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Summerland family awaiting Charlotte Web’s Canadian arrival
The New Year can't come soon enough for Elaine Nuessler and her husband Chris. For…
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…
Think your gas bill is bad? Try being a B.C. trucker
Rising diesel prices mean the cost of groceries, electronics and nearly everything else you buy…
PST hike on gas-fuelled home heating appliances leaves B.C. Interior out in the cold
B.C. plans to raise the provincial sales tax on home heating appliances powered by fossil…
Okanagan, Shuswap cities has some of the cheapest gas in the province
Okanagan and Shuswap communities have some of the cheapest gas prices in B.C. right now.…
60% of British Columbians believe it’s time to leave Keystone XL pipeline project behind: survey
With U.S. President Joe Biden’s order to scrap the Keystone XL pipeline project, most Canadians…
Taxpayers lobby group stops in Kamloops to talk pipeline capacity and tax revenue loss
KAMLOOPS – Canadian Taxpayers Federation directors made a stop in Kamloops today as part of…
iN PHOTOS: Greyhound passengers recall when smoke engulfed the bus on Highway 97C
A Greyhound bus pulled over to the shoulder with dozens of passengers standing outside the…
No jail time for Vernon man who suffered burns to 85 per cent of his body during pot oil explosion
“HE’S GOING TO HAVE THESE DEFORMITIES FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE” VERNON – A…
Another round of lay offs at Horizon North in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – More lay offs at the Horizon North Logistics location in Kamloops after the…
UBCO professor says high food prices are spiking but won’t stay high
KELOWNA – A UBC Okanagan professor says Canadian food prices are spiking right now but…
Pot oil extraction cause of explosion in Vernon apartment building
VERNON - An apartment fire that sent two men to hospital with serious burns was caused when a marijuana extraction operation exploded, police say. The occupants, a 21 and a 22-year-old, were badly burned in the fire and remain in hospital. Vernon police are now confirming the Aug. 14 fire was started by a marijuana...
What the Supreme Court decision on marijuana means to a three-year-old Summerland girl
KELOWNA – Kyla Williams' family is breathing a sigh of relief this week — they…
Cannabis oil stopped her seizures, now family trying to help others
SUMMERLAND – The family of a young girl from Summerland say her only relief from debilitating seizures has come from an oil derived from marijuana, and they are holding a fundraiser to help other families in the same situation. Kyla Williams, 3, has a rare form of epilepsy that causes her as many as 300...
Vandalism likely caused 1000 litre oil spill at district office
KELOWNA – An apparent act of vandalism at a Regional District office has caused a massive amount of used motor oil, diesel and transmission fluid to spill onto a parking lot Friday morning. Andy Brennan of the Regional District says operation crews arriving at 6 a.m. found the spill. “It seems like somebody overnight put...
Strong reactions for and against Northern Gateway Pipeline Project
KAMLOOPS - Not even 24 hours has passed since the announcement of the Northern Gateway Pipeline conditional approval came from Ottawa yesterday. Already - people in Kamloops all the way to the other side of the country have expressed either remorse or joy at the controversial news of the 1,177km long oil pipeline. The opposers...
Marijuana balcony cookery draws drug squad
KELOWNA - An outdoor marijuana cook off on a Sunset Drive balcony drew police from around the province Monday night. Police got a complaint about a possible lab in an 18th floor apartment in the 1000 block of Sunset Drive. They told police the occupants of the unit were cooking something on the balcony that...