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UPDATE: Heavy manufacturing facility destroyed by fire in West Kelowna
Fire crews have a handle on the industrial fire that broke out in West Kelowna…
BC NDP select candidate for Kamloops-North Thompson riding
Union activist and human service professional Maddi Genn will be the BC NDP candidate in…
Homicide investigation underway after body found in Vernon
RCMP have launched a homicide investigation after a suspicious death in Vernon. A body was…
Former President Barack Obama tells Democratic convention to fight for America
CHICAGO – Barack Obama cautioned the party faithful not to get distracted by the excitement…
Tenant rights to pets? Some Kamloops landlords are pushing back
Landlords in most provinces, including BC, have the right to ban tenants from having pets…
South Okanagan man makes rare spider find after decade of searching
Oliver resident Alex VanBeest has always loved looking for elusive animals and insects and recently…
North Dakota voters to weigh in again on marijuana legalization
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A ballot initiative to legalize recreational marijuana in North Dakota has…
Hammerheads (the garden variety) pose a threat to earthworms
Earthworms, as we know, are garden champions, cleaning the soil by eating their weight in…
TRENDING NOW: Couple of lads not enjoying the SlingShot ride
Take a ride on the SlingShot at the amusement park, they said, it'll be fine,…
Kelowna pharmacist fined $2,000 and has licence suspended
A Kelowna pharmacist has been suspended for three months for filling prescriptions for family members…
Privacy commissioner steps in as Vernon tries to charge $2K for public records
BC's privacy commissioner has ordered the City of Vernon to hand over a cache of…
B.C. wildfires holding under 370 with 30 per cent classified as ‘out of control’
The Calcite Creek fire in British Columbia’s southern Interior is no longer considered a “wildfire…
Israel-Hamas war latest: Blinken visits Gaza mediators in pursuit of cease-fire deal
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited fellow mediators Egypt and Qatar as he pressed…
Homicide investigators called in after woman and girl die in North Van balcony fall
Police in North Vancouver, B.C., say homicide investigators have been called in after a woman…
Trump’s post of fake Taylor Swift endorsement is his latest embrace of AI-generated images
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has been active on his social accounts as…
Canada Border Services Agency says airport customs systems outage resolved
OTTAWA – The Canada Border Services Agency says it has resolved a partial systems outage…
Canada’s inflation rate falls to 2.5%, paving way for another interest rate cut
OTTAWA – Canada’s annual inflation rate fell to 2.5 per cent last month, matching economists’…
iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the second…
BC police drop surnames in missing person alerts to avoid ‘negative lasting impact’
It could be a weekend teenage runaway. An elderly loved one, lost and disoriented. Or…
iN PHOTOS: Bizarre-looking insects in Thompson-Okanagan
Some photographers in Kamloops and the Okanagan have been busy this spring and summer snapping…
Vernon hiker rescues distressed mink wrapped up in fishing line
Vernon resident Michelle Gregoire made a rare and unfortunate discovery recently while she was hiking…
Canada’s assisted-dying law faces constitutional fight for excluding mental disorder
OTTAWA – A man who says he suffers from chronic and worsening mental health issues…
TRENDING NOW: Puppy singing the song of its flock
This crowing canine must be part rooster. We can only hope his owners like early…
Kelowna mortgage broker fined $30K loses appeal
A Kelowna mortgage broker who was fined $30,000 and had her licence suspended for two…