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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
December 31, 2024 - 12:00 PM

Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the last week of December 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability.
'I touched its bum hairs': A Kamloops resident's surprise bear encounter
November 26, 2024 - 6:00 AM
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A Kamloops resident is still rattled after a close encounter with a bear in her garage, but she also sees the humour in the frightful incident.
BC movers that damaged furniture sue customer for $3,000 but lose
September 22, 2024 - 12:00 PM

A BC moving company that tried to sue a customer over a $3,200 unpaid bill have been ordered to cough up after a Tribunal found it had overcharged and caused $2,000 of damage.
UPDATE: Residents across from the big hole UBCO dug in downtown Kelowna have to evacuate their building
March 31, 2024 - 1:30 PM
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There was a meeting today for residents of an apartment building across from the site of the new UBC Okanagan tower, where residents heard the news that they will have to vacate their homes.
BC United leader outlines party's direction at Kelowna town hall
February 08, 2024 - 12:30 PM

BC United leader Kevin Falcon hosted a town hall in Kelowna last night and established a direction for the party as it head towards the provincial election.
Two structure fires this morning in Kelowna
February 03, 2024 - 12:45 PM

There were two structure fires in Kelowna this morning, neither fire resulted in injury.
Will it ever be safe to go home after Okanagan and Shuswap wildfires?
January 02, 2024 - 6:00 AM
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Hundreds of homes were destroyed by the McDougall Creek wildfire in and around West Kelowna and the Bush Creek East Wildfire in the Shuswap last summer. But hundreds more homes were damaged, even if just by smoke drifting in through open windows.
The Block is drawing workers back to the office in Kelowna but slowly
December 31, 2023 - 6:00 PM

Kelowna’s newest office tower, The Block, is almost finished and while spaces haven’t been snapped up nearly as fast as the builders would have liked, they are optimistic it will be a huge success in the long run.
For 18-year-old syilx basketball star, sports and mental health intersect
November 20, 2023 - 1:55 PM

Just down the road from where sk’ik’aycin Peter Waardenburg Jr. grew up is one of his favourite safe spaces — the Westbank First Nation’s (WFN) basketball court.
Students are swapping test tubes for animal hides in West Kelowna
November 18, 2023 - 7:00 AM

Mount Boucherie High School in West Kelowna has added a new and unusual science course to its curriculum that will teach survival skills to students like tanning animal hides and and preserving food.
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THOMPSON: Reflections on friendship with the start of the new year
OPINION The recent passing of one year into the next is a natural time to remember friends…Auld Lang Syne…thoughts of days gone by. Of course, the word “friend” is open to interpretation.

First stand-alone Taco Bell in BC opens in Vernon
Whether it’s for a quick lunch or a much needed late night burrito after an evening at the bar, folks in Vernon now have the option to visit Taco Bell. The city’s first Taco Bell, and one of the only ones in the B.C. Interior ha

Authorities suspect gang members involved in 7 killings at marijuana grow
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say they suspect gang members of Laotian descent were involved in the 2020 shooting deaths of seven people at an illegal marijuana growing operation in a small, rural Southern California town. Rive

Buddhist monastery along Kettle River in Boundary Country listed for $3M
A Buddhist monastery along the Kettle River in the Boundary region has hit the real estate market for $3,000,000. The property at 6055 Kettle River Forestry Service Road in the Christian Valley area near Westbridge has multiple homes,

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