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Track and field becomes first sport to pay prize money at Olympics. Paris gold medalists get $50,000
Monaco – Track and field is set to become the first sport to introduce prize…
B.C. makes it easier to salvage timber damaged by wildfires
VICTORIA – The B.C. government says it's making it easier for forestry companies to salvage…
Time ticks down for stranded orca calf as rescue efforts ramp up, but no set date
ZEBALLOS, B.C. – The British Columbia First Nation at the centre of a complex attempt…
UPDATE: Missing Alberta family located
UPDATE: April 10, 2024 RCMP say all six members of a missing Alberta family, who…
iN VIDEO: Kelowna’s not listening to blind Kelowna woman’s concerns about bus stop
Mary Ellen Gabias is blind but she’s trying to help people see that a Kelowna…
iN PHOTOS: Holi festival of colours a celebration of spring in Kamloops, Okanagan
Vibrant colours have been filling skies over campuses and city parks this spring in Kamloops…
A convicted Southern California con artist pleads guilty in an $18M cannabis scam
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A convicted California con artist has pleaded guilty in another scam,…
The Jon Snow sequel to ‘Game of Thrones’ isn’t happening, Kit Harington says
NEW YORK (AP) — Winter, apparently, is not coming back. Kit Harington has shut down…
TRENDING NOW: Why black swans have a bad reputation
Canada geese are well-known waterfowl bullies. Apparently swans are making a move to grab the…
Kelowna’s Childhood Connections fighting to keep its doors open
Childhood Connections, a not-for-profit organization in Kelowna that offers several childcare resources, has lost its…
The Latest | Blinken says Israel hasn’t told US of any specific date for Rafah ground invasion
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday said Israel has not apprised the U.S.…
Kamloops drug supplier got ‘permission’ to sell from Lower Mainland, Calgary gangsters
Crown prosecutors are trying to lock up a former Kamloops drug trafficker for 12 years.…
New York doctor dies after falling out of moving trailer while headed upstate to see the eclipse
BROWNVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A Long Island doctor who was headed to upstate New York…
Surrey wants to stay with RCMP while province issues deadline
SURREY, B.C. – Surrey city council has released its budget saying if it’s forced to…
Kamloops mayor’s release of confidential report ‘unlawful’: city councillor
The mayor of Kamloops released a confidential investigation into workplace bullying last week and city…
City councillor explains why Kamloops mayor barred from suspending employees
Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson was stripped of his authority to suspend seven employees last month. It's…
iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the second…
BC announces one-time $430 rent relief benefit to low-income seniors
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government is granting a one-time $430 benefit to the roughly…
Hawksley Workman bringing genre-defying sound to Salmon Arm
Internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter Hawksley Workman will be in Salmon Arm this November and tickets go…
Trapped BC orca calf’s skin whitening, no sign of emaciation: Fisheries Department
ZEBALLOS, B.C. – The skin of a young killer whale trapped in a Vancouver Island…
Wooldridge to seek BC NDP nomination for Kelowna-Centre
Kelowna city councillor and Central Okanagan Regional District chairman Loyal Wooldridge is seeking the BC…
Arrests in northern BC over allegations of trafficking safe-supply drugs
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – Police in Prince George, B.C., say they have arrested two people…
iN VIDEO: Man sets fire outside Kamloops business and then walks away
A Kamloops business owner is lucky only trees were damaged after a man spent hours…
Copenhagen’s hippie oasis wants to rebuild without its illegal hashish market
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The now-aging hippies who took over a derelict naval base in…