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Three health experts take a close look at BC’s COVID strategy
Earlier this year the COVID-19 pandemic was downgraded from an emergency to an endemic disease,…
Regulator approves TMX plan to trench through ‘extremely sacred’ Secwépemc site
A Secwépemc knowledge-keeper is outraged after Trans Mountain was given approval from Canada’s energy regulator…
Concert at Tk’emlups te Secwepemc aimed to ‘bridge a gap between cultures’
Welcoming hundreds of people into the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc Powwow Arbour last week, Kúkwpi7 Rosanne…
Changes are coming for 911 calls across BC
Get ready to be able to call, text or send videos to a 911 dispatcher…
BC study shows selling tested drugs saves lives
A compassion club in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside that has been breaking the law in order…
What’s ahead for BC gig workers
As the latest round of consultations on protections for app-based drivers and food delivery workers…
Penticton tribute artist returns home with the best of ’60s rock ’n’ roll
A musician who lived through the British Invasion while growing up in Penticton is returning…
What to do with WorkSafeBC’s giant pot of money?
BC’s Workers’ Compensation Board has a conundrum most would envy: what do you do with…
It’s a new season of whale song on BC’s coast, and you can listen in
Autumn is the season of whale song on the Pacific Northwest Coast, says longtime researcher…
Addiction psychiatrist says there’s ‘no sense of crisis’ in BC toxic drug crisis
Michael Krausz is a big name in addiction psychiatry. Before settling in Vancouver in 2007…
Pressure builds for review of mine expansion that may threaten Similkameen River
Pressure is building on the BC government to undertake an environmental review of a proposed…
Conservative leader holds campaign-style rally in South Okanagan
Hundreds of people filled a warehouse in Oliver yesterday to hear what Pierre Poilievre had…
Penticton’s non-profit music venue Dream Cafe survives nightmare summer
Highway closures, a travel ban and thick smoke took a heavy toll on Penticton’s Dream…
Tk’emlúps film panel reflects on power of storytelling and ‘Golden Age’ for Indigenous cinema
The first time emerging Secwépemc screenwriter Amanda Wandler saw Indigenous people represented in a film,…
‘Feel validated’: Time to nerd it up at Penticton comic book convention
There’s no shame in indulging in geeky pleasures at Penticton's annual comic-book convention. Penti-Con is…