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BC teacher with a history of touching female students barred for 1 year
June 15, 2025 - 7:00 PM

A retired BC teacher with a history of touching students has been barred from applying to become a teacher again for a year.
Family sue after 84-year-old BC woman leaves $1M estate to male escort
June 14, 2025 - 6:00 AM

An 84-year-old Vancouver woman, who left her $1-million estate to a male escort 54 years her junior, will see the courts decide whether he gets the money.
iN VIDEO: Quail family goes for a stroll in sunny Penticton
June 12, 2025 - 7:00 PM

What appears to be two quail parents with a brood of busy chicks were caught going for a stroll on a Penticton city sidewalk on a sunny day in June.
Vernon man wins $630,000 playing a lottery slot online
May 30, 2025 - 2:20 PM

A Vernon man was bored while waiting for his friend to arrive so he decided to play a lottery slot online.
Penticton MLA kicked out of budget hearing at legislature has no regrets
May 21, 2025 - 7:00 PM

Amelia Boultbee says she's slightly embarrassed about being kicked out of a hearing in the provincial legislature last week but makes no apologies for standing up to an NDP Minister who she claims is running a ministry that is failing children across British Columbia.
First Nations blockade Trans-Canada bridge in Sicamous claiming broken promises
May 12, 2025 - 11:41 AM
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Splatsin First Nation said broken promises to include Indigenous workers in the project to rebuild the bridge in Sicamous are why the bridge has been blockaded Monday.
Liberal Stephen Fuhr has small lead as vote count resumes in Kelowna riding
April 29, 2025 - 10:14 AM

Poll workers have resumed counting votes again in the Kelowna riding with Liberal Stephen Fuhr sitting on a narrow lead.
Suspension for BC teacher who tried to get student fired
April 26, 2025 - 7:00 PM

A BC teacher, who tried to get a student who'd complained him fired from her job, has been suspended for five days.
'No longer silenced': Vernon hockey coach jailed for historic sexual assault on teen
April 24, 2025 - 4:47 PM

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Kamloops and Kelowna firefighters wrestle with increasing 'nuisance' fires at homeless campsites
April 10, 2025 - 6:00 AM

Firefighters are putting out more and more fires at homeless encampments in Kamloops and the Okanagan, but it's not clear how to curb the problem.
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iN DISCUSSION: ‘Discriminatory’ religions shouldn’t get tax exemptions
This is where cold facts yield to the hottest of takes. Here you'll find reader responses to stories and newsletter editorials, or letters to the editor for the week of June 9. They may have been edited slightly for readability. The opi

iN NUMBERS: Beer, wine and spirits in Kamloops, Okanagan
Everyone loves to go on about how great the wine is in the Okanagan, but good ol’ beer and liquor is too often overlooked. Here are some numbers for wine, beer and spirits in Kamloops and the Okanagan: 8,830: Acres of viney

Talks in Pennsylvania are at crunch time over a budget, legalizing marijuana and taxing skill games
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and state lawmakers are getting down to crunch time, with big questions still outstanding about how to balance the Democrat's spending request. A push is also on to make Pennsy

Kelowna strata management firm fined $15K for not doing any managing
A Kelowna strata management company is on the hook $15,000 after it failed to do anything for a property it was managing. According to a June 2 BC Financial Services Authority decision, property manager Robert Tomislav Zivkovic provided &qu

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