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Victim identified in 2024 Kamloops motel shooting
May 30, 2025 - 11:43 AM

A 28-year-old was killed in a Kamloops motel shooting last year and police have chosen to release his name.
iN PHOTOS: Six stunning waterfalls to see in Kamloops, Okanagan
May 30, 2025 - 4:00 AM

Rivers are starting to reach their peak of depth and flow in Kamloops and the Okanagan and it’s creating some stunning waterfalls.
What 400 ostriches in the Kootenay and the freedom convoy have in common
May 29, 2025 - 6:00 AM

Canada’s politically Conservative voices that rallied behind the so-called freedom convoy during the pandemic, as well as some more controversial figures, have taken up the cause to save the Edgewood ostriches.
West Kelowna prolific offender charged with theft days after getting out of prison
May 28, 2025 - 6:00 PM

Homeless West Kelowna man and prolific offender Dylan Anthony Choquette was scheduled to appear in court Tuesday, having been charged with shoplifting days after he got out of prison.
Plan for electric passenger train from Osoyoos to Kamloops still alive
May 28, 2025 - 3:00 PM
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The dream of a Thompson-Okanagan passenger train is still alive for a UBC Okanagan professor.
Bell announces plans to open six AI data centres in B.C., including Kamloops
May 28, 2025 - 8:03 AM

Bell Canada has announced it will open six artificial intelligence data centres in B.C. as part of a plan to create the largest AI compute project in Canada.
Former Kamloops woman, domestic assault survivor fights back for others with comfort kits
May 28, 2025 - 6:00 AM

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Telus announces $70B to bolster networks, including open AI data centre in Kamloops
May 27, 2025 - 1:30 PM

Telus Corp. has announced it will spend more than $70 billion over the next five years to enhance connectivity, including through improvements to its network infrastructure and by building artificial intelligence data centres.
A look back at the glory days of celery production in the Okanagan
May 27, 2025 - 6:00 AM
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Celery isn’t grown commercially locally these days, but once upon a time there were acres of it growing in the Okanagan.
iN NUMBERS: Tourism in Kamloops, Okanagan heading into summer
May 26, 2025 - 5:00 AM

Maybe you’re thinking about a trip to Kamloops or the Okanagan this summer, or maybe you live in the area and dread the flood of tourists clogging up the roads.
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iN DISCUSSION: Hot takes on cold facts
This is where cold facts yield to the hottest of takes. Here you'll find reader responses to stories and newsletter editorials, or letters to the editor for the week of May 26. They may have been edited slightly for readability. Th

Shuttered Kelowna distillery loses another appeal over $60K unpaid wages
The owners of a shuttered Kelowna distillery have failed in their second attempt to overturn a ruling which ordered the company to pay a former staffer $60,000 in unpaid wages. In two separate April 24 BC Employment Standards Tribunal decis

North Thompson woman refused home insurance over cannabis plants loses human rights case
A North Thompson woman has lost a legal battle against more than a dozen insurance companies after she was refused coverage because she grew medical cannabis on her property. According to a May 2 BC Human Rights Tribunal decision, form

New Kamloops supportive housing site comes with $30M price tag
A new North Kamloops supportive housing project is slated for move-in by 2028. BC Housing is looking for contractors to build the 54-unit building and attached a $30.5 million price tag. That's according to procurement documents,

Local News Kelowna and Area

Victim identified in 2024 Kamloops motel shooting

iN PHOTOS: Six stunning waterfalls to see in Kamloops, Okanagan

What 400 ostriches in the Kootenay and the freedom convoy have in common

West Kelowna prolific offender charged with theft days after getting out of prison

Plan for electric passenger train from Osoyoos to Kamloops still alive

Bell announces plans to open six AI data centres in B.C., including Kamloops

Former Kamloops woman, domestic assault survivor fights back for others with comfort kits

Telus announces $70B to bolster networks, including open AI data centre in Kamloops

A look back at the glory days of celery production in the Okanagan

iN NUMBERS: Tourism in Kamloops, Okanagan heading into summer

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