Local News for Kamloops, Kelowna, Vernon & Penticton

April 29 2026 04:00 PM

Kelowna mayor to lead Municipal Finance Authority

The job comes with a pay bump of more than $25,000.

Move. Cheer. Dance. Do the wave. How to tap into the collective joy of ‘we mode’

“If we all dress alike and we move alike and we feel alike, we express the same emotions that trigger mechanisms in our brain.”

The steering wheel and controls for a snow plow and people standing outside talking.

November 28 2025 01:29 PM

‘Snow rage’: Kelowna’s snow removal team shouldn’t have to put up with aggressive residents

iNwheels

We usually see it pop up in late January, February where people are just fed up with winter and we get back to back snow events.”

November 28 2025 12:45 PM

CIBC analysts cast doubt on private sector taking on new B.C. pipeline any time soon

CALGARY — Analysts at CIBC Capital Markets say they don’t expect the private sector to take the lead on a…

November 28 2025 11:55 AM

Dog found in garbage bag at 100 Mile House dump

“It was starved and neglected, its toenails were super long, it was obviously not something that just happened when it was in that bag.”

Someone putting a container of nicotine pouches in their pocket.

November 28 2025 10:58 AM

Kelowna researcher finds TikTok pushing nicotine pouches to young people

“One particular brand was framed as empowering, exclusive and socially desirable, where using the brand meant that you were part of a movement.”

November 27 2025 05:45 PM

Carney, Smith sign pipeline deal, open door to changing B.C. tanker ban

CALGARY — Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith have signed an agreement that commits them to working…

Shuswap house sitter charged after hitting homeowner with vehicle

iNhome

The homeowner had just returned home after being out of the country for two months.

The image shows a close up of a brown bat being held in a gloved hand.

April 29 2026 01:30 PM

iN NUMBERS: Penticton’s bat condo ready for roosting season

“A bat condo is a maternity ward for bats.”

The entrance to the BC Court of Appeal and Supreme Court.

April 29 2026 11:00 AM

Armstrong fast food manager convicted of having sex with teen loses appeal

The key issue was whether he was in a position of authority or not.

A student looks at their phone while a teacher writes on a black board.

April 29 2026 10:15 AM

BC teacher reprimanded after shouting at students for using sexist language

"Do you think women are weak? Women can be stronger than men.”

The front of the Kelowna Law Courts building.

April 29 2026 04:00 AM

Kelowna mom lied after giving son candy contaminated with meth

The 6-year-old began hallucinating.

A man wearing glasses poses for a photo.

April 28 2026 06:00 PM

Disabled Kelowna tenant faces homelessness after tenancy branch sides with landlord

“All I've been trying to do is assert my rights as a tenant.”

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 29, 2026 3:47:22 PM

Amnesty International report warns of deepening Indigenous people’s housing crisis

MONTRÉAL — A new report by Amnesty International warns that overcrowded and unsafe housing in an Atikamekw community north of Montreal reflects a broader crisis putting Indigenous people's health, safety and rights at risk across Canada.In Manawan, about 250 kilometres...

April 29, 2026 11:43:39 AM

Transponders to be installed on New York area airport ground vehicles following deadly collision

Transponders that might have helped pinpoint the location of a fire truck that collided with a landing Air Canada jet in New York will soon be installed on ground vehicles at the region's three major airports. The trackers will be...

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...

Opinion

April 27 2026 12:00 PM

THOMPSON: History won’t be kind to Republicans who support Donald Trump

"How much longer can the folks who voted for Donald Trump stand by him? That is more or less a rhetorical question because the answer is all-too-obvious."