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8-year-old Kelowna actor plays reality TV star Honey Boo Boo in biopic
May 17, 2025 - 4:00 AM

Some kids take karate lessons after school, play hockey on the weekends or take music lessons, but 8-year-old Vale Cooper from Kelowna finds herself in Hallmark movies or in her latest role as reality TV icon Honey Boo Boo.
BC Conservatives attack MLA Tara Armstrong and fellow Independents
May 16, 2025 - 7:00 PM

The BC Conservatives are out for Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream MLA Tara Armstrong and two other MLAs formerly on their team for not joining their effort to bring down the NDP.
Conservative MP pushing for a stay of execution for flock of ostriches in Kootenays
May 16, 2025 - 10:10 AM

Vernon-Lake Country-Monashee Conservative MP Scott Anderson is officially pushing for a stay of execution for 400 ostriches in West Kootenay.
Kelowna considers future without RCMP as it weighs municipal police transition
May 16, 2025 - 6:00 AM

Kelowna now hosts the country's largest RCMP detachment after Surrey's move away from the national police force, but the city is now exploring its options and considering whether to follow suit.
iN PHOTOS: Bold captures of people in action in Kamloops, Okanagan
May 16, 2025 - 4:00 AM

It has been a busy spring in Kamloops and the Okanagan with so many sports events, festivals and concerts to check out, and some amazing photographers captured bits of the action.
iN NUMBERS: Building permit values plummet in Kamloops, steady in Okanagan
May 15, 2025 - 6:00 PM

It’s easy to end up in a panic about the housing crisis, especially if you only talk about it with relatives at the dinner table who get their numbers from X.com. Here are some of the latest numbers on building permit values, let’s see how they affect your blood pressure.
RCMP make arrest in late night shooting in Vernon
May 15, 2025 - 4:39 PM

An assault led to a shooting in Vernon Wednesday night, and police have a suspect in custody.
Three searches, one arrest in Tk'emlups pot shop raids
May 15, 2025 - 4:36 PM

Cops seized illegal cigarettes and cannabis in three raids this week on the Tk'emlups reserve.
Kelowna man fined $13,000 for hunting bighorn ram
May 15, 2025 - 3:41 PM

A Kelowna man has been fined and temporarily banned from hunting after he lied about where he killed a bighorn ram.
Summerland high school teacher charged with voyeurism
May 15, 2025 - 1:00 PM

A Summerland secondary school teacher has been charged with voyeurism.
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iN DISCUSSION: Hot takes on cold facts
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 May 12. They may have been edited slightly for readability. Th

Why it's so hard to find locally grown celery in Okanagan, Kamloops
Celery is crunchy, delicious and a main staple in kitchens all over the world, but it’s particularly difficult for Thompson-Okanagan residents to source locally. In response to President Donald Trump’s trade tariff threats, Vern

Pennsylvania House advances bill legalizing recreational marijuana
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvanians 21 or older would be allowed to legally purchase and use marijuana under a bill that passed the state House on Wednesday, the first time a recreational cannabis proposal has been approved by either legi

Property management company fined twice for ignoring asbestos issue at same Vernon building
A BC property management company, fined $9,000 for failing to deal with asbestos dust when it ripped up vinyl flooring at a Vernon property, has been stung with a further $18,000 fine when inspectors following up found it still flouting the rules

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