langley concerned about job security

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Dignitaries gather for the official ribbon cutting during the grand opening of the National Training Centre docks ahead of the 2023 National Rowing Championships on Quamichan Lake Thursday, Sept. 28. (Sarah Simpson/Citizen)

Rowing nationals were never supposed to come, but Cowichan glad they did

2023 National Rowing Championships on Quamichan Lake this weekend

Daniel DelBianco gives a thumbs up from his hospital bed after a round of surgery. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)

B.C. man advocates for epileptic seizure treatment not available in Canada

Daniel DelBianco diagnosed with drug-resistant epilepsy

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File - Netflix’s first CEO, Marc Randolph, poses outside the Santa Cruz, California, post office in May, 2022, where he had mailed a Patsy Cline CD to the company’s co-founder Reed Hastings, to test whether a disc could make it through the mail. The Netflix DVD-by-service will mail out its final discs Friday from its five remaining distribution centers, ending its 25-year history. (AP Photo/Mike Liedtke, File)

Netflix kills operations for original DVD by mail service

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Claire Watson’s winning design shows Canadian icon Elsie MacGill holding blueprints with a Maple Leaf Trainer II and Hawker Hurricane fighter plane. (Royal Canadian Mint image)

B.C. artist designs new loonie honouring sky-smashing icon Elsie MacGill

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Elford glass artist Katherine Russell hones her social media skills

Russell has shifted her focus to improve her online presence and reach more people, following one-on-one coaching she received from Columbia Basin Trust’s Basin Business Advisors Program

Bridge Creek’s trees near 100 Mile House show their fall colours as leaves fall into the water. (Patrick Davies photo)

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Autumn equinox is Saturday, Sept. 23, marking the start of the fall season

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Bruce Springsteen, left, and Steven Van Zandt perform on tour at MetLife Stadium on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, in East Rutherford, N.J. (Photo by Scott Roth/Invision/AP)

Bruce Springsteen postpones remainder of tour due to peptic ulcer disease

Remaining shows will run in 2024 instead

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      The Bank of Canada headquarters is shown in Ottawa, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

      Uzelman: The Bank of Canada ‘is likely done with rate hikes’

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            Step into your new career at the Cranbrook Hiring and Post-Secondary Education Expo on Sept. 14.

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              The Attainable Housing Development Society works with local communities an organizations to fill the housing gap in British Columbia. This summer, they’re hosting their New Home Raffle – giving you the chance to win an amazing home overlooking beautiful Shuswap Lake. Photos courtesy AHDS

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