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Kamloops left behind in delayed $10-a-day daycare program
September 11, 2025 - 7:00 PM

A Kamloops city councillor said families are being left behind as BC lags in its $10-a-day childcare program.
New $1.2M renovation lets beverage makers experiment in Penticton
September 10, 2025 - 7:00 PM
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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.
$65,000 donation to help UBCO with research on wildfire monitoring cameras
September 10, 2025 - 4:30 PM

The UBC Okanagan’s research program to monitor wildfires with cameras just got a $65,000 donation.
Penticton walk-in clinic helping to reshape healthcare delivery
September 02, 2025 - 12:00 PM

The Colleen Schneider Medical Centre in Penticton officially opened its doors this summer — and it’s already being hailed as a model that could reshape how primary healthcare is delivered across British Columbia and Canada.
Interior Health responds to critics, says cardiac care in Kamloops remains strong
August 15, 2025 - 6:00 AM

Critics are taking aim at Interior Health again for its staffing at Royal Inland Hospital, this time for cardiac care.
Passage to allow salmon back into Okanagan Lake opening next week
August 14, 2025 - 12:15 PM

For the past century salmon have had a nearly impossible time getting into Okanagan Lake, but that’s going to change next week.
Kelowna worker dodged piece of crane that fell 29-storeys by seconds
August 08, 2025 - 6:00 AM

Dust and debris scattered as far as 22 metres when a piece of a crane fell from the top of a Kelowna tower in 2021.
Kamloops Sixties Scoop survivor finally finds family roots at age 70
August 04, 2025 - 6:00 AM

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Minister says demand doesn't justify specialized scanner at future Kamloops cancer centre
July 25, 2025 - 5:30 PM

The need for a specialized scanner to detect cancer cells isn't high enough to include it within the new Kamloops Cancer Centre.
Kamloops politicians not giving up fight for specialized scanner for cancer patients
July 23, 2025 - 5:30 PM

If the province won't budge on its refusal to add a specialized scanner to the long-awaited Kamloops cancer centre, local politicians want it somewhere else in the city.
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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

Okanagan appraisal firm wins trademark dispute with rival company
An Okanagan real estate appraisal company has won the right to trademark its name despite opposition from a rival firm. According to an Aug. 6 Canadian Intellectual Property Office decision, Okanagan Appraisals had been granted the right to

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