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'Dangerous and dishonest': BC nurse on the hook $30,000 for unlicensed botox clinic
December 28, 2024 - 4:00 PM

A BC nurse, who set up a botox clinic which skirted the regulations, is on the hook for $30,425 and has had her licence suspended for five months.
iN VIDEO: Kamloops baker gives crash course on making the perfect macaron
December 08, 2024 - 6:00 AM
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The kitchen at Mary Ann’s Macarons in Kamloops is clean and comfortable, a place where thousands of festive macarons are made all year round.
Kamloops man reunited with stolen hockey gear thanks to thoughtful neighbour
January 01, 2023 - 6:00 AM

Taylor Rae thought it was odd when she spotted hockey equipment strewn about a Kamloops alley this week.
SUMMERTIME STAPLE: You simply have to float the channel in Penticton
June 25, 2022 - 6:00 AM

Sit back and let the afternoon go while floating the seven-kilometre waterway that connects Okanagan Lake to Skaha Lake.
First King Taps in B.C. opens in downtown Kelowna on Okanagan Lake
June 22, 2022 - 11:30 AM
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B.C.’s first King Taps location opened today, June 22, after months of preparation.
iN VIDEO: Kelowna cyclist nearly broke B.C. race record during heat dome
April 03, 2022 - 9:00 AM

When last June’s heat dome pushed Thompson and Okanagan temperatures past 45 Celsius, everyone who could stayed indoors in front of their air conditioners.
Climate change to blame for demolition of this historic Rocky Mountain hut
March 30, 2022 - 10:00 AM

Severe storms that washed out southern Interior highways and flooded the Lower Mainland, heat domes and forest fires are all signs of climate change.
How a Thompson Rivers University graduate invented a new caffeinated beverage
December 12, 2021 - 6:59 AM
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After eight years of hard work behind the scenes, a Thompson Rivers University alumnus is watching his coffee-based product launch across the country, while helping to employ workers in Nicaragua at the same time.
$1,000 reward for tips after black bear found gutted and discarded in West Vancouver
August 26, 2020 - 4:30 PM

A couple hiking near Cypress Bowl Road in West Vancouver last month came across the discarded carcass of a black bear with its guts removed, and now animal rights groups are offering a reward to help solve the case.
The best is yet to come for Thompson Okanagan ski resorts
February 01, 2019 - 3:30 PM

Mother Nature was a bit capricious in her start to winter in Kamloops and the Okanagan, which had negative early season effects on the region’s ski resorts.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the fourth week of April 2025. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jone

Okanagan researcher creating system to reuse wine industry waste
A group of researchers are trying to create a system where the waste from the beverage industry across the Okanagan can be turned into something more. Okanagan College student Benedikt Braun grew up around vineyards in Germany and now he&rs

Marijuana holiday 4/20 coincides with Easter and Passover this year. Here's what to know
Marijuana culture's high holiday, known as 4/20, fell this year on Easter Sunday, as well as the last day of Passover, meaning cannabis fans celebrated in some unusual ways, including an “Easter nug hunt” in Los Angeles, kosher-st

Penticton company building 60 tiny homes for Kelowna's homeless
One of Penticton’s longstanding construction contractors has landed the contract to build 60 “tiny homes” to house the homeless in Kelowna. Greyback Construction Ltd. landed the contract with the City of Kelowna and BC Hou

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