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New theatre experience in Osoyoos brings syilx Animal People to life
September 04, 2025 - 7:00 PM

First, there are few minutes of stillness on the Okanagan landscape — with nothing but the sounds of crickets and bird chirps filling the air.
Kelowna art exhibit uses comedy and satire to reflect culture and community
September 02, 2025 - 7:00 PM

The prospect of going to an art gallery might suggest walking slowly in a quiet room with delicate landscape paintings or confusing modern art, but a new exhibit at the Kelowna Art Gallery is painting a different picture.
Innovative Kamloops gallery fosters creative art while tackling toxic drug crisis
July 12, 2025 - 2:30 PM

Hidden behind an unassuming glass façade on Kamloops North Shore is an art gallery full of popping colour and creativity with a relaxing ambiance that feels like home.
iN PHOTOS: Kelowna art exhibit uses LEGO to tell a story about medieval Africa
May 23, 2025 - 4:00 AM

You’re probably familiar with LEGO bricks, but not like this. Ghanian Canadian artist Ekow Nimako's show at the Kelowna Art Gallery tells a reimagined version of a sea voyage 700 years ago with plastic bricks.
Okanagan landscape painter puts memories, emotion into his work
March 09, 2025 - 7:00 AM

West Kelowna's Robert E. Wood uses his childhood memories of growing up in the Okanagan to inform his work as a landscape artist.
iN PHOTOS: Okanagan landscape artists inspired by where they live
February 26, 2025 - 6:00 AM

The Okanagan offers so much beautiful scenery it's no wonder that landscape paintings are in demand.
Judge clears way for Kamloops to borrow $275M, resume work on new civic facilities
February 21, 2025 - 11:03 AM

Around two dozen people were in a Kamloops courtroom as a BC Supreme Court judge shut down the effort to overturn a pair of municipal loans for new civic facilities.
syilx Okanagan artist turns pictographs into towering 3D figures with sculpture
January 18, 2025 - 4:00 PM

It was the middle of the pandemic, and syilx Okanagan artist Chipmunk Taylor Baptiste found herself feeling homesick for her Osoyoos Indian Band community.
iN PHOTOS: North Okanagan painter uses his art to raise money for charity
January 06, 2025 - 6:00 AM

A self-taught artist based in Coldstream is painting vibrant works of work while raising money for several charities in the province.
'Bright and happy': Vernon artist finds beauty in the mundane
December 01, 2024 - 2:30 PM

Vernon artist Liz MacArthur loves to paint the little things she finds extraordinarily beautiful. What others may find mundane, she studies, finds the remarkable and captures it with her paintbrush.
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THOMPSON: Department of War name change comes with hefty bill for American taxpayers
OPINION Last month, President Donald Trump decided he liked the sound of Department of War a lot more than Department of Defense. It was - like so many Trump impulses - a move that did little to change reality other t

Why some bars and most breweries close early in downtown Kelowna
It’s 10:30 p.m. and the night feels young inside one of Kelowna’s charming breweries, but your hope of painting the town red is dashed by last call. That’s a pretty common experience for folks who aren’t familiar wit

Why Okanagan cannabis shops aren't dominating the black market
Law abiding cannabis companies in the Okanagan deal with the government taking its piece of the pie at every turn, while trying to compete with a black market that's still going strong. Cannabis in B.C. gets taxed at several points betw

The story behind the Shuswap's familiar and historic Trickle Inn
A large, charming white house with green trim has been a familiar site for people travelling through the Shuswap for decades. Perched on side of the Trans-Canada Highway in Tappen, the house was a family home for the Carlin family for sever

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