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Kelowna strip club owner awarded $90K after being sucker punched
April 18, 2023 - 7:31 AM

Former Kelowna mayoral candidate and strip club owner David Joseph Habib has been awarded $89,000 after he was punched in his own nightclub four years ago.
Evacuation alerts for Allie Lake wildfire
May 26, 2018 - 11:35 AM

KAMLOOPS - Wildfire poses an immediate threat to people and property in the Allie Lake area.
Guichon Creek rising forces Lower Nicola locals to evacuate
May 06, 2018 - 3:16 PM

Today evacuation orders and alerts are abound in the Lower Nicola region.
Evacuation alerts for properties threatened by the Elephant Hill wildfire
September 17, 2017 - 3:03 PM

KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District has issued evacuation alerts because the Elephant Hill Wildfire continues to threaten people and property.
Body of unidentified man camping near Revelstoke found by sightseers
September 12, 2016 - 11:45 AM

REVELSTOKE - Police are looking for help identifying a man whose body was found in a wooded area along the Trans Canada near Revelstoke over two weeks ago.
Police looking for your help to find a missing Kelowna woman
May 21, 2016 - 1:37 PM

KELOWNA - RCMP are asking for the public’s assistance to find a missing Kelowna woman.
Evacuation alert issued in Adams West wildfire
July 21, 2015 - 4:59 PM

VAVENBY - An evacuation alert has been issued for six properties because of a 15-hectare wildfire burning north of Adams Lake.
UPDATE: Firefighters gain ground on Lytton wildfire
June 14, 2015 - 9:30 AM

UPDATED 10:11 A.M., JUNE 13
UPDATE: Spatsum Creek wildfire grows, evacuations ordered
May 13, 2013 - 7:43 AM

UPDATE: 2:43 p.m. May 13, 2013
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Kelowna distillery to pay former employee $60,000 in unpaid wages
A Kelowna distillery failed in its bid to overturn a ruling that would have it pay more than $60,000 to a former employee in unpaid overtime. Forbidden Spirits appealed the decision last year, but it didn't have enough evidence to convi

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

West Kelowna, Kamloops fall behind BC government's 'unrealistic' housing targets
Both West Kelowna and Kamloops are failing to meet the province's housing targets, and politicians at the Okanagan city are frustrated. West Kelowna built 64 net new housing units over the past six months, and the BC government expects

Local News Kamloops, Merritt and Areas

Kelowna strip club owner awarded $90K after being sucker punched

Evacuation alerts for Allie Lake wildfire

Guichon Creek rising forces Lower Nicola locals to evacuate

Evacuation alerts for properties threatened by the Elephant Hill wildfire

Body of unidentified man camping near Revelstoke found by sightseers

Police looking for your help to find a missing Kelowna woman

Evacuation alert issued in Adams West wildfire

UPDATE: Firefighters gain ground on Lytton wildfire

UPDATE: Spatsum Creek wildfire grows, evacuations ordered

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