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‘Cautiously optimistic’: Immigrant drivers rate BC plan to protect gig workers
Rishu Bajaj immigrated to British Columbia nine years ago and has been driving for Uber…
Scratch & Win tickets should stay out of kids’ stockings this Christmas: BCLC
The BC Lottery Corporation is reminding parents and caregivers that scratch and win tickets are…
Vernon RCMP say explosives found in parked car ‘rendered safe’
RCMP cordoned off a Vernon parking lot for approximately 10 hours yesterday after an officer…
Snowfall warning for Trans-Canada through Rogers Pass
Drivers making their way from the BC Interior to Alberta tonight and tomorrow are in…
Kamloops rapist’s sentence increased after Crown wins appeal
A Kamloops man serving time for sexually assaulting his niece had his sentence increased after…
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…