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New B.C. law makes it harder to defend your property rights
The provincial government is about to limit people’s statutory right to speak up at public…

Obesity likely the biggest risk factor for children getting hospitalized with COVID
While young children don’t often get really sick with COVID-19, the majority who do have…

Okanagan luxury homes attract high-end realtor Christie’s
Christie’s may be best known for its art auctions but it has an international real…
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…

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…

Kelowna’s top cop apologizes for mishandled sexual assault complaint
When RCMP Supt. Kara Triance made her first report to Kelowna City Council in April…

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…

Vaccines for children available in B.C. starting Monday
The Pfizer pediatric vaccine is arriving in the Lower Mainland today but it will take…

Proposed new brewery will extend Kelowna’s growing Brewery District
Railside Brewing is hoping to open a taproom and patio less than a kilometre from…

Kamloops actor Keith Dinicol has died
A Kamloops actor who was instrumental in establishing theatre in the Thompson Nicola has died.…

Crime returning to pre-pandemic levels in Kelowna: RCMP
As crime in the City of Kelowna returns to pre-pandemic levels, RCMP Supt. Tara Triance…