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New outdoor dining rules proposed for downtown Kelowna on Bernard
April 22, 2021 - 5:30 PM

“Fantastic!”
Penticton council votes to close controversial homeless shelter
April 20, 2021 - 2:15 PM

Penticton city council continued its dispute with the B.C. housing ministry over its desire to close the winter homeless shelter today, voting today to shutter the facility.
Syilx mother shaken after learning RCMP, social worker searched home without her knowledge
April 02, 2021 - 12:46 PM

When Lauren Marchand found out that an RCMP officer and a social worker had banged on her door, entered her home and searched it — without her knowledge or consent — she started crying.
Kamloops and other Okanagan cities facing the looming iceberg costs of development
March 19, 2021 - 6:00 AM

It’s been a well-known fact in planning circles for decades that sprawl development is not good for cities.
Kelowna has learned the 'iceberg' lesson of sprawling development
March 02, 2021 - 6:00 PM

For decades, the City of Kelowna embraced growth almost anywhere in the city because it brought in big bucks from developers for things like roads, sewers and parks.
This could mark the end of new single-family subdivisions in Kelowna
February 28, 2021 - 9:00 AM

Despite a huge increase in demand and prices for single-family homes in Kelowna over the last few months, city staff want council to say no to a major new subdivision.
Kelowna’s new police chief supports decriminalization of drugs
February 22, 2021 - 6:00 PM

In her first public report to Kelowna city council, RCMP Supt. Kara Triance was forthright when asked by Coun. Loyal Wooldridge for her opinion on decriminalization of illicit drugs.
Time to move beyond COVID-19 and fix long-term care in B.C.: advocacy group
February 18, 2021 - 6:00 PM

COVID-19 may have highlighted the failings of B.C.’s long-term care system but the problems were there long before the pandemic hit a year ago.
North Okanagan takes step closer to creation of new park
January 05, 2021 - 7:30 AM

The Regional District of North Okanagan is one step closer to turning the Coldstream Ranchlands Park into an official park.
Civil liberties groups side with Vernon councillor's push to lift ban on religious gatherings
December 18, 2020 - 3:41 PM

A Vernon city councillor's motion put forward in an effort to overturn the provincial health order banning religious gatherings likely has the support of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association that says the restrictions may be an infringement of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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ONE YEAR LATER: Memories of Snowbird crash fresh in minds of Kamloops residents
Residents of a Kamloops neighbourhood are still grappling with the fallout from a Canadian Snowbird plummeting from the sky and crashing through the peace of their everyday lives. An obvious reminder of the May 17, 2020 crash that killed Ca

New Okanagan-produced fermented coffee drink hits the shelves
We have definitely become a drink culture with so many delicious options available now — with and without alcohol. Virgin bevvies have become better than ever with the arrival of kombucha and chilled coffee products swerving into the super

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