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Playland’s new ThunderVolt roller coaster is shown in drone video. (Source: PNE)

B.C. set to plug in newest roller coaster: Playland’s $16M ThunderVolt

Italian-made machine given name that suggests ‘electrifying speed’, will start to roll in 2024

Playland’s new ThunderVolt roller coaster is shown in drone video. (Source: PNE)
Liam Pope-Lau, 14, outside legendary Carnegie Hall in New York where he took the stage to perform an act from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. (Photo by Naomi Pope)

‘So amazing’: Oak Bay teen takes on Shakespeare at prestigious Carnegie Hall

St. Michaels University School student earns international opportunity with spoken word competition

Liam Pope-Lau, 14, outside legendary Carnegie Hall in New York where he took the stage to perform an act from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. (Photo by Naomi Pope)
Sean "Diddy" Combs. BPTV Video Screenshot

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and singer Cassie settle lawsuit alleging abuse 1 day after it was filed

A lawsuit by singer Cassie containing allegations of beatings and abuse by…

Sean "Diddy" Combs. BPTV Video Screenshot
Colombian performer Shakira leaves court in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. Global pop star Shakira is summoned on Monday to a Barcelona courthouse for the opening day of her trial for allegedly defrauding Spanish tax officials of millions of euros. Shakira faces six counts of failing to pay the Spanish government 14.5 million euros (now $15.8 million) in taxes between 2012 and 2014. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra)

Pop star Shakira reaches a deal with Spanish prosecutors on the first day of tax fraud trial

After having maintained her innocence for nearly five years, pop star Shakira…

Colombian performer Shakira leaves court in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. Global pop star Shakira is summoned on Monday to a Barcelona courthouse for the opening day of her trial for allegedly defrauding Spanish tax officials of millions of euros. Shakira faces six counts of failing to pay the Spanish government 14.5 million euros (now $15.8 million) in taxes between 2012 and 2014. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra)
A Price is Right contestant was surprised to find out a six-night trip to New Westminster, B.C. was actually far less than he guessed it would be. (@adfvbricks/X/screenshot)

UPDATED: New West offering free trip for Price is Right player who lost out

Destination drew mockery from B.C. residents, but tourism board hoping to capitalize on publicity

A Price is Right contestant was surprised to find out a six-night trip to New Westminster, B.C. was actually far less than he guessed it would be. (@adfvbricks/X/screenshot)
Prince performs at the Forum, Feb. 18, 1985, in Inglewood, Calif. Fans of Prince, who was known nearly as much for his extravagant wardrobe as for his chart-topping hits, will have a chance to bid on some of the late musician’s sartorial splendor in an online auction running through Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Liu Heung Shing, File)

Prince’s puffy ‘Purple Rain’ shirt and other pieces from late singer’s wardrobe go up for auction

Fans of Prince, who was known nearly as much for his extravagant…

Prince performs at the Forum, Feb. 18, 1985, in Inglewood, Calif. Fans of Prince, who was known nearly as much for his extravagant wardrobe as for his chart-topping hits, will have a chance to bid on some of the late musician’s sartorial splendor in an online auction running through Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Liu Heung Shing, File)
It’s A Wonderful Life marks the return of actors familiar to Chemainus Theatre audiences. From left: Abraham Asto, Kate Dion-Richard and Kaden Forsberg. (Photo by Don Bodger)

Radio play in tune with a Christmas classic

‘It’s A Wonderful Life.’ The mere mention of those four words together…

It’s A Wonderful Life marks the return of actors familiar to Chemainus Theatre audiences. From left: Abraham Asto, Kate Dion-Richard and Kaden Forsberg. (Photo by Don Bodger)
FILE - Patrick Dempsey poses for photographers upon arrival for the premiere of the film “Ferrari” during the 80th edition of the Venice Film Festival, Aug. 31, 2023, in Venice, Italy. On Tuesday, Nov, 7, People magazine named Dempsey as its Sexiest Man Alive. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP, File)

