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iN VIDEO: Duck hunter at Kamloops's McArthur Island Park lands a meal
February 24, 2021 - 3:10 PM

A hungry lynx caught a meal at McArthur Island Park when it surprised a group of ducks in a parking lot.
Was CERB responsible for a drop in the Okanagan crime rate during 2020?
February 10, 2021 - 7:00 AM

Was the Canada Emergency Response Payment responsible for a drop in the crime rate during 2020?
More affordable housing and CERB behind dramatic decline in Vernon crime rate
February 04, 2021 - 10:35 AM

The number of RCMP files concerning Vernon's street entrenched population dropped by more than 50 per cent last year thanks to additional housing says one Vernon organization.
What it costs to get elected (and not elected) in Thompson and Okanagan ridings
February 03, 2021 - 12:30 PM

B.C. Green Party candidates were, for the most part, the second biggest spenders in Thompson and Okanagan ridings in the 2020 provincial election, but the best they could do was finish third in all seven ridings.
Hunter fined nearly $5,000 for poaching bull moose in Okanagan
January 15, 2021 - 4:46 PM

A hunter has been fined $4,900 after he was caught in West Kelowna with the carcass of a bull moose he shot out of season.
Vernon RCMP call in Search and Rescue four times since 2021 started
January 09, 2021 - 3:35 PM

Venturing out into the wilderness isn't something to be done without some planning — a fact a growing number of North Okanagan residents can attest to.
People in backcountry appear to be closer to cougars due to pandemic
January 02, 2021 - 10:35 AM

A UBC Okanagan researcher noticed that while tracking cougars in Southern B.C., cougars and residents appeared to be in closer proximity to one-another as B.C. Parks were closed due to the pandemic.
‘They are jeopardizing our lives’: Okanagan chief calls for change after clashes with conservation officers
December 24, 2020 - 2:30 PM

An Okanagan chief says it’s time for B.C. conservation officers to stop harassing his people, as a member of the community deals with the aftermath of allegedly being arrested while exercising his Indigenous hunting rights.
B.C. Interior wild turkeys: A delight, a nuisance and 'phenomenal eating'
December 20, 2020 - 8:00 AM

If you have turkey at Christmas, you probably got it at the supermarket, but in Castlegar, if you’re not careful, the turkeys just might find you.
North Okanagan artist weaves together wolf sculpture from hundreds of pieces of hand-cut metal
December 12, 2020 - 4:34 PM

An Armstrong artist has weaved hundred of pieces of hand-cut steel fur in the shapes of wolves to create Thompson Rivers University’s latest public art installation celebrating the institution’s 50th anniversary.
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JONESIE: TNRD spending isn't the real issue
OPINION Nice to see shock and a swift reaction in Kamloops when residents learned how their hard-earned money was being spent by staff at the Thompson-Nicola Regional District. If you tuned it out because those

Weekend Recipe: Make it a schnitzel night
Schnitzel is a serious crowd favourite and bound to light up the faces of your eaters this weekend. It's even fun to say: shhhhh-nit-zzzel. Anyone raised in a German household is very familiar with this delicious dish. Basically it is a

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