Local News Penticton, South Okanagan & Similkameen Areas

Search/Filter Results

What to do for Truth and Reconciliation Day in Kamloops, Okanagan
September 29, 2025 - 6:00 PM

You might be treating Truth and Reconciliation Day as just another statutory holiday, but there are events all around Kamloops and the Okanagan to help remind folks that it’s about remembering the ongoing effects of colonization and Canada’s imperialist history.
Fake nurse pleads guilty to fraud, assault after botched Botox injections
September 29, 2025 - 4:37 PM

A Kamloops woman who told people she was a nurse and delivered Botox injections at parties pleaded guilty today to criminal charges laid after she botched some of the injections.
Stormy days ahead could improve air quality in Kamloops, Okanagan
September 29, 2025 - 2:33 PM

After a hot, dry summer, the start of fall is forecast to be cool and wet this week with some intermittent rain from Kamloops all the way through the Okanagan Valley this week.
Kelowna council conduct complaints are none of your business
September 29, 2025 - 6:00 AM

Kelowna city councillors are complaining about poor conduct behind the scenes, but the investigations aren't for public viewing.
iN NUMBERS: Let's talk gas prices in Okanagan, Kamloops
September 29, 2025 - 5:00 AM
iNwheels

The carbon tax has been gone for months and lots of people are feeling the savings, so let’s reminisce about the best topic of small talk when you run out of things to say to an acquaintance: gas prices.
iN PHOTOS: September silhouettes captured in Kamloops, Okanagan
September 29, 2025 - 4:00 AM

