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Drought putting Okanagan water shortage in “uncharted territory”
"It's really challenging in the early season to predict where we ended up this year."
Unemployment continues to rise in Kelowna, Kamloops
The unemployment rate in Canada rose slightly in April, but in Kelowna and Kamloops it’s on a steady incline. In…
Vernon RCMP ask for public’s help to find missing woman
Vernon RCMP are asking for people to be on the lookout for a missing 37-year-old woman. Heather Ann Harris was…
South Okanagan endangered plant vandal scandal a misunderstanding
It’s looking like a scandal over the fate of an endangered species of plant on a South Okanagan beach might…
Kelowna woman scores $675,000 lottery win
Vanessa Mina of Kelowna got lucky when she bought a scratcher at a Kelowna grocery store. Mina won $675,000 scratching…
Woman in hospital after stabbing in Kamloops
Police are asking the public for information about a stabbing this past weekend that sent a woman to the hospital.…
Kamloops woman scratched with a needle during a fight
A woman was taken to hospital after she was scratched with the needle on a syringe during a fight in…
Tripping an 86-year-old Penticton man, breaking his leg over a parking spot at Walmart, was just this man’s latest angry incident
“Mr. Otway set himself up as parking lot police at Walmart (and) decided to deal with his anger about being ejected from Walmart by attacking an 86-year-old man.”
Kootenay liquor store manager fired after 18 years, has heart attack, for mistakenly donating damaged whiskey bottle
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She didn't try to hide anything and paid for it immediately when she learned of her mistake. They still fired her.
The growing effort to save an historic Kelowna home that doesn’t (yet?) need saving
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“I'm not sure where they're getting their information from. We're still in planning for the property.”
iN NUMBERS: Drug deaths down while overdoses stay up in BC
The overdose calls to paramedics haven't declined, but toxic drug deaths have. Here's a look at how things have changed over the past decade.
Kamloops mayor says he had ‘no intention’ to threaten, suspend employee
He wanted it "on record" that it wasn't a threat because he's "sure it's going to end up in a courtroom somewhere."
What we’re missing when we compare awful Kamloops and Okanagan air quality to cities around the world
“It's a goofy way to talk about it.”
Kootenay liquor store manager fired after 18 years, has heart attack, for mistakenly donating damaged whiskey bottle
She didn't try to hide anything and paid for it immediately when she learned of her mistake. They still fired her.
The growing effort to save an historic Kelowna home that doesn’t (yet?) need saving
“I'm not sure where they're getting their information from. We're still in planning for the property.”
AP News in Brief at 6:04 a.m. EDT
German police hunt suspect in Berlin Pride van-ramming attack that left 1 dead and 16 injured BERLIN (AP) — German authorities on Sunday issued a wanted notice for a fugitive suspect in the van ramming near Berlin’s Pride festival that...
New research affirms construction workers disproportionately affected by opioid deaths
TORONTO — Researchers hope a new report examining the occupations of people who have died of opioid overdoses in Ontario raises awareness about the breadth of the population affected by the drug epidemic.The study found that more than a third...
iN DISCUSSION: Fallout from an Amber alert
This is where cold hard facts give way to the hottest of takes, mostly mine…
THOMPSON: Hurricanes teach discretion and resilience
"Hurricanes are as much a part of growing up in Florida as long, hot summers."
iN DISCUSSION: MLA Boultbee’s behaviour part of growing concern in provincial politics
"It’s still unusual in BC politics, unprecedented in my experience, different, new, worthy of public note but also a growing concern if you count fellow rogue MLAs Dallas Brodie and Tara Armstrong on this pole."
Has rise of the right primed B.C. politics for a party that breaks the binary?
VICTORIA — Former British Columbia premier Christy Clark says voters in the province face a…
Clinton, B.C., resident says his family has ‘lost everything’ in raging wildfire
CLINTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA — Steve Larabie says he and his family have lost everything…
‘Bright’ future: RCAF chief says spike in defence spending is boosting flight times
OTTAWA — One year into her new job as commander of the Royal Canadian Air…
Israel pitches Canada high-tech trade and safer AI as diplomatic tensions persist
OTTAWA — Israel is pitching itself to Canada as a technology partner that can offer…
Conservatives call for emergency meeting on Trump threats, demand Carney explain plan
OTTAWA — The Conservative shadow minister for Canada-U.S. relations is calling on Ottawa to provide…
UNESCO adds France’s D-Day landing beaches, Greece’s Mount Olympus to World Heritage List
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — World War II’s D-Day landing beaches in northern France and…
Cori Bush and Wesley Bell’s rematch sets up key test for Democrats in Missouri
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Gripping a microphone outside the courthouse where the infamous Dred Scott…
Typhoon Noul weakens after making landfall, brings heavy rain to southern China
HONG KONG (AP) — Typhoon Noul weakened to a tropical storm on Sunday as it…
‘Bright’ future: RCAF chief says spike in defence spending is boosting flight times
OTTAWA — One year into her new job as commander of the Royal Canadian Air…
Comic-Con 2026: David Jonsson is new Black Panther, Ryan Gosling joins Marvel as Ghost Rider
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Marvel Studios used its Comic-Con International presentation Saturday to announce David…
Comic-Con 2026: David Jonsson is new Black Panther, Ryan Gosling joins Marvel as Ghost Rider
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Marvel Studios used its Comic-Con International presentation Saturday to announce David…
Trump returns to correspondents’ dinner for a rambling, insult-filled speech 3 months after shooting
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President Donald Trump returned to the rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Association dinner Friday night, delivering…
Formula 1’s Bahrain Grand Prix rescheduled to take place in Malaysia in October
MOGYOROD, Hungary (AP) — Formula 1 is heading back to Malaysia for the first time…
Pogacar poised to win a record-equaling fifth Tour de France title as race enters final stage
PARIS (AP) — Tadej Pogacar is poised to win a record-equaling fifth Tour de France…
Lando Norris aims to end his wait for an F1 win as he starts on pole in Hungary
MOGYOROD, Hungary (AP) — Lando Norris is seeking his first Grand Prix win as Formula…
