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‘Ancestral remains’ discovered in Kamloops neighbourhood
Tk'emlups te Secwepemc is working with the City of Kamloops to investigate the site.
‘Unmanageable’ BC man awarded $30,000 after being kicked out of Salvation Army run halfway house
His mental health was in decline and staff feared for everyone's safety.
Kelowna healthcare worker opens care farm to benefit dementia sufferers
iNwine
“I thought there has to be a better way than what we are doing, heavily medicating people and letting them wander hallways aimlessly, there is no quality of life there."
Former BC teacher suing because his child porn charges interrupted sale of his Kelowna business
News of his past came out at just as he was selling his business.
TRENDING NOW: ‘Ubird’ not Uber
All aboard!
iN PHOTOS: Smiles, waving flags and fancy cars fill streets at Okanagan Dream Rally
The biennial fundraiser is "all in support of one simple mission: putting a smile on the face of a child who needs it most."
BC Wildfire hit Kamloops blaze with tankers, helicopters
Crews are still on the scene, but air tankers were nearly finished with their objective by around 2 p.m., less than two hours after it was reported.
Kelowna senior on mobility scooter struck, killed by bus
iNwheels
The 97-year-old was hit by a chartered bus on Benvoulin Road on Sunday.
BC man on 300 km test drive caught excessive speeding
He told police the test drive was from Vancouver to Kelowna.
THOMPSON: After 10 years writing columns, time has come to turn another page
It has been fun and I appreciate those loyal readers who have laughed, cried and been angry about the many topics that entered my mind before finding their way onto my iPad and then into this column.
iN NUMBERS: B.C. condo plan isn’t everyone’s favourite housing solution
iNhome
What do you think is the best policy to make housing more affordable?
A lucrative client stalked this BC saleswoman for five years, costing her health, paycheque and job. It cost him nothing
The entire situation was exacerbated by her employers reluctance to act.
TRENDING NOW: Cat seeks vengeance
Calculated and merciless.
Man in his 60s dead in scuba diving incident off West Vancouver, B.C.: police
WEST VANCOUVER — Police in West Vancouver, B.C., say a man has died while scuba…
Kelowna dealer caught asleep in car, with $50K worth of drugs
The 56-year-old has a long history of drug offences.
Wildfires merge north of Clinton, B.C., evacuation order planned for 70 Mile House
Two wildfires threatening the village of Clinton, B.C., and the surrounding area merged late Saturday,…
Former Kelowna nurse to pay regulator $22,000 for “discriminatory” comments to news
He also got a suspension.
Petitioners sought to pitch second Okanagan highway route
iNwheels
A Penticton woman already sent a petition to Parliament, but the federal government told her to ask Victoria.
How a Vancouver ATM user with 66 cards set off years-long probe of online drug sales
iN420
VANCOUVER — It was more than three years ago when Vancouver police arrested a man…
Drought putting Okanagan water shortage in “uncharted territory”
"It's really challenging in the early season to predict where we ended up this year."
Has rise of the right primed B.C. politics for a party that breaks the binary?
VICTORIA — Former British Columbia premier Christy Clark says voters in the province face a…
Clinton, B.C., resident says his family has ‘lost everything’ in raging wildfire
CLINTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA — Steve Larabie says he and his family have lost everything…
Tripping an 86-year-old Penticton man, breaking his leg over a parking spot at Walmart, was just this man’s latest angry incident
“Mr. Otway set himself up as parking lot police at Walmart (and) decided to deal with his anger about being ejected from Walmart by attacking an 86-year-old man.”