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The living are being asked to weigh in on what happens with the dead in Kamloops
August 13, 2020 - 6:00 AM

Kamloops cemeteries are running out of room and the city is calling on the living to decide how to manage their final resting grounds.
Green Bay residents in West Kelowna working overtime to hold back flood water
June 02, 2017 - 3:04 PM

WEST KELOWNA - Residents of Green Bay in West Kelowna are working together to keep flood water away from their homes.
FLOOD WATCH 2017 VIDEO: Green Bay residents fighting high water could use some help
May 11, 2017 - 8:08 PM

WEST KELOWNA - Flooding is no longer only a concern for residents near creeks and streams, it's now a present emergency for all residents on Okanagan Lake and that means every home in Green Bay.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of March 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones

Kelowna distillery to pay former employee $60,000 in unpaid wages
A Kelowna distillery failed in its bid to overturn a ruling that would have it pay more than $60,000 to a former employee in unpaid overtime. Forbidden Spirits appealed the decision last year, but it didn't have enough evidence to convi

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

West Kelowna, Kamloops fall behind BC government's 'unrealistic' housing targets
Both West Kelowna and Kamloops are failing to meet the province's housing targets, and politicians at the Okanagan city are frustrated. West Kelowna built 64 net new housing units over the past six months, and the BC government expects

The living are being asked to weigh in on what happens with the dead in Kamloops