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Big White’s AltiTunes Music Fest returns following year of cancellations
After last year’s cancellation, Big White Ski Resort announced the return of AltiTunes Music Fest,…
‘We are not here to get killed’: Wet’suwet’en solidarity actions met with armed police response
From a bridge above train tracks in New Hazelton, B.C., supporters of the Gitxsan Nation…
Tourism boost expected from $5.5M upgrade to Kelowna airport private aircraft services
A $5.5 million capital project planned for Kelowna International Airport in 2022 is the first…
Kamloops swift water rescue truck stolen while stalled in floodwaters
Kamloops Search and Rescue needs a new truck after one of the organization’s vehicles stalled…
Interfor transfers forest tenure to Simpcw First Nation
Interfor and the Simpcw First Nation have completed the first direct transfer of a forest…
Kelowna preparing ice for popular Stuart Park skating rink
Kelowna is getting the Stuart Park ice rink ready in time for residents to enjoy…
Prolific offender gets house arrest, remains banned from Kamloops
A prolific offender who assaulted a man with a knife when he caught her breaking…
Kelowna was ready for 2,000 flood evacuees who arrived in city
Kelowna has supported approximately 2,000 displaced evacuees with food, clothing and shelter since evacuation orders…
Forced mental health treatment spikes in B.C.
Almost 20,000 individuals were admitted to B.C. hospitals against their will for psychiatric treatment between…
322 new COVID cases as B.C.’s vaccination rate hits 91%
It has taken almost a month for B.C.’s COVID vaccination rate has moved up one…
Flood response has B.C. SPCA freeing up shelter space with half-price adoptions
The B.C. SPCA is offering half-price adoptions to create space for emergency boarding of animals…
UPDATE: Missing Kamloops man located
UPDATE: 2:33 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021 Kamloops RCMP say a missing 40-year-old man has…
Workers in B.C. to get 5 paid sick days a year
British Columbians will receive a minimum of five paid sick days each year, beginning Jan.…
UBCO researcher develops mask coating to prevent spread of COVID virus
A researcher at the University of British Columbia Okanagan is receiving accolades for a breakthrough…
The ‘essential’ travel rules on highways between southern Interior and Lower Mainland
With select provincial highways open on a limited basis, the B.C. Highway Patrol is urging…
77 new COVID-19 cases in Interior Health
There were 77 new COVID cases recorded in the Interior Health region in the last…
Kamloops’s Royal Inland Hospital most overcrowded in B.C.
Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops is bursting at the seams with more patients than even…
Kal Tire spreading holiday cheer with 1st annual Vernon Car Giveaway
Vernon’s Kal Tire and Swan Lake Motors want to help a local individual or family…
UPDATE: Missing Vernon man located safe and well
UPDATE: 8:26 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021 RCMP say a missing 46-year-old Vernon man has…
With B.C. in emergency mode, people who use drugs need help now
Many more people could die from toxic drugs in the coming days and weeks unless…
Merritt man last seen walking into flood waters located: RCMP
The public helped Merritt RCMP locate a man spotted walking into flood waters in the…
Kamloops Search and Rescue helped save people in flooded Merritt
Kamloops Search and Rescue (KSAR) members helped save about a dozen people from flood-stricken homes…
Kamloops grasslands home to mysterious salt water ponds unique to B.C.’s southern interior
– This story was originally published June 27, 2020. While the Lac du Bois grasslands…
New Costco gas bar in Kelowna to open before warehouse
Costco does not have a date to announce yet for the opening of its new…