Logging truck loses load, blocks traffic in North Shuswap

A logging truck spilled its load on Squilax-Anglemont Road after failing to negotiate a shard corner on Jan. 19. (Google Maps image)
Jan. 19 incident on Squilax-Anglemont Road obstructed traffic for several hours

A specialized RCMP team is investigating a suspicious trailer, which might have connections to the illicit drug trade, found abandoned outside a Cache Creek motel. (Photo credit: <em>Journal</em> files)

Police probe U-Haul trailer linked to illicit drugs left outside Cache Creek motel
Premier John Horgan leaves the podium following his first press conference of the year as he comments on various questions from the media in the Press Gallery at B.C. Legislature in Victoria, B.C., on Monday, January 13, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

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These Okanagan wineries are anything but ordinary

Kevin Lee Barrett is charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault. (Facebook)

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Robert Riley Saunders. (File)

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