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Southern Interior water beat by Chilliwack in tap water taste test
May 28, 2015 - 4:34 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Waterworks staff in the Okanagan and Kamloops will be drowning their sorrows tonight after losing out to Chilliwack in a tap water taste test which wouldn’t have looked out of place at a winery.
Blood found outside Vernon school connected to stabbing incident
May 28, 2015 - 1:30 PM

SUSPECT ARRESTED
Local bands seek musical peak in B.C. contest
May 28, 2015 - 11:36 AM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Two bands from the Thompson-Okanagan are in the running for the musical opportunity of a lifetime.
Kelowna company expands delivery to Europe and Asia
May 28, 2015 - 8:29 AM

KELOWNA – The company formerly known as Kelowna Flightcraft is expanding its cargo routes overseas.
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Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

Advocacy group calls on Vancouver to 'embrace' cannabis tourism after 4-20 'debacle'
VANCOUVER - The head of a B.C. cannabis growers group says the City of Vancouver's choice to discourage instead of sanction a marijuana celebration over the weekend was a costly "missed opportunity." The BC Craft Farmers Co-Op

Tranquille developer blames province after multiple ALC denials
The province's Agricultural Land Commission has heard multiple pleas from the owner of a historic Kamloops property who wants to build an agricultural suburb on the massive site. Each time Ignition Developments goes to the commission, i

Southern Interior water beat by Chilliwack in tap water taste test