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iN VIDEO: Kamloops company gets funding for eco-friendly concrete creation
March 21, 2025 - 6:00 AM

A Kamloops company turning recycled glass into a cement ingredient was awarded $4.6M in federal government funding for a pilot project earlier this month.
Rx for laughter: Kelowna doctor delves into health-care humour
January 12, 2025 - 6:00 PM

Having surgery is no laughing matter, unless you happen to share an operating room with Dr. David Goldberg.
Shuswap man sues because his driveway is the wrong colour
August 18, 2024 - 7:00 PM
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A Shuswap man who wanted "light black" concrete for his new sidewalk has taken legal action against the contractor, arguing the cement poured was the wrong colour.
Inquest jury urges review detention policies after man died in Kamloops RCMP custody
August 08, 2024 - 6:00 PM

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Kelowna bus hits light post injuring passengers
July 31, 2024 - 10:47 AM
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A Kelowna city transit bus hit a light pole while carrying travellers, yesterday, and injured some passengers on board.
Two killed in sports car crash at Area 27 private racetrack in Oliver
June 06, 2024 - 4:18 PM
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Two people were killed in a crash on the Area 27 luxury motorsports club racetrack in Oliver on Wednesday.
Concerns swirl about heaps of milled asphalt at Neskonlith Indian Band near Chase
May 30, 2024 - 6:00 PM

Neskonlith Indian Band members say they have been experiencing headaches and dizziness after piles of recycled highway asphalt were spread over roads and dumped in mounds in their community.
Dangerous driver nabbed in Kamloops after fleeing under train and into river
March 05, 2024 - 8:08 AM
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A man fled police down an embankment, under a stationary train then into the Thompson River near Mission Flats in Kamloops late last week, only to be arrested when he climbed back out.
Horses: An industrial revolution for Thompson-Okanagan First Nations
January 21, 2024 - 6:00 AM

Mechanization transformed the European world and launched the Industrial Revolution in the mid 1700s.
Construction on first post-wildfire home underway in Lytton
December 20, 2023 - 12:00 PM

Work has started on the first build of a new home in Lytton since a devastating wildfire more than two years ago.
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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 March 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jone

$145,000 fine for Kelowna orchardist previously involved in tractor death
A Kelowna company that grows, processes and exports cherries was fined last year following a fatal tractor incident has again been fined after a tractor driver was seriously injured. According to a recently published Feb. 6 WorkSafeBC

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

Okanagan’s first ‘net-zero’ home is insulated with hemp
In an effort to make construction more sustainable a Kelowna developer has built a home insulated with hemp. The 5-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom, 2,430 square foot home at 278 Summer Wood Drive in the Echo Ridge development in Kelowna meets the pro

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