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Gateway to Technology opens for Okanagan students
Restoring cars, baking and computer programming are just a few of 16-year-old Nathaniel Burroughs favourite…
Who gets to fish for B.C. salmon in the future?
The West Coast’s commercial salmon fleet is clearly in the midst of transformative change. Ottawa…
B.C.’s slugs and bugs are worth saving, too
Conservationists striving to prevent species from going extinct find it tricky enough to save Canada’s…
Canada’s top CEOs make 243 times more than the average worker
The average pay of Canada’s top 100 CEOs hit an all-time high in 2021, making…
Penticton Vee’s brothers Nadeau tearing up the BCHL
Growing up in a tiny rural community in northern New Brunswick, brothers Josh and Bradly…
GIG WORK IN B.C.: Trading flexibility for uncertainty, risk and racism
CONTENT ADVISORY Kevin Park’s gig economy career as a food courier began as a research…
The B.C. government’s struggle to respond to the gig work world
Workers, unions and experts say B.C.’s government is dragging its feet on pledges to improve…
B.C. health workers attacked, investigations bungled. Will this spur change?
Northern Health repeatedly failed to properly investigate assaults against staff, WorkSafeBC has found, something unions…
B.C. will soon decide fate of four projects with big climate, biodiversity impacts
B.C. Premier David Eby’s newly appointed cabinet is about to decide the fate of a…
It’s all downhill for the freestyle kids at Apex Mountain Resort
When the Apex Freestyle Club had a coaching vacancy to fill they had to look…
Labour wants 15 days of paid sick leave but province hesitant
Less than a year after B.C. legislated five paid days off, the BC Federation of…
B.C. health-care workers are facing an epidemic of violence
Ten years after she was assaulted at work, Pam Owen still remembers her attacker’s empty…
Caretakers say it’s a crucial time to protect Okanagan Lake, ‘heart’ of syilx homelands
Located in the “heart” of syilx homelands, Okanagan Lake is a lifeline for the people,…
Severely injured humpback travels from B.C. to Hawaii
A humpback whale appears to have made a difficult journey from waters in northern B.C.…
B.C. city ordered to pay $58K to fired worker who washed truck at public works yard
A Port Coquitlam employee has won his wrongful dismissal suit against the city after being…
Duncan Keith’s NHL retirement to Penticton prompted by love for his son
When it came right down to it for Duncan Keith, it was a father’s love…
Mapping where overdoses are more likely to kill in B.C.
Someone living in rural British Columbia who experiences a drug poisoning is 30 per cent…
Police officer quits task force over concerns about RCMP tactics at Fairy Creek
At least one police officer joined protesters, journalists and politicians raising alarm bells over RCMP…
Documentary series explores Okanagan couple’s journey to decolonize wellness
An Indigenous couple on syilx homelands has completed a documentary series that details their wellness…
Unique models strut their stuff at Penticton fashion show
In a word: “heartwarming.” That was the overwhelming response to The Uniquely Fashionable Fashion Show…
Kamloops boy who needs heart surgery waits, and waits
When Rachael Armstrong learned her son’s long-awaited heart surgery was being postponed due to low-staffing…
Penticton’s Purple Pantry filling a critical need
There’s a small building outside the Elks Lodge on Ellis Street in Penticton that’s filling…
Canada’s new climate adaptation plan puts up $1.6B to tackle wildfires, flood risk
Canada’s much-anticipated roadmap to weather the impacts of climate change is out, and it includes…
Saving lives in B.C. one bathroom at a time
Shannon Riley spent nearly a decade in survival mode, responding when people overdosed in the…