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'SURVIVOR': Ex-wife of Vernon killer fears for his next partner
August 12, 2024 - 7:26 AM

On Christmas Eve 2011, more than a decade before Vernon pharmacist Shaun Wiebe was sent to jail for killing his girlfriend Heather Barker, he pinned his ex-wife, Terri Wiebe, to their bed and grabbed her throat.
Village of Chase changes course, approves 'Every Child Matters' project
September 28, 2023 - 8:00 AM

Irvin Wai was just an infant when he was adopted and spared from the Indian residential school system.
BC judge overturns will, late woman's 'friend' will now get 50% of estate
August 09, 2023 - 7:01 AM

The children of a BC woman who died in 2018 have lost out on half her estate after a court ruled that a man who lived with their mother for almost 30 years wasn't just a friend but their mother's common-law partner.
Landlord who barred siblings living together ordered to pay $31K for 'discrimination'
July 21, 2023 - 7:00 PM
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A BC property management company that refused to allow the sister of one of its tenants to move in, is on the hook for $31,000 after the BC Human Rights Tribunal ruled it was "discrimination."
Kelowna man suing after being electrocuted in prison
June 20, 2023 - 7:30 AM

A Kelowna man who was arrested for unlawfully confining a woman is suing the BC government because he was electrocuted while in prison.
B.C condo owner fined $17,000 wins case against strata over Airbnb
December 16, 2022 - 7:00 PM
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A B.C. condo owner has won a legal challenge against her strata after it fined her more than $17,000 for renting her suite on Airbnb.
'Nightmare' at Big White for workers looking for a home
October 22, 2022 - 6:00 AM
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Finding an affordable place to live anywhere in the Okanagan is a challenge.
Elderly man's family frustrated with Kelowna care home
February 08, 2022 - 6:00 AM

The wife of a senior in a Kelowna long-term care home who went without heat for days is furious about the treatment of her husband.
A gravel pit in the middle of West Kelowna is for use by another city
May 24, 2021 - 3:00 PM

The continual racket of gravel trucks rumbling by ensures residents of one West Kelowna neighbourhood are keenly aware of an industrial operation that bears another city’s name.
Killer ex cop from Penticton granted escorted absences from prison
October 28, 2019 - 6:30 PM

The retired Penticton Mountie serving a life sentence for the second-degree murder of his common-law spouse, Lynn Kalmring, has been granted escorted temporary absences from the prison he's been held in since his 2013 conviction.
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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 first week of April 2025. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones

No fine for Kelowna brewery that sold beer to undercover minor
A Kelowna brewery successfully avoided a fine for selling beer to an undercover minor, but it did fire the employee. The province's liquor regulator decided against handing down a $7,000 fine after an 18-year-old bought a six-pack from

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

'Collateral attack': BC realtor loses after trying to sue regulator's lawyer
A BC Judge has found a Vancouver realtor's conduct "reprehensible" calling her claims in court "scandalous" and "frivolous" after the realtor tried to sue a lawyer who once represented an opposing side. BC

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