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The fight against Kelowna’s plan to spend $135M on two kilometres of road

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“If you sit down and do the math... this two kilometre segment of road will only save drivers 20 to 90 seconds.”

Pilot project will recycle plastic farm waste in Kamloops area

Without a recycling program, BC farms send thousands of tonnes of plastic to landfills each year.

October 08 2025 06:00 PM

Drunk driving BC cop who pointed handgun at civilian loses job

He was drunk behind the wheel of his Ford F350.

October 08 2025 05:00 PM

Okanagan MLA’s controversial anti-trans youth bill voted down in leg

Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream MLA Tara Armstrong tabled a bill restricting transgender youth and it was voted…

October 08 2025 04:30 PM

Homeless Penticton man sent to jail for pulling knife on bylaw officer

He was found guilty of assaulting a peace officer with a weapon, possessing a dangerous weapon and uttering threats.

October 08 2025 03:30 PM

High school choir to join Foreigner on Kelowna stage

“I think my dad’s super pumped, this is definitely his jam, and it’s my jam too. I really love 80s music, and I really love Foreigner."

October 08 2025 02:19 PM

Thieves tear ATM from Peachland bank

They used a front-end loader to tear the ATM from an outside wall.

Lake Country to expand RCMP detachment, new police station delayed

The expansion is a temporary measure until a new police station is built at the former BC Tree Fruits property.

Acrobats perform a winter holiday-themed show.

Cirque Musica brings holiday show to Penticton

Tickets go on sale this weekend.

I woman in a white wedding dress sits on an orange motorcycle in the foreground with a man in a blue shirt sits in a white motorcycle behind her.

Motorcycle photo shoot takes tragic turn for Kamloops newlyweds

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“One second it was so beautiful, we were in that honeymoon stage and one second later this trauma. I'm overwhelmed. I still can’t make sense of it.”

A doctor walks through a hospital corridor.

iN NUMBERS: A tally of Interior Health ER closures

It's become common for smaller hospitals to see their ERs closed for several hours, sometimes even days at a time, due to staffing shortages.

Four brown turkey vultures with red, leathery faces perch on the smooth white branches of a deciduous tree.

iN PHOTOS: Committees, kaleidoscopes and romps in Kamloops, Okanagan

A group of turkey vultures in flight is called a kettle.

Not just anyone can give Botox injections in BC

Caught without the right accreditation not only risks enforcement from regulatory bodies, but also the courts.

September 27, 2025 6:00:00 AM

Why some bars and most breweries close early in downtown Kelowna

“I don't know if you've heard nothing good happens past midnight. It kind of rings true."

October 2, 2025 7:00:00 PM

Big increase in homeless populations in Penticton, Vernon, Salmon Arm

The numbers were released in BC Housing's annual Homeless Count, which was conducted in 20 communities across the province and focused on a single day in April.

October 9, 2025 4:00:00 AM

The fight against Kelowna’s plan to spend $135M on two kilometres of road

“If you sit down and do the math... this two kilometre segment of road will only save drivers 20 to 90 seconds.”

October 7, 2025 6:00:00 PM

Why Okanagan cannabis shops aren’t dominating the black market

“The black market's never going to go away but I think there's a way where the government can still make money without gouging the producers.”

THOMPSON: Department of War name change comes with hefty bill for American taxpayers

"Everything from signs on nearly 500 military installations in the U.S. and another 750 around the world to letterhead stationery for tens of thousands of senior officers has to change. Printers and sign painters everywhere are rejoicing. Taxpayers…not so much."