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With climate change, drought are lush green lawns a thing of the past in Kamloops, Okanagan?
April 21, 2024 - 7:00 PM
Drought risk, tighter water restrictions and increased wildfire risk are just a few reasons why some residents in the southern Interior are rethinking what their lawns and yards should look like.
Black pastors see popular Easter services as an opportunity to rebuild in-person worship attendance
March 28, 2024 - 5:11 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, when many churches moved their services online, the Rev. William H. Lamar IV initially shuddered at the thought that he needed to morph into a “video personality” to stay engaged with his parishioners.
Retirees: Is it time to downsize, even in this real estate market?
March 27, 2024 - 6:45 AM
Your home is your sanctuary, but it’s also one of your biggest budget items. And after you retire, it may feel like more house than you need. But in this housing market, when a smaller home with upgraded features may be about as expensive as the one you’re selling, is it still smart to downsize?
Girl Scout troop resolved to support migrants despite backlash
March 26, 2024 - 4:02 AM
NEW YORK (AP) — Once a week in a midtown Manhattan hotel, dozens of Girl Scouts gather in a spare room made homey by string lights and children’s drawings. They earn badges, go on field trips to the Statue of Liberty, and learn how to navigate the subway in a city most have just begun to call home.
Medicare can pay for obesity drugs like Wegovy in certain heart patients
March 21, 2024 - 1:42 PM
Medicare can pay for the popular weight-loss drug Wegovy — as long as the patients using it also have heart disease and need to reduce the risk of future heart attacks, strokes and other serious problems, federal officials said Thursday.
Micro-apartments are back after nearly a century, as need for affordable housing soars
March 21, 2024 - 10:30 AM
SEATTLE (AP) — Every part of Barbara Peraza-Garcia and her family’s single-room apartment in Seattle has a double or even triple purpose.
Millennial Money: Navigating the SSI ‘marriage penalty’
March 19, 2024 - 6:00 AM
Jennifer Updike and Lewis Fredette, of Auburn, New York, got engaged in December 2023. The couple, who are both on the autism spectrum, look forward to moving in together soon and tying the knot in a religious ceremony.
In Vermont, 'Town Meeting' is democracy embodied. What can the rest of the country learn from it?
March 18, 2024 - 11:26 AM
ELMORE, Vt. (AP) — Julie wants more donations to the food pantry. Kipp is busy knitting a sweater. Shorty is ready to ask: Why is so much being spent on a truck? The coffee, fresh-baked bread and donuts have been laid out. Eighty-seven voters have squeezed into the Elmore Town Hall.
New York to probe sputtering legal marijuana program as storefronts lag, black market booms
March 18, 2024 - 10:47 AM
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York will evaluate its troubled recreational marijuana licensing program after lawsuits and bureaucratic stumbles severely hampered the legal market and allowed black-market sellers to flourish, Gov. Kathy Hochul ordered Monday.
Kate Ashford: Selling your home could boost your nest egg - but is it worth it?
March 18, 2024 - 6:48 AM
A 2023 report from investment firm Vanguard estimates that about a quarter of Americans age 60 and over could move to a cheaper housing market and use the equity in their homes to upsize their retirement savings — making retirement more secure and enjoyable.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo
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
Manitoba government plans to lift ban on homegrown recreational cannabis
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is planning to end its ban on homegrown recreational cannabis — a move that would leave Quebec as the only province with such a restriction. "We're just allowing Manitobans to have the same
Kamloops council to expand tax exemptions for new rental builds
Developers have more land to choose from if they want to cut costs on new rental buildings in Kamloops. The City is looking to expand a tax exemption program to span massive swaths of Kamloops in order to encourage development. Previously r
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Fundraiser for family of Kamloops man who died in Highway 5 North crash nears $30K
An online fundraiser for the family of a Kamloops man killed in a crash on Highway 5 North has raised more than $27,
April 26, 2024 7:00 PM
Orca's escape from B.C. lagoon will be talked about for 'generations,' say nations
ZEBALLOS, B.C. - An orphan killer whale calf escaped from a remote Vancouver Island tidal lagoon Friday where it had be
April 26, 2024 6:33 PM
8.5 years for Kamloops man who sexually assaulted his daughter
CONTENT ADVISORY A Kamloops man who filmed himself sexually assaulting his daughter, then bragged about it o
April 26, 2024 6:00 PM
B.C. premier says public use rules should have been in place before decriminalization
VANCOUVER - British Columbia is preparing to ban most public drug use, a change to parts of its decriminalization pilot
April 26, 2024 5:53 PM
After years fighting red tape Lake Country group permitted to dredge Oyama Canal
For the past several years a grassroots movement has been trying to get permission from the government to dredge the
April 26, 2024 5:05 PM
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