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Activists appeal to West Kelowna to cancel controversial MAGA singer's show
July 29, 2025 - 11:00 AM

Advocacy Canada is pushing back against the City of West Kelowna’s decision to allow an American singer to come play a show.
Innovative Kamloops gallery fosters creative art while tackling toxic drug crisis
July 12, 2025 - 2:30 PM

Hidden behind an unassuming glass façade on Kamloops North Shore is an art gallery full of popping colour and creativity with a relaxing ambiance that feels like home.
Kamloops elder, leader devotes life to reclaiming traditional knowledge
May 20, 2025 - 6:00 AM

Colleen Seymour is a respected and influential elder in her Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc community in Kamloops who has dedicated her life to uplifting Indigenous education, health and reconciliation.
iN PHOTOS: Okanagan landscape artists inspired by where they live
February 26, 2025 - 6:00 AM

The Okanagan offers so much beautiful scenery it's no wonder that landscape paintings are in demand.
A refugee painter’s journey from Kyiv to Kelowna
February 24, 2025 - 7:00 AM

Artist Stefania Miroshnichenko was getting ready to start a new illustration project in Kyiv when the war in Ukraine started on Feb. 24, 2022, and now she’s finding her place in Kelowna’s art scene.
Vernon musician charged in fatal pedestrian collision
February 20, 2025 - 6:00 AM
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A Vernon musician has been charged in relation to a fatal pedestrian collision which killed a much-loved Splatsin First Nation elder on Canada Day 2023.
Penticton brewery hosting memorial for beloved Kevin the Goose
April 04, 2024 - 11:29 AM
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People can raise a glass to Kevin the Goose at a memorial and fundraiser in Penticton this weekend.
Fine art programs no more at Thompson Rivers University
January 30, 2024 - 9:00 AM

Aspiring artists must look elsewhere now that Thompson Rivers University has put an end to its programs.
A case of bad apples, or a rotten orchard? A look at migrant labour in BC
September 03, 2023 - 3:30 PM
Denise Allan can't make final trip to Kelowna to seek missing son
July 27, 2023 - 6:00 AM

Many people are familiar with the story of Charles Horvath Allan who disappeared from a campsite in Kelowna in 1989 when he was twenty-years-old, and his mother Denise Horvath Allan’s relentless search for answers.
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New $1.2M renovation lets beverage makers experiment in Penticton
Drink makers are going to be able to head to the newly renovated lab at Okanagan College's Penticton campus to work on innovative beverages. Okanagan College has spent $1.2 million to renovate its Beverage Technology Access Centre with

Penticton 'potio' weed lounge going strong despite stifling regulations
A cozy, clean patio with picnic tables where Penticton’s potheads can gather outside a dispensary to get stoned is a surprisingly rare space. As of February 2024 cannabis shops in BC could have outdoor lounges for people to smoke, but

Rent slowly getting cheaper in Kelowna as condo stock increases
Rent prices are slowly but steadily trending downwards in Kelowna, and the huge volume of condos might help speed up that descent into affordability. Kelowna’s average asking price to rent a one-bedroom apartment is $1,953, down 1.3 p

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