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iN VIDEO: Sneak peak of documentary on Shuswap wildfire
March 10, 2024 - 3:30 PM

A production company in Kamloops has released a teaser trailer for a documentary on the wildfire that destroyed several communities in the Shuswap last summer.
WorkSafeBC refuses to release Kelowna crane collapse report but still making changes
February 22, 2024 - 6:00 PM

Even though the RCMP has finally wrapped up its investigation into the 2021 fatal Kelowna crane collapse, WorkSafeBC won’t release its own report on the tragedy.
'Not a silver bullet solution': Kelowna council concerned with new housing plan
February 05, 2024 - 4:56 PM
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Kelowna city council expressed concerns around BC Housing's Middle Income Housing Partnership plan, which proposes leasing city-owned land to developers at a low price in order to create more affordable homes for middle-income residents.
Charity hockey tournament in Kelowna features former Canuck
February 04, 2024 - 4:30 PM

A charity hockey tournament in Kelowna is pairing amateur players with NHL pros to support youth homelessness prevention.
Central Okanagan mayors not happy with exclusion from premier's expert task force
October 25, 2023 - 7:29 AM

While being too polite to openly complain about not being part of the Premier’s Expert Task Force on Emergencies, Central Okanagan politicians are demanding to have their say about devastating wildfires in the region last summer.
BC lawyer suspended for working both sides of real estate deal
October 03, 2023 - 6:00 PM

A BC lawyer was suspended for six weeks by the BC Law Society after he worked both sides of a real estate deal.
How Lake Country plans to double its housing stock
August 28, 2023 - 6:00 AM
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Lake Country was the fastest growing community in the Okanagan over the 2016-21 census period and shows no signs of slowing down.
Three-quarters of Lake Country building permits more than a year old
August 16, 2023 - 7:30 AM
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Lake Country is a beautiful Okanagan community of about 18,000 souls flanked by Okanagan, Wood and Kalamalka lakes.
Penticton mayor looking to dent city’s crime within a year
August 02, 2023 - 6:00 AM

By two key measures, Penticton is the crime capital of the Thompson-Okanagan region and ranks near the worst community for crime in BC.
How a deadly slide in Kelowna saved homes in a wildfire a decade later
July 09, 2023 - 12:30 PM

The death of Charlie Philpott and his family in a tragic 1990 slide east of Kelowna changed how people responded to emergencies throughout the Central Okanagan.
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THOMPSON: Calling balls and strikes on both sides of the US-Canada border
OPINION “Play!” That’s what we say to start a baseball game. By we, I mean umpires. We never say, “Play ball!”…what you hear in movies about the game. A fine distinction, perhaps,

Kelowna winery says accountant took almost a half-million dollars
The owners of a Kelowna winery and golf course allege their former controller took nearly $450,000 in just 30 months on the job. The Turton Group, which owns The View winery as well as Orchard Greens golf course and a rental business, is su

Copenhagen’s hippie oasis wants to rebuild without its illegal hashish market
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The now-aging hippies who took over a derelict naval base in Copenhagen more than 50 years ago and turned it into a freewheeling community known as Christiania want to boot out criminals who control the community&

B.C. home sales slide almost 10 per cent in March despite mortgage rate drop
VANCOUVER - Home sales in British Columbia fell by almost 10 per cent in March compared with the same period last year, in a slowdown an analyst says could be buyers waiting for lower interest rates. The B.C. Real Estate Association says th

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