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Okanagan: Do you know what your kids are drinking?
A Provincial report shows Interior Health Region is the worst health authority area for teen binge drinking. Binge drinking is increasing, with 45 per cent of male, and 42 per cent of female students, in grades 7 through 12, drinking to get drunk at least once a month. 1/6/2009 9:18:34 PM
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Looks like Flaherty is going to give tax cuts to the rich
The vast majority of private sector economists that have spoken out on the subject place cuts to taxes well back on the string of priorities that Ottawa should consider in the budget, with infrastructure spending - lots of it and quick - leading the parade. 1/6/2009 7:30:53 PM
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Bummer: Man's bottom bared in Colo ski-lift mishap
A guy who dangled upside down from a ski lift with his bare bottom exposed probably doesn't want to hear any "ski bum" jokes. Officials at Vail Resorts in Colorado say the 48-year-old man was trying to get on the Blue Ski basin lift on New Year's Day. 1/6/2009 7:22:59 PM
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One of world's richest men kills himself after stock market gamble
One of the world's richest men has become the latest high-profile suicide linked to the credit crunch. There was no sign anyone else was involved, said police, adding there was a suicide note. 1/6/2009 6:45:56 PM
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Heavy rain on south coast, more snow for Okanagan
Residents on B.C.'s south coast may have to make a quick change from snowshoes to hip waders. It's projected 150 mm, or six inches, of rain could drench Howe Sound and the Fraser Valley before Thursday morning, the Okanagan is expecting more snow. 1/6/2009 5:23:39 PM
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Oliver builds list of pioneers for display at Town Hall
Some residents becoming weather weary
Council approves fire pits’ return 
Summerland: New year’s revellers brave icy waters
Vernon Crime spree busted
After four years, murder trial begins for Kelowna man
Property taxes could rise despite freeze on assessment levels
OkaSim: Snowfall Warning to continue thru tonight
B.C. mulls penalties for backcountry bandits
B.C. fishermen to get U.S. government bailout
Lower Mainland roofs no match for rain-heavy snow
Rain, snow create 'perfect recipe' for avalanches
Quebec's Bye Bye: Funny – or racist?
Tories slow on fuel regulations
Soldier was alone with insurgent when two shots fired
Canadian among victims of Bangkok nightclub fire
Mexico - NAFTA: Destroying American Manufacturing
Haven't seen anything yet, economists say of meltdown
Blackwater guards plead innocence 
Russian Natural Gas stopped for many countries
Capitals beat Flyers for seventh straight win
McCabe returns Panthers beat Maple Leafs 4-2
Season in doubt for Paul Kariya
Sundin ready to roll vs. Oilers
Nigerian motorcyclists wear pumpkins to evade helmet law
Lou the mule credited with saving woman from fire
Six-year-old boy misses bus, takes family car, crashes
Anna Nicole Smith judged cleared of wrongdoing
HBO lands rights to inaugural ceremony
Actress Alyssa Milano to wed Hollywood agent
Be careful about taking quit-smoking drug Champix
'Brain gyms' a new industry
Doctors must communicate better: B.C. geriatrics expert
N.S. nursing home staff abused residents 30 times over past year
New TV show is unfair to bears, experts growl
Polar bears in western Arctic going hungry, study
Saving Kenya's orphan elephants
Guyana leader in Facebook 'scam'
A pink iguana missed by Darwin prompts evolutionary rethink
Tetris 'helps to reduce trauma'
Scorned ex posts vandalism photo on MySpace
B.C. residents outraged over fuel barge found drifting off coast
Motorola unveils environmentally friendly cellphone made from recycled bottles
The beauty of the backyard turbine
