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UPDATE: Federal Green leader Elizabeth May to announce taxation policies in Kamloops
After spending Thanksgiving with her family in Ashcroft, Green Party leader Elizabeth May will make…
National election spotlight turns to Okanagan Greens and their views on abortion
KELOWNA – Okanagan candidates came under scrutiny this week for expressing what was interpreted as…
Time is on the side of Kelowna-Lake Country NDP candidate and he’s using it well
KELOWNA – Justin Kulik was in his element last Friday when he stood among the…
Top contenders in Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola take a pass on environmental forum
KELOWNA – While thousands of people across Canada have staged climate strikes, federal candidates from…
Green candidate Travis Ashley taking his passion for politics door to door
KELOWNA – Harry Wiede left his home in Germany 65 years ago and landed in…
iN VIDEO: Jean Chretien says black face scandal is ‘over’ and Kelowna’s MP is ‘a good guy’
KELOWNA – Former Prime Minister Jean Chretien said he never thought he’d see a Liberal…
Kelowna-Lake Country Election 2019: How does your candidate view a woman’s right to choose
KELOWNA -In case you missed it, abortion has re-emerged as a topic of conversation this…
Kelowna-Lake Country MP’s signs hit with ‘brownface’ vandalism
KELOWNA – It didn’t take long for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s “brownface” scandal to cast…
iN VIDEO: A replay of Canada Day fireworks in Kamloops and the Okanagan
Just in case you missed the Canada Day fireworks last night, here's a little recap…
Osoyoos Chief to be inducted into Canadian business hall of fame
PENTICTON – Osoyoos Indian Band Chief Clarence Louie continues to attract the attention of the…
VIDEO: Justin Trudeau comes to say “Happy B.C. Day” to Penticton
PENTICTON – Some special guests came to the B.C. Day Picnic in Penticton today. Prime…
How a Shuswap man smuggled loads of cocaine, ecstasy and pot across the border
He used a fictitious company, helicopters, and encrypted Blackberries to move the drugs back and…
More people in Kelowna hospitalized for opiate overdoses than any other Canadian city
KELOWNA – A new report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information puts Kelowna way…
Startup Canada Awards ceremonies are coming to Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – Startup Canada Awards are holding ceremonies in six regions this fall, including the…
iN PHOTOS: Deteriorating air quality in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – Have you ever seen it this bad? Smoke has blanketed the city of…
Vernon man builds back-alley shrine to honour 100th anniversary of Vimy Ridge
VERNON – A Vernon man has made it his mission to convert the nondescript alley…
Kelowna still one of the fastest growing communities in Canada but growth rate declined
KELOWNA – Although Kelowna remains one of the fastest growing cities in the country, its…
Okanagan Indian Band sues government for neglecting to remove unexploded military bombs from reserve land
VERNON – The Okanagan Indian Band is taking the federal government to court over dangerous…
Kamloops high schoolers lobbying to lower voting age
KAMLOOPS – Students at Westsyde Secondary School in Kamloops have been working to lower the voting…
Kamloops man may cancel return trip on cross-canada run
KAMLOOPS — The city’s cross-country runner is about to finish his trek across Canada, but might not make the trip back as funds continue to dwindle. Edward ‘Fast Eddy’ Dostaler says he’s about a week away from reaching New Brunswick and says he won’t stop until he reaches Newfoundland. Unfortunately, he says, the plan to...
Kelowna RCMP, mayor celebrate no change in crime rate
NO CHANGE IN STATISTIC; OTHERS DID WORSE FASTER KELOWNA – It’s been two years since…
Kelowna pretty satisfying place; Vancouver not so much
KELOWNA – Kelowna holds a solid 12th place when it comes to life satisfaction while Vancouver found itself at the bottom of the list, according to a survey recently released by Statistics Canada. The life satisfaction survey, published this month, looked at 33 metropolitan areas in Canada with data gathered from 2009 and 2013. Kelowna...
A Kamloops runner plans to make history by completing this goal
KAMLOOPS - Edward ‘Fast Eddy’ Dostaler had little experience with long-distance running before he announced plans to be the first person to pound the pavement across Canada before turning around and running back. The 26-year-old carpenter from Kamloops decided his solo run will start in Victoria March 1, 2015. “Overall it’s going to be over...
Murdered soldier remembered online
OTTAWA - We are learning more about the soldier killed in Wednesday’s shooting at Parliament Hill. He was Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, 24, a reservist from the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders regiment. Cirillo was standing guard at the National War Memorial in Ottawa, carrying an unloaded rifle, when he was gunned down. Cirillo, from Hamilton, Ont.,...