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Federal regulators to step up invasive beetle response in Kamloops
"If left unmanaged, this pest can cause significant damage to parks, golf courses, gardens and crops."

Kamloops could be next BC city to allow booze in a public park
Music fans and park-goers in Kamloops may be allowed to bring their own booze this…

Strawberry dilemma: Buy cheap American or more pricey Okanagan grown
“All Canadians, we should help each other here. All farmers, local farmers. That'd be good for the country. Why are we shipping money out of the country, right? Why not keep all the money here?”

iN VIDEO: Kamloops forager uses dandelions to make mead
Dandelions are considered a weed by some and are prevalent in backyards everywhere, but Kamloops…

Kelowna pub fined after serving 18-year-old in sting operation
The teen told the waitress he was waiting for his wife

A look back at the glory days of celery production in the Okanagan
Celery isn’t grown commercially locally these days, but once upon a time there were acres…

How a union at a Kamloops A&W beat the odds
After 18 months of effort, 20 workers at a Kamloops A&W have their first collective…

Iconic Penticton Peach concession stand back in local hands
After a few years with an out-of-town operator, The Peach concession stand in Penticton has…

Okanagan researcher creating system to reuse wine industry waste
A group of researchers are trying to create a system where the waste from the…

Epic cherry season expected in Okanagan and Kamloops
The cherry season in the Southern Interior is set to be the biggest one in…

Exclusive Mission Hill winery concert series offers $10K balcony experience
The lineup for Mission Hill Family Estate’s 18th Summer Concert Series has been announced, be…

Trying to buy Canadian? Shoppers in Kamloops, Okanagan find it isn’t easy
A trade war with President Donald Trump has Canadian shoppers trying to source locally made…

‘No rationale’: BC pub fined $7,000 for customer drinking beer in its bowling alley
A BC pub has been fined $7,000 after a customer took a beer from the…

$5M in provincial funding to protect Okanagan’s tree fruit from extreme weather
The Okanagan tree fruit industry was hit hard by extreme weather last year and the…

GOT MILK?: This Kamloops farm doesn’t just milk cows, it’s a self-sufficient processor
On a sunny winter day at Blackwell Dairy Farm in Kamloops, the dairy cows can…