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Manhattan Point homeowners vow to fight Kelowna in court over future parks designation
March 27, 2024 - 7:49 AM
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Property owners on what amounts to a private beach on Okanagan Lake say it’s illegal for the city to designate their properties for future parks and they will take all legal steps possible to stop them.
Sicamous to take another look at connecting to Shuswap-North Okanagan rail trail
March 23, 2024 - 4:30 PM

A second public hearing will be held in Sicamous on April 10 to consider changes that will allow part of the Shuswap-North Okanagan Rail Trail to be built in that community.
iN PHOTOS: Paddle-wheeler 'Wanda Sue' sets sights on return to South Thompson River
July 22, 2023 - 6:00 AM

It’s been nearly 20 years since the Wanda Sue stopped cruising on the South Thompson River out of Kamloops.
Okanagan Lake property owners choosing to build higher, more flood-resistant docks
June 20, 2020 - 6:00 PM

There have been some changes to dock construction on Okanagan Lake in the years since the big flood of 2017.
Why Kamloops is missing out on the industrial boom that’s taking the Okanagan by storm
February 07, 2020 - 7:00 AM

A shortage of large tracts of vacant industrial land in Kamloops means that city is not getting the new industrial growth that’s flooding into the Okanagan.
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iN PHOTOS: Six delicious berries growing in Okanagan, Kamloops
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Kootenay woman upset by deer cull sues realtor for 'misleading' her about neighbourhood
An Invermere woman who attempted to sue her real estate agent because she didn't like her neighbours or the fact that the town was culling deer has been ordered to pay special costs because of her behaviour over the seven years of litigation.

Manhattan Point homeowners vow to fight Kelowna in court over future parks designation