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TIMELINE: How COVID changed our lives over the past three years
January 28, 2023 - 6:00 PM

The COVID-19 pandemic has now passed the three year mark.
COVID-19: A timeline of the pandemic and how it changed our lives over the past two years
January 21, 2022 - 6:00 AM

As of today, Jan. 21, it has been two years since Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Minister of Health Adrian Dix held their first joint COVID-19 briefing.
Evacuees from Merritt feeling the strain on emergency management system in Kamloops
November 30, 2021 - 6:30 AM

Jude Norberg and her husband are two of many Merritt residents who had their lives turned upside down when the Coldwater River flooded the town on Nov. 15, and they are still waiting to go home.
Proposed gravel pit near Kelowna gets unanimous thumbs down from regional district directors
June 10, 2021 - 2:30 PM

Central Okanagan regional district politicians have slammed a proposed gravel pit in the Joe Rich area, east of Kelowna.
One year on, the COVID Meal Train stays on track in Kamloops
April 03, 2021 - 6:30 AM

After a year of filling the food insecurity gap, the COVID Meal Train in Kamloops is still full steam ahead.
It's 3/11 again: We’ve now lived through a full year of the COVID-19 pandemic
March 11, 2021 - 3:18 PM

Everyone remembers 9/11, that day on Sept. 11, 2001 when planes flew into the World Trade Centre in New York, killing close to 3,000 people and starting the War on Terror.
COVID-19: A timeline of the pandemic and how it changed our lives over the past year
January 21, 2021 - 7:00 PM

As of today, Jan. 21, it has been one year since Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Minister of Health Adrian Dix held their first joint COVID-19 briefing.
Merritt meal delivery service under fire for not consulting with restaurants
October 22, 2020 - 7:30 AM
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A Merritt restaurant owner is asking the public to avoid ordering from an online delivery service that offers their food despite never agreeing to sign up for it.
Costco launches same-day delivery shopping service across Canada
July 31, 2020 - 3:46 PM

Costco has expanded its home delivery options to serve non-members and now same-day delivery.
Organizer behind unique meal train program for homeless hopes to make it a permanent Kamloops fixture
July 18, 2020 - 6:00 AM

For more three months, an impromptu meal service for homeless people in Kamloops has relied on the generosity of the community to keep running.
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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 January 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jo

$5M in provincial funding to protect Okanagan’s tree fruit from extreme weather
The Okanagan tree fruit industry was hit hard by extreme weather last year and the provincial government is providing $5 million to help orchardists prepare for future extreme cold weather events. The $5 million Tree Fruit Climate Resilienc

UBCO researchers determine how many tokes from a joint equal a bong hit
Seven years after Canada legalized cannabis there is still no reliable way for aspiring stoners to find out the effects of different methods for getting high, and University of British Columbia Okanagan scientists are trying to fix that. Re

Kamloops mayor says 'deportations' could risk housing market
Kamloops is one of many BC cities badly squeezed for housing, but its mayor suggested too much supply in the rental pool could collapse the real estate market. Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson made the surprising suggestion that impending "dep

Local News Kelowna and Area

TIMELINE: How COVID changed our lives over the past three years

COVID-19: A timeline of the pandemic and how it changed our lives over the past two years

Evacuees from Merritt feeling the strain on emergency management system in Kamloops

Proposed gravel pit near Kelowna gets unanimous thumbs down from regional district directors

One year on, the COVID Meal Train stays on track in Kamloops

It's 3/11 again: We’ve now lived through a full year of the COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19: A timeline of the pandemic and how it changed our lives over the past year

Merritt meal delivery service under fire for not consulting with restaurants

Costco launches same-day delivery shopping service across Canada

Organizer behind unique meal train program for homeless hopes to make it a permanent Kamloops fixture

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