Patrick Dempsey named Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine

He’s not just “McDreamy” anymore — Patrick Dempsey is now also People…

FILE - Patrick Dempsey poses for photographers upon arrival for the premiere of the film “Ferrari” during the 80th edition of the Venice Film Festival, Aug. 31, 2023, in Venice, Italy. On Tuesday, Nov, 7, People magazine named Dempsey as its Sexiest Man Alive. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP, File)
Britain’s Prince William, second from right, Australian actress Cate Blanchett, right, British actress Hannah Waddingham, left, and U.S. actor Sterling K. Brown, second from left, pose on the green carpet for the 2023 Earthshot Prize Awards in in Singapore, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Celebrities join Prince William on the Singapore green carpet for his Earthshot Prize awards

Celebrities joined Britain’s Prince William to walk the “green carpet” in Singapore…

Britain’s Prince William, second from right, Australian actress Cate Blanchett, right, British actress Hannah Waddingham, left, and U.S. actor Sterling K. Brown, second from left, pose on the green carpet for the 2023 Earthshot Prize Awards in in Singapore, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Serena Williams attends the CFDA Fashion Awards at the American Museum of Natural History on Monday, Nov. 6, 2023, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Tennis legend Serena Williams honored as ‘fashion icon’ at fashion industry’s big awards night

Tennis legend Serena Williams told a glittery fashion industry audience how fashion…

Serena Williams attends the CFDA Fashion Awards at the American Museum of Natural History on Monday, Nov. 6, 2023, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Spitfire on display at a previous event. (Black Press Media file photo)

Motorsports Spectacular returns to Victoria in 2024 with thrilling shows

Tickets go on sale Friday

  • Oct 31, 2023
Spitfire on display at a previous event. (Black Press Media file photo)
FILE - Matthew Perry arrives at the premiere of “The Invention of Lying” in Los Angeles on Monday, Sept. 21, 2009. Perry, who starred Chandler Bing in the hit series “Friends,” has died. He was 54. The Emmy-nominated actor was found dead of an apparent drowning at his Los Angeles home on Saturday, according to the Los Angeles Times and celebrity website TMZ, which was the first to report the news. Both outlets cited unnamed sources confirming Perry’s death. His publicists and other representatives did not immediately return messages seeking comment. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)

‘Friends’ creators, actors, family mourn Matthew Perry: ‘The One Where Our Hearts Are Broken’

Matthew Perry was widely mourned this weekend by friends, co-stars and some…

FILE - Matthew Perry arrives at the premiere of “The Invention of Lying” in Los Angeles on Monday, Sept. 21, 2009. Perry, who starred Chandler Bing in the hit series “Friends,” has died. He was 54. The Emmy-nominated actor was found dead of an apparent drowning at his Los Angeles home on Saturday, according to the Los Angeles Times and celebrity website TMZ, which was the first to report the news. Both outlets cited unnamed sources confirming Perry’s death. His publicists and other representatives did not immediately return messages seeking comment. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)
This image released by Universal Pictures shows, from left, Bonnie, Freddy Fazbear and Chica in a scene from “Five Nights at Freddy’s.” (Universal Pictures via AP)

Video game adaptation ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ notches $130M global debut

Film stars Josh Hutcherson, Mary Stuart Masterson and Matthew Lillard

This image released by Universal Pictures shows, from left, Bonnie, Freddy Fazbear and Chica in a scene from “Five Nights at Freddy’s.” (Universal Pictures via AP)
‘1989 TAYLOR’S VERSION’ out now. (Photo Source: taylorswift.com)

From country to pop, 2014 nostalgia to 2023 reality – it’s time for Taylor Swift’s ‘1989’

Taylor Swift’s reimagined “1989” is here, the album that ushered in the…

‘1989 TAYLOR’S VERSION’ out now. (Photo Source: taylorswift.com)
FILE -The Beatles, foreground from left, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon and Ringo Starr on drums perform on the CBS “Ed Sullivan Show” in New York on Feb. 9, 1964. Sixty years after the onset of Beatlemania and with two of the quartet now dead, artificial intelligence has enabled the release of a “new” Beatles song.“Now And Then,” will be available Thursday, Nov. 2. (AP Photo/File)

The last new Beatles song, ‘Now And Then,’ will be released next week

Sixty years after the onset of Beatlemania and with two of the…

FILE -The Beatles, foreground from left, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon and Ringo Starr on drums perform on the CBS “Ed Sullivan Show” in New York on Feb. 9, 1964. Sixty years after the onset of Beatlemania and with two of the quartet now dead, artificial intelligence has enabled the release of a “new” Beatles song.“Now And Then,” will be available Thursday, Nov. 2. (AP Photo/File)
FILE - Richard Roundtree attends the premiere of “Shaft” on June 10, 2019, in New York. Roundtree, the trailblazing Black actor who starred as the ultra-smooth private detective “Shaft” in several films beginning in the early 1970s, has died. Roundtree died Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023, at his home in Los Angeles, according to his longtime manager. He was 81. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

‘Shaft’ star Richard Roundtree, considered the first Black action movie hero, has died at 81

Richard Roundtree, the trailblazing actor who starred as the ultra-smooth private detective…

FILE - Richard Roundtree attends the premiere of “Shaft” on June 10, 2019, in New York. Roundtree, the trailblazing Black actor who starred as the ultra-smooth private detective “Shaft” in several films beginning in the early 1970s, has died. Roundtree died Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023, at his home in Los Angeles, according to his longtime manager. He was 81. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
FILE - Former first lady Michelle Obamad smiles as she speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony for the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago on Sept. 28, 2021. Obama will narrate a new digital audio edition of Maurice Sendak’s children’s book “”Where the Wild Things Are.” HarperCollins Publishers announced Tuesday that the audio download will go on sale Oct. 31, the 60th anniversary of the book’s original release. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Michelle Obama to narrate audio edition of ‘Where the Wild Things Are’

A new digital audio edition of Maurice Sendak’s “Where the Wild Things…

FILE - Former first lady Michelle Obamad smiles as she speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony for the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago on Sept. 28, 2021. Obama will narrate a new digital audio edition of Maurice Sendak’s children’s book “”Where the Wild Things Are.” HarperCollins Publishers announced Tuesday that the audio download will go on sale Oct. 31, the 60th anniversary of the book’s original release. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
This image released by Sony Pictures shows Tom Holland, left, and Benedict Cumberbatch in Columbia Pictures’ “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” (Sony Pictures via AP)

Milwaukee comic shop looking to sell copy of first appearance of Spider-Man, book could go for $35K

A Milwaukee comic book shop is looking to sell a rare copy…

This image released by Sony Pictures shows Tom Holland, left, and Benedict Cumberbatch in Columbia Pictures’ “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” (Sony Pictures via AP)
This cover image released by Gallery Books shows “The Woman in Me” by Britney Spears. (Gallery Books via AP)

Britney Spears’ book ‘The Woman In Me’ makes private details public, and public events personal

Britney Spears’ highly anticipated memoir “The Woman in Me” will be released…

This cover image released by Gallery Books shows “The Woman in Me” by Britney Spears. (Gallery Books via AP)
FILE - Sylvester Stallone, left, mugs with “Rocky” co-star Burt Young before a screening of the 1976 film to celebrate its 20th anniversary, Nov. 15, 1996, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Burt Young, the Oscar-nominated actor who played Paulie, the rough-hewn, mumbling-and-grumbling best friend, corner-man and brother-in-law to Sylvester Stallone in the “Rocky” franchise, has died. Young died Oct. 8, 2023 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Burt Young, Oscar-nominated actor who played Paulie in ‘Rocky’ films, dies at 83

Burt Young, the Oscar-nominated actor who played Paulie, the rough-hewn, mumbling-and-grumbling best…

FILE - Sylvester Stallone, left, mugs with “Rocky” co-star Burt Young before a screening of the 1976 film to celebrate its 20th anniversary, Nov. 15, 1996, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Burt Young, the Oscar-nominated actor who played Paulie, the rough-hewn, mumbling-and-grumbling best friend, corner-man and brother-in-law to Sylvester Stallone in the “Rocky” franchise, has died. Young died Oct. 8, 2023 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)