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Vandalism at Kamloops mayor's business raises concerns about local politicians safety
August 01, 2025 - 6:00 PM

Municipal politicians in Kamloops are no strangers to threats to their safety in the past few years.
'Unfair and flawed': Tribunal orders ICBC to pay after it cancels victim's treatment
July 21, 2025 - 7:00 PM
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A BC woman left in chronic pain following a car crash has had to resort to taking ICBC to a Tribunal to get the provincially-owned insurance company to cover $4,700 of chiropractic and massage therapy bills.
Penticton food truck owner caught with $10,000 of fentanyl
June 24, 2025 - 7:00 PM

Despite being caught with $10,000 worth of fentanyl and other illicit drugs, a 57-year-old Penticton food truck owner says she's turned her life around enough she shouldn't go to jail.
Kamloops police looking for information after BMW carjacking
November 28, 2023 - 8:00 AM

A man was robbed of his 2008 BMW at gunpoint in Kamloops at about 10:30 p.m. yesterday, Nov. 27.
The Kelowna to Naramata road that never was
June 04, 2023 - 8:00 AM
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There has been talk for decades about a second crossing of Okanagan Lake with a bypass highway around West Kelowna and Kelowna.
In 1959 this Kelowna man proved Volkswagens really can float
November 20, 2022 - 7:02 AM
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If Doug Mervyn says a car can float, it’s best to take him at his word.
iN VIDEO: Did predatory bird lead to deaths of dozens of Bohemian waxwings in Kamloops?
March 02, 2022 - 6:00 PM

A Kamloops man came across a strange sight on Tuesday, finding numerous dead birds downtown as he headed home from work.
Rash of racist notes, vandalism in Kamloops, Okanagan 'not surprising' in these times: Professor
October 08, 2020 - 7:00 AM

CONTENT ADVISORY: Unedited photos at the bottom of this story show racist and homophobic graffiti
Okanagan mayors lament weekend spike in visitors
April 13, 2020 - 7:00 PM

An influx of visitors was noticeable in several Okanagan and Similkameen tourist towns over the Easter long weekend, and it has local mayors wondering why people aren’t staying home.
B.C. RCMP identify driver of infamous sedan with snowmobile the roof
January 09, 2020 - 3:00 PM

The mystery surrounding the driver of the sedan with a snowmobile on the roof has been solved thanks to a Kelowna man who caught the license plate on his dash cam.
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New $1.2M renovation lets beverage makers experiment in Penticton
Drink makers are going to be able to head to the newly renovated lab at Okanagan College's Penticton campus to work on innovative beverages. Okanagan College has spent $1.2 million to renovate its Beverage Technology Access Centre with

Penticton 'potio' weed lounge going strong despite stifling regulations
A cozy, clean patio with picnic tables where Penticton’s potheads can gather outside a dispensary to get stoned is a surprisingly rare space. As of February 2024 cannabis shops in BC could have outdoor lounges for people to smoke, but

Rent slowly getting cheaper in Kelowna as condo stock increases
Rent prices are slowly but steadily trending downwards in Kelowna, and the huge volume of condos might help speed up that descent into affordability. Kelowna’s average asking price to rent a one-bedroom apartment is $1,953, down 1.3 p

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