Local News for Kamloops, Kelowna, Vernon & Penticton

Three Penticton Vees players on the ice at the South Okanagan Events Centre.

April 27 2026 11:47 AM

Penticton Vees back home with two-game deficit in WHL playoff series

The Vees take on the Silvertips at the South Okanagan Events Centre.

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Sharon Toews stands outside her food truck.

April 27 2026 04:00 AM

Dancing is permitted: Victory for Shuswap food truck hit with $11,000 liquor fine

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The liquor inspectors said she'd broken the rules, but had no evidence to back it up.

A Greyhound bus at the former Penticton bus depot.

April 26 2026 06:00 PM

Penticton council throws support behind mission to get Ebus service

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Penticton was left without a passenger bus service to the Lower Mainland when Greyhound shut down.

April 26 2026 10:00 AM

iN NUMBERS: Big events planned for Kamloops, Okanagan this summer

Did we miss your favourite big event this summer? Add it to the comment section so others can find out about it.

Two geese in a nest have their beaks open while an osprey flies overhead.

April 26 2026 04:01 AM

Canada geese fight with osprey over South Okanagan nest

“The mama goose was in the nest initially and then the father flew up from the river to be with her and fight, they were pretty wound up."

The front of Kamloops city hall features the city coat of arms.

April 25 2026 06:00 PM

Unofficial Kamloops website taking signatures of those opposed to $26M in city loans

The man behind the website said it's a procedural tool, not a campaign against the loans.

April 25 2026 10:00 AM

iN PHOTOS: Kamloops hiker finds whimsical world inside rotting stumps

“I stuck my head inside of this rotting stump and it looked like an undersea world or something."

April 27, 2026 4:00:00 AM

Dancing is permitted: Victory for Shuswap food truck hit with $11,000 liquor fine

The liquor inspectors said she'd broken the rules, but had no evidence to back it up.

April 27, 2026 10:07:44 AM

B.C. home sales expecting 2.1 per cent slide in 2026 as economic challenges mount

VANCOUVER — Home sales in British Columbia are forecast to fall 2.1 per cent this year as economic challenges push volume and prices lower across the province.The B.C. Real Estate Association says in its second quarterly housing forecast that residential...

April 27, 2026 10:18:04 AM

Trains collide near Indonesia’s capital, killing at least 4 people

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — One train slammed into another at a station outside Indonesia’s capital on Monday, killing at least four people, injuring dozens and leaving several trapped in a badly damaged car, officials said. Some 38 passengers were taken...

April 27, 2026 8:51:42 AM

Suspected cocaine, fentanyl, mushrooms seized as two arrested in Kelowna, B.C., bust

KELOWNA — Two men have been arrested in a co-ordinated bust in British Columbia's Interior that saw police seize more than 10 kilograms of illicit substances along with other items related to a drug distribution operation.RCMP in Kelowna, B.C., say...