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Okanagan College’s new health sciences centre will help provide much needed health-care staff
October 01, 2021 - 7:00 PM

The Kelowna campus of the Okanagan College opened the highly anticipated health sciences building this fall.
BCSPCA offers up an idea to pamper your four-legged friend
July 24, 2021 - 11:00 AM

Need a massage? So, according to the BCSPCA, does your pooch.
Penticton charity puts homeless man and his dog on the road
May 11, 2021 - 5:30 PM

A Penticton homeless man and his dog are back on the road and in good health after an outpouring of charity from Penticton and area residents.
Kelowna MLA, Liberal health critic made false claims about COVID-19
April 30, 2021 - 7:00 AM

The B.C. Liberal Health critic — Kelowna-Mission MLA Renee Merrifield — is under fire for making dubious claims and suggestions about COVID-19 to the media amid a global pandemic.
B.C. massage therapist fined for using phone during treatment
February 16, 2021 - 12:09 PM

A Prince George massage therapist has been ordered to pay $4,500 and suspended from practicing for 10 days for playing Sudoku and Mahjong on his cell phone while giving clients massages.
Arsonist 'ashamed' after hearing impact of crime on Salmon Arm 7-11 employee
July 14, 2020 - 5:00 PM

A Kamloops man who crashed into a Salmon Arm 7/11 and set it ablaze in 2018 listened to the lasting impacts his actions had on store employees and patrons.
No jail time for Vernon physiotherapist 'fails to grasp' harm of sexual assault: law prof
July 10, 2020 - 6:30 PM

A sentence of house arrest recently given to a Vernon physiotherapist guilty of sexually assaulting multiple victims while they were his patients is "deeply concerning," says a prominent B.C. law professor.
B.C. loosening social distancing measures in move towards new normal
May 06, 2020 - 4:06 PM

By mid-May you will get to carefully “double your bubble.”
How anxiety and OCD are complicated by the pandemic
May 04, 2020 - 6:30 AM

As a child, Pierre Frigon was always afraid that there was a ghost in his house. He would obsessively check each room for an hour before he went to bed, or else he wouldn’t be able to sleep.
TRU supports COVID-19 fight with donations and dozens of early graduations for medical students
April 10, 2020 - 5:00 AM

At a time of shortages in food, medical supplies and front line workers, a Kamloops university has donated supplies, groceries and manpower to ease the effects of COVID-19.
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Ruby the cat was found at kilometre 13 on Lac du Bois Road near Kamloops after being missing for 36 days.

House cat survives 36 days lost in backcountry near Kamloops

A Kamloops house cat was found last week in the backcountry around Lac du Bois Road near the city after being missing for 36 days. The calico cat called Ruby, was turned into the SPCA shelter weighing only two pounds after its ordeal, but w

A pumpkin patch in a garden in Kamloops.

When to pick those pumpkins as nights get colder in Kamloops, Okanagan

Pumpkins are reaching maturity and turning orange in many backyards in Kamloops and the Okanagan as Halloween approaches but with reports of frosty nights coming, some residents are wondering if they should pull their pumpkins off the vine early.

Local News Penticton, South Okanagan & Similkameen Areas

Okanagan College’s new health sciences centre will help provide much needed health-care staff

BCSPCA offers up an idea to pamper your four-legged friend

Penticton charity puts homeless man and his dog on the road

Kelowna MLA, Liberal health critic made false claims about COVID-19

B.C. massage therapist fined for using phone during treatment

Arsonist 'ashamed' after hearing impact of crime on Salmon Arm 7-11 employee

No jail time for Vernon physiotherapist 'fails to grasp' harm of sexual assault: law prof

B.C. loosening social distancing measures in move towards new normal

How anxiety and OCD are complicated by the pandemic

TRU supports COVID-19 fight with donations and dozens of early graduations for medical students

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