Each Saturday, the Captial News will highlight popular stories from the week.
1. Kelowna firefighter Chris Zimmerman, last weekend that destroyed an unfinished six-storey condominium building and a nearby residential motel, is recovering in hospital and doing better each day, says his father.
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Chris Zimmermann was suffered burns to his hands, as well as to his back and his calves, while on the second floor of the under-construction second building at the Water香蕉视频直播檚 Edge development in the Mission area of the city Saturday.
Photo of fire burning in right now. 2 alarm, unfinished condo building.
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2. The Salmon Arm Observer reported a personal look at the new assisted dying service.
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The message was left overnight Monday, July 3 at the Salmon Arm Observer office.
Sally was one of the more than 400 British Columbians to use the Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) service since it became legal in Canada in June of 2016.
In her voice message, Sally said she was being blocked from using MAiD by her landlord because some tenants at Arbor Lodge seniors香蕉视频直播 residence did not want it to happen there.
3. A by the Kelowna RCMP.
Police confirmed the identity of the body found inside the home destroyed by fire in the 900 block of Stockwell Avenue on April 1 and are calling the discovery a homicide.
The body has been identified as Michael Madsen, a 23-year-old Kelowna resident who lived at that house with other males at the time.