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The BC experiment that could transform child-care work
In 2021, the federal government promised $30 billion over five years to create tens of…
Across the political divide: Israeli and Iranian serving falafel together in BC
Thousands of kilometres away from the Middle East, where political tensions and wars rage all…
West Kelowna homeowners face 11.4% tax hike
Budget documents going to West Kelowna city council next week project a property tax increase…
Trumpeter swan rescued in North Okanagan had yet to migrate south
The trumpeter swan can be seen throughout the Okanagan. With its striking black and white…
Labour battle at Rogers Sugar refinery in BC gets stickier
Doughnut shops, home cooks and multinational corporations have all been caught in the crossfire of…
How to protect the mental health of BC farmers
It’s been a tough couple years for farmers. There’s been soaring temperatures, fuel and fertilizer…
Kamloops RCMP identify victim in May homicide
RCMP have identified the victim in a Kamloops homicide this past spring. Chaneill Satow, 39,…
Kamloops pubs and nightclubs get New Year’s gift from city council
The parties in Kamloops will carry on into the wee morning hours this New Year's…
UPDATE: Missing Kelowna man located
UPDATE: Dec. 6, 2023 RCMP are no longer searching for a missing 49-year-old Kelowna man.…
Kamloops area First Nation has message in wake of devastating wildfire
When he was a boy, Ron Tomma would leave after breakfast to run freely with…
Junior hockey players in Golden wear Indigenous names on their jerseys
Four junior hockey players from Golden Rockets will be wearing orange jerseys with their Indigenous…
‘I’m numb’: Mother of TRU athlete killed in Kamloops car crash mourns his loss
A Thompson Rivers University volleyball player has been identified as the person killed in a…
The unlikely love story of an endangered BC tree and the little bird who eats its seeds
When a little gray bird with black wings flies into a bushy tree on the…
BC updates its opioid use disorder treatment guidelines
Doctors in British Columbia have a new set of clinical guidelines for treating opioid use…
Swimming for salmon in the backwoods of BC
On a rare sunny late October day, a quartet of swimmers gathered around a deep…
Everything you need to know about raccoons in the Thompson-Okanagan
Whether you refer to them as raccoons, masked bandits or trash pandas, these little critters…
Relic from Keremeos’ pioneer days struggles to withstand modern emergencies
Maintaining a 19th century waterwheel at the Grist Mill and Gardens at Keremeos has been…
YO MAMA: I’ll have peeta putta and jam any day
“Me scoopa no vroom vroom, scoopa hitchy wee-oooh-weee-oooh.” I chuckled from the kitchen as I…
She organized a BC Starbucks. Then they fired her
In February, then 20-year-old barista Frédérique Martineau helped unionize the Vancouver Starbucks where she worked…
Exchange student acquitted of Kelowna sexual assault
CONTENT ADVISORY A BC judge has found an international high school staying in Kelowna not…
Penticton career fair connects Indigenous students with professional mentors
During a career fair in Penticton last week, Indigenous secondary school students heard from 26…
Jogger victim of defensive bear attack in Salmon Arm
The woman jogging in Salmon Arm who was attacked by a bear yesterday was the…
Kamloops RCMP ask for help to find missing man
RCMP are asking for the pubic’s help in finding a man who was last seen…
BC expands spec tax to include Kamloops and most of the Okanagan
The province's tax on housing speculators just got a massive expansion and now covers most of…