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Connaught Hill Park will be closed both to vehicular and pedestrian traffic all day on Canada Day in preparation for the fireworks show, set for 11 p.m. Residents are further advised not to try to go up the hill to view the fireworks or the set up.

Campers are being urged to take steps to prevent wildfires as they head out into the forests this Canada Day long weekend.

The B.C. Court of Appeal has upheld a lower court decision to dismiss a guide outfitter and trapper's lawsuit against the provincial government and a long list of sawmill operators and logging companies.

Walking is healing for Robert Gagnon. The 44-year-old Canadian veteran set off for the walk of his life as he left the cenotaph at city hall on Wednesday morning. "Walking gives me a sense of personal healing," Gagnon said.

Treasure Cove and Hotel has posted signs prohibiting overnight camping on its property and the move is drawing praise from local RV park owners. "I'll actually tell people the food's good there," Hartway RV Park owner Cindy Brodhagen said Wednesday.

A convicted drug dealer was sentenced Tuesday to a further 111 days in jail after a B.C. Supreme Court Justice found no evidence the man knew there were traces of fentanyl in the heroin he was selling.

A horse-drawn stage coach carrying seven people to the Williams Lake Stampede went off the road and plunged 40 feet down a ravine on Tuesday.

A car crash is the suspected cause of a power outage that left nearly 6,000 BC Hydro customers without power Wednesday morning. "We don't absolute concrete proof or anything," Hydro spokesman Bob Gammer said.

In January, the Central Okanagan Economic Development Commission (COEDC) launched a multi-tiered digital shout-out to Canadian expatriates in California to attract more people - especially entrepreneurs - back to the Kelowna area.