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Third tiny home project opens up 60 spots for homeless people in Kelowna
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The project, dubbed Balsam Place, at 3199 Appaloosa Road gives people a space with a private entrance, bed, desk, mini fridge, storage, heat and air conditioning.
Kamloops man accused in stabbing spree led police to hidden knives
A man accused in a 2020 stabbing spree stowed away two knives before he returned…
Kelowna RCMP didn’t have warrant to deliver parcel to alleged gun smuggler
The Judge said the convicted drug dealer had a reasonable expectation of privacy in his doorway.
RCMP looking for suspect vehicle in Kamloops hit-and-run
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Police have released a photo of the car in the hope that someone can identify the owner.
Strawberry dilemma: Buy cheap American or more pricey Okanagan grown
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“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?”
Kamloops mayor says his recent code of conduct complaints against councillors dismissed
Kamloops Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson filed the three most recent council code of conduct complaints, and…
Kamloops mom ousted from BC legislature for bottle feeding baby
"The policy was incorrectly applied as it has no application to bottle feeding."
Accused in Kamloops stabbing told police during 2020 arrest, ‘I killed them’
"He was quite talkative, very friendly. It was a casual conversation."
Crews on scene of out of control wildfire near Okanagan Falls
“A smouldering ground fire with some visible open flame, but overall a small rate of spread.”
‘No food and no water:’ Vernon woman pleads guilty to animal cruelty
She was in a drug-induced psychosis at the time.
BC SPCA calls for regulation after 34 Bengal cats rescued from Vernon breeder
The cats were kept in cages for extended periods and lived in dangerously dirty conditions. The cleaning and ventilation weren’t sufficient so the amount of ammonia gas was at a dangerous level.
Merritt man’s remains discovered in April: RCMP
The suspicious death of a Merritt man remains under investigation after his body was discovered…
Penticton MLA circumventing city to get residents say on controversial homeless camp
The mayor of Penticton and Penticton-Summerland’s MLA had a bone to pick with each other…
iN NUMBERS: Solid May rainfall in the Okanagan, not so much in Kamloops
The Okanagan had some thrillingly average weather and rainfall, but the clouds in Kamloops have some catching up to do.
iN PHOTOS: Photographer captures beauty of twilight, night sky over Shuswap Lake
“You feel that you're connected to the natural world as it prepares to begin or close out each day."