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B.C. RCMP dog squad is on the hunt for children with good naming skills
The letter “P” is essential for any child who wants to win prizes by naming…
Big White laying off staff as resort copes with pandemic ski season
Times are tough for Big White Ski Resort workers in a number of ways as…
Driver ticketed for running red light that caused 3-vehicle crash in Kelowna
A driver allegedly ran a red light at the intersection of Highways 33 and 97…
Guns, drugs and WW2 medals seized in Kelowna RCMP raid
Two people were taken into custody after police raided a Kelowna home last week. The…
Third 40-plus storey tower proposed for downtown Kelowna
Ground won’t be broken on the downtown Kelowna UBC Okanagan campus for more than a…
How car-sharing company Modo expects to save users money, Kelowna’s traffic
The car sharing movement in B.C. is largely in the hands of a co-op called…
New highrises don’t worry Kelowna firefighters but staffing an issue
As developers keep pushing plans to lift Kelowna’s skyline higher – the latest being 46…
Kelowna company wants to turn your pool into an ice rink
Brent Dodge figured there had to be a way to get more use out of…
UPDATE: 445 new COVID-19 cases in B.C., including 44 in Interior Health
COVID-19 is advancing at a steady pace throughout B.C. with 446 new cases in the…
The Okanagan has only one-third the apple acreage from 30 years ago
Over the past three decades, the number of acres in the Okanagan and Creston valleys…
449 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C. including 58 in Interior Health
The COVID-19 case numbers continue to pile up by the hundreds in B.C. with another…
Kamloops current hot spot for COVID-19 in Interior Health region
New data shows the number of new COVID-19 cases in the Interior Health region dropped…
Okanagan film industry brought almost $50 million to the region in 2020
Even though COVID-19 caused a slowdown in film production last year, the Okanagan Film Commission…
469 new COVID-19 cases in B.C.; 6 deaths
Between 400 and 500 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in B.C. every day…
Surgeries resume at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops as COVID-19 case count hits 105
Inpatient surgeries are starting slowly to ramp up to normal at Royal Inland Hospital in…
Driving with mismatched licence plates led to a big drug bust in Kamloops
Half a pound of hard drugs were seized and a 19-year-old man from Mission was…
As temperatures plummet, Kelowna looking for more shelter space
Even though temperatures plummeted to at least -15C overnight in Kelowna, some people still chose…
Fewer student suspensions in Central Okanagan last year part of downward trend
For the first time on record, no Central Okanagan students were given indefinite suspensions in…
West Kelowna man hopes to start nano-brewery in his garage
Becoming a master brewer and opening a cool craft brew pub is something that doesn’t…
Thompson-Okanagan jobless rate improves
While the national and provincial unemployment rates climbed in January, the Thompson-Okanagan region improved. The…
Here’s how highrises manage to stay upright on Kelowna’s silty soils
Much of downtown Kelowna, where dozens of highrises have either been built or are in…
Renting a home became tougher in Kamloops and the Okanagan in 2020
Rental housing became harder to find in the Thompson-Okanagan’s largest cities in 2020. Recently released…
471 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C.; 56 in Interior Health
Hundreds of new COVID-19 cases are reported in B.C. every day with 471 positive tests…
Vaccine supply issues delay rollout for B.C.’s elderly population: Dr. Bonnie Henry
B.C.’s elderly are being asked to be patient with the delay in getting vaccinated but…