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Court ruling doesn’t sink Ottawa’s decision to close Discovery Islands salmon farms, critics say
West Coast environmental groups and First Nations opposed to salmon farming are urging the federal…
B.C. researcher discovers new fungi to combat disease threatening vineyards, orchards
Talk about a fun guy – Dawson Creek-born Jinx Pollard-Flamand has discovered two species of…
UPDATE: West Kelowna RCMP say missing woman located
UPDATE: 5:29 p.m. Monday, May 2, 2022 West Kelowna RCMP say a missing 24-year-old woman…
Conservation officers issue tickets, seize fish during weekend patrols on Shuswap Lake
Five fish were seized by conservation officers, and tickets and warnings were issued, during patrols…
YO MAMA: The man in the hat
OPINION We have this friend who always wears a ball cap. The guy must have…
YO MAMA: Your baby is a zen master
OPINION Water vapour floats up in soft wisps and tendrils as I drain my pot…
Cortes Island tree-lovers prepare to tussle with logging giant
Lisa Ferentinos wades through underbrush and clambers up a rock bluff before descending into a…
Small Okanagan grape harvest may be due to more than the heat dome
The record-breaking heat dome that hammered the Okanagan last June was a major factor in…
‘Day of reckoning’ coming for Kootenay cannabis growers as pressures mount
Efforts to build a legal cannabis economy in the West Kootenay are faltering, and the…
B.C. company looks to mountains north of Lillooet for future wind farms
A B.C. company is looking at two remote mountains in the Interior for future wind…
Rare cold-water coral garden in peril on B.C. coast
A remarkable coral garden tucked away in a remote inlet on B.C.’s wild central coast…
B.C. patients lost average of $2,600 in wages while waiting for healthcare in 2021: study
Medical wait times in Canada cost over $4 billion last year in lost wages, but…
B.C. high school teacher sought ‘romantic relationships’ with students
A former independent high school teacher in B.C. is looking for a new career after…
OPINION: Kelowna, Kamloops mayors say B.C. cities need access to federal housing fund
OPINION People who work in our cities can’t afford to live in them. Young people…
YO MAMA: “It’s just that easy!”
OPINION It was finally here, that momentous day the kid turned six months old and…
Coastal First Nation’s clean energy conversion efforts ahead of curve in B.C.
A remote coastal First Nation has weaned a third of its homes off fossil fuels,…
Wave of pollution from cruise ships expected regardless of new federal wastewater rules
Environmental groups are hoisting red flags as the cruise ship season relaunches after the easing…
UPDATE: RCMP say missing 11-year-old Vernon girl located
UPDATE: 3:55 p.m. Wednesday, April 13, 2022 Vernon RCMP say a missing 11-year-old girl has…
Kelowna firms fined after scaffold failures seriously injure workers
Two Kelowna companies have been fined $20,000 in two separate instances where scaffolding failed and…
Kamloops RCMP nab two people in stolen vehicle
Two people were arrested in a stolen vehicle in Kamloops early this morning. According to…
Shooting in downtown Penticton prompts RCMP to ask for video surveillance
A video of a vehicle of interest has already been shared with police after a…
Controversial plan moves ahead to log popular North Okanagan recreation area
The province is moving forward with its plan to log Mount Rose Swanson after it…
YO MAMA: Burn, baby, burn
OPINION Sometimes, I swear my husband strategically asks me questions when he knows I am…
Why a highly anticipated Site C dam ‘mega trial’ isn’t happening right now
For those following the Site C dam project closely, March 14 was supposed to be…