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Keep your skills up to par this winter with Kamloops' newest golf simulator
November 30, 2024 - 2:30 PM

A new indoor golf simulator is coming to Kamloops this weekend just in time to cure the winter blues and give adults something to do during the bleak months.
Penticton business takes a swing at virtual golf
November 03, 2023 - 7:00 AM

If all goes as planned, Okanagan Virtual Golf will open its doors this weekend on Saturday Nov. 4, on 310 Main Street, Penticton.
Kamloops kid heads to world junior championship for second time
July 05, 2023 - 4:30 PM

An eight-year-old golfer from Kamloops is on his way to San Diego today to compete in the IMG Academy World Junior Championship.
Having $20,000 of cocaine in condo nets Kelowna man five years jail
June 22, 2023 - 7:00 PM

A Kelowna man who began dealing drugs when he was a teenager will spend five years behind bars after police found roughly $20,000 of cocaine, along with fentanyl and $15,000 cash in his apartment.
Kelowna city council says no to urban sprawl but loses out on major public park
August 25, 2021 - 8:27 AM

A tie vote by Kelowna city council late last night defeated a proposal from a developer to gift a 250-acre park to the city.
Kelowna needs to rethink a massive new park as a gift from a developer, group says
August 05, 2021 - 6:00 PM

The City of Kelowna has a chance to get 246 acres of parkland in the McKinley area of the city but a group of concerned citizens wants them to put the brakes on it because the trade-off is more urban sprawl.
Fighting for four days in Sun Peaks
February 14, 2014 - 11:33 AM

KAMLOOPS — School District 73 trustees agreed to a two-week spring break for all schools except Sun Peaks Elementary earlier this month and parents of children attending the ski hill school want to keep it that way.
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April 01, 2013 - 1:30 PM

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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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