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No politics allowed in Kelowna’s Russian and Ukrainian Deli
A Kelowna deli catering to Eastern European tastes – with lots of Russian and Ukrainian…
Canada’s financial watchdog calls TMX ‘clearly non-profitable’
Canada’s financial watchdog says the federal government is “very unlikely” to recoup its $4.5-billion investment…
Experts reject B.C.’s safe drug supply claims
Seventeen months after the B.C. government committed to expanding safe supply, only about 500 people…
Canadian pipelines won’t solve Europe’s energy insecurity, environment minister says
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine raises questions about global energy security, Canada’s environment minister is…
Document reveals influence of oil and gas lobbyists on B.C. officials after Indigenous Rights ruling
In the wake of a precedent-setting Indigenous Rights case in June 2021, B.C.’s ministry of…
MV Zim Kingston’s lost cargo containers still deep concern for Vancouver Island communities
Vancouver Island MPs and residents are raising concerns about ocean protection and spill response after…
Feds speed up payments to low-income seniors suffering clawbacks
Low-income seniors desperate for compensation after suffering clawbacks to their Guaranteed Income Supplement by Ottawa…
Kelowna residents petition court to get properties removed from park designation
A group of Kelowna residents are petitioning B.C.’s Supreme Court saying they don’t want their…
LETTER: How the Thompson-Nicola Regional District board got so off course
I was asked yesterday to provide the speech I made at our board meeting to…
From hate-mail to pizza: Why are protesters targeting the news media?
Kamloops radio host Brett Mineer says he has a folder full of hate mail. The…
This Kelowna MLA is focusing on housing rather than politics
Kelowna-Lake Country Liberal MLA Norm Letnick went from health critic in 2020 to the non-partisan…
Albas supported O’Toole, other Conservative MPs in Kamloops, Okanagan won’t say
Three of the four Conservative MPs representing Kamloops and the Okanagan are being cagey about…
Kamloops MP condemns those who disrespected Terry Fox statue, war memorial
Kamloops-Thompson Cariboo MP Frank Caputo isn’t entirely condemning the Freedom Convoy protest that descended on…
Once opponents, these two Kelowna politicians are together on ending vaccine mandates
As a trucker convoy prepares to descend on Ottawa this weekend to protest mandatory vaccines…
‘Slap in the face’: Province says it won’t act against unlicensed pot shops on reserves
More than three years after marijuana legalization, the provincial government has confirmed that it won't…
Fairy Creek camps undergo winter wind down, but hunt still on for missing old-growth activists
The Fairy Creek old-growth blockade is heading into winter hibernation mode but the search remains…
MLA Norm Letnick won’t be seeking Kelowna mayor’s job in fall election
Norm Letnick has decided to stay on as the Kelowna-Lake Country MLA and not run for…
Lake Country’s Mayor Baker calling it a day at age 80, and 40 years of public service
It was 41 years ago James Baker was first elected to serve as regional district…
Kelowna, Kamloops pot shops still pay big bucks as Vernon reduces licence fees
The City of Vernon has reduced its sky-high business licences costs for cannabis stores, but…
Splatsin First Nation elects new Chief
The Spaltsin First Nation has a new chief. Former band councillor Doug Thomas narrowly won…
The tradition of mayor’s chains of office in B.C. dates back centuries
Chains of office for mayors in the Thompson-Okanagan stems from a European tradition hundreds of…
Okanagan community’s new $25 million water treatment plant already needs $2.5 million upgrade
A small Okanagan community that has already invested millions into a new water treatment plant…
Kelowna Liberal MLAs urge business community to lobby NDP government ahead of budget
An attack on the NDP government by Kelowna’s three Liberal MLA’s did come up with…
Kelowna’s mayor renting waterfront home from one of B.C.’s biggest developers
Kelowna Mayor Colin Basran has been renting a multi-million-dollar waterfront home for the past two…