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Trying to get a medical exemption to the COVID vaccine? Forget it
With more and more mandatory vaccine requirements being put into place, the temptation may be…
Kelowna airport ‘scrambling’ to implement new mandatory vaccination
After just announcing that free COVID tests are now available to the 1,000 people working…
School board condemns anti-mask protest at district office in Kelowna
All across British Columbia, masks became mandatory for students in kindergarten to Grade 3 on…
Kelowna home invasion leaves victim ‘extremely shaken’: RCMP
Police are on the hunt for two suspects who broke into a Kelowna home last…
More nurses, paid sick leave keys to reducing COVID deaths in B.C. care homes: seniors advocate
A new study from B.C.'s seniors advocate says better sick pay provisions and more registered…
UPDATE: Missing Kelowna man located
UPDATE: 8:07 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021 RCMP say a missing 21-year-old man has been…
University student forced to live in Kamloops nuisance hotel due to housing crunch
A Thompson Rivers University student says it has been “mentally and physically exhausting” trying to…
Favourite Thanksgiving Day side dishes, desserts ranked by province
Canadians have different tastes when it comes to their favourite Thanksgiving Day dishes and desserts.…
Cougar attacks on dogs are, thankfully, ‘very rare’: Expert
Dog-owners in the Okanagan shouldn't be overly worried about cougars attacking their best friends, despite…
Real estate prices fall in Central and South Okanagan
For the first time in a long time, the benchmark price for a single-family home…
All B.C. government employees need to get vaccinated
All 30,000 employees of the B.C. Public Service Agency must be fully vaccinated by Nov.…
Intensive care beds filled to capacity in Kamloops, Penticton
While B.C. as a whole has lots of spare intensive care beds, parts of the…
Kelowna man injured in 2018 drug house explosion caught on boat with 552 kgs of cocaine
A Kelowna man is facing charges after he was found on a sailboat off the…
Tallest building in Kelowna’s Rutland neighbourhood proposed
After a flurry of highrise proposals for downtown Kelowna last winter dribbled to a halt…
19 more schools in Interior Health on COVID exposure list
The speed at which new schools are being added to the list of potential COVID…
Almost half of new students in Central Okanagan school district on Westside
The latest count of new students in the Central Okanagan this fall shows an increase…
Expect some sunny but chilly weather in Kamloops, Okanagan this week
There should be more sun than clouds this week in the Thompson-Okanagan but sunny days…
Tracking taxpayer dollars spent on expenses by Kelowna council harder than you’d think
Every year, municipalities and regional districts publish reports on how much mayors, councillors and directors…
Beloved Easter Island statue stolen from Kelowna restaurant
A Kelowna restaurant owner is feeling frustrated that a cherished Easter Island statue that served…
Pine beetle forest devastation impacting Okanagan weasel population
An Okanagan initiative researching weasels is encouraging loggers to leave their post-harvest behind to help…
Kelowna curling legend dead at 84
A Canadian curling legend and head of the Kelowna Curling Club has died. The club…
343 homes destroyed during B.C.’s unprecedented wildfire season
In the last summer, 343 homes were lost to wildfires across the province, says the parliamentary…
Snow expected on Okanagan Connector next week
The Interior’s highways will see a rainy weekend but heading into the week could see…
The ghost of former premier W.A.C. Bennett may be haunting his old Kelowna home
The grandson of former premier W.A.C. Bennett believes his spirit may still be found in…