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Rob Munro
Rob Munro has a long history in journalism after starting an underground newspaper in Whitehorse called the Yukon Howl in 1980. He spent five years at the 100 Mile Free Press, starting in the darkroom, moving on to sports and news reporting before becoming the advertising manager. He came to Kelowna in 1989 as a reporter for the Kelowna Daily Courier, and spent the 1990s mostly covering city hall. For most of the past 20 years he worked full time for the union representing newspaper workers throughout B.C. He’s returned to his true love of being a reporter with a special focus on civic politics
Young workers have lessons to teach their bosses in Kamloops, Okanagan
It is true that the younger generation thinks differently and works differently than the baby…
Kelowna council ‘hastening the demise’ of Kelowna Springs Golf Course: Councillor
The heated debate around the future use of a Kelowna golf course has ended with…
UPDATE: Missing Kamloops woman located
UPDATE: Monday, Aug. 22, 2022 Kamloops RCMP say a missing 29-year-old woman has been located,…
Thunderstorms and heat forecast for Kamloops, Okanagan
There’s a 60% chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and evening in the Okanagan…
How Okanagan, Kamloops post-secondary students (and parents) can avoid rental scams
An extremely tight rental market means people are desperate to find places to live. That’s…
Worst of Thompson-Okanagan worker shortages are behind us: economist
In June, 23% of frontline health care worker jobs at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops…
No, Hedley was never for sale
Despite online statements that the Southern Interior community of Hedley was once for sale for…
B.C. Tree Fruits plant closing Lake Country location, moving to South Okanagan
Despite the fact that 70% of the apples grown by B.C. Tree Fruits Cooperative members…
How a South Okanagan town got its name from a waterfall that no longer exists
There’s a town in the South Okanagan named after waterfalls that no longer exist and…
Police seek three people in assault on woman in downtown Kelowna
Kelowna RCMP want to talk to two women and a man who were in an…
Cost of building carriage houses in Kelowna may go up $20,000
Already the most expensive city in the Interior of B.C. for housing, the City of…
Kelowna’s Rutland neighbourhood getting a direct connection to the Okanagan Rail Trail
The final piece of a safe cycle/walking route between Rutland and the Okanagan Rail Trail…
RCMP release photo of motorhome associated with missing Kamloops woman
RCMP have sent a photo of a motorhome a missing Kamloops woman was last seen…
Heat wave continues in Okanagan, Kamloops
A heat warning continues for the Thompson and Okanagan regions today, Aug. 18, with daytime…
Preventing homelessness one rent payment at a time in Kamloops, Okanagan
The B.C. Rent Bank is helping prevent hundreds of B.C. residents, including some in Kamloops…
Kelowna rents heading higher in the unaffordability rankings
After a couple of months of falling apartment rental rates in Kelowna that dropped it…
Kamloops, Okanagan’s largest cities more German than French: Census
There are more people with German as their mother tongue living in Kamloops, Kelowna, Penticton…
End of an era: Bingo shutdown at Chances Casino in Kelowna
“Would you like me to cry now or do you want to hear the story?…
Loss of out-of-town buyers bringing Kelowna house sales to near record lows
Sales of single-family houses in Kelowna in July were the third lowest they’ve been in…
New Kelowna project aims to save first time buyers 25% on a new home
A Kelowna MLA is trying to revive a home building model he pioneered in Banff…
Three times as many people sleeping rough in Kelowna as last year
A “conservative” count puts the average number of people currently sleeping rough in Kelowna at…
More workers than seniors moving to Penticton
While Penticton is sometimes seen as more of a retirement destination than a place to…
Hot, dry weather continues in Okanagan, Kamloops
It may have been a cool, wet spring in Kamloops and the Okanagan but it’s…
It’s not just heat that’s killing trees in the Okanagan
Last summer’s heat dome is not entirely to blame for numerous trees dying in the…