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Kamloops, Okanagan lag behind as gas prices fall before long weekend
The average price of gasoline in Canada was down $1.61.1 yesterday, Sept. 1 and falling.…
Heat records broken in Kamloops, Southern Interior as summer nears its end
Kamloops set a high temperature record for Sept. 1 when it reached 35.1 Celsius yesterday,…
Wet June saved Thompson-Okanagan from August heat, lightning fires
August 2022 was the hottest on record for the Okanagan and (essentially) Kamloops, as it…
Record number of new students arriving at UBC Okanagan
With a new school year around the corner, UBC Okanagan will soon see a record…
This was the hottest August ever for the Okanagan but Kamloops fell short
Heat records fell throughout the Okanagan in August, making it the hottest ever for the…
Uber trying again to get into Kelowna
Despite the rejection of Uber’s application for a license to operate in Kelowna, the company…
Lake Country man has won an Emmy award
A Lake Country man has won an Emmy award. Jordan Wiberg took the prestigious award…
Learn how to create street art at Okanagan community’s first ever mural festival
The community of Peachland is hosting a mural festival this weekend and the free event…
Cities seeks ministry intervention in Central Okanagan transit labour dispute
Job action could start as early as today, Sept. 1, after Central Okanagan transit workers…
Kelowna fruit growers gearing up to protest against move to Oliver
Kelowna area fruit growers are planning to rally tomorrow, Sept. 1, against B.C. Tree Fruits'…
Lake Country nurse took $16K from elderly patient’s spouse
A Lake Country nurse who appears to have lied about having cancer and took $16,000…
IH chief medical health officer was on paid leave after sexual assault charges
Interior Health didn't fire its former chief medical health officer when he was charged with…
Body of drowned Manitoba man found in Okanagan Lake
The Kelowna RCMP dive team found the body of a Manitoba man who drowned two…
Money pours in for victims of Highway 1 fatal truck crash
More than $100,000 in donations have been made to two GoFundMe campaigns to raise money…
Staffing partly to blame for low blood supplies in Kamloops, Okanagan
Staffing shortages that are hitting so many industries across the country are also making it…
Kelowna hotel set to almost double in size
The Super 8 hotel in Kelowna has applied to the city to add a new…
Kelowna, Vernon transit workers vote in favour of potential strike
Transit workers in Kelowna, Vernon and Salmon Arm have voted nearly 100 per cent in…
Prolific offender busted after he tried to trick Kelowna police
A fake name wasn’t able to fool the RCMP officers who went after a prolific…
Colin Basran to declare his re-election plans as Kelowna’s Mayor
Kelowna mayor Colin Basran has kept silent about whether he’s running for re-election heading into…
‘Unsafe’ Kelowna home has date with a wrecking ball
It’s been more than a year since the City of Kelowna ordered a Rutland resident…
Former West Kelowna Warrior remembered as kind-hearted, funny
A former West Kelowna Warriors player is being remembered as a kind-hearted person who included…
Long term care workers promised severance pay from Westbank First Nation by Friday
On the same day former employees of the Pine Acres long term care home protested…
Lightning strike caused Kelowna house fire last week
Last week’s lightning storm did more than light up the sky, it caused a house…
Kelowna RCMP officer assaulted at out of control house party
Kelowna bylaw officers needed help after receiving several reports of an out-of-control house party in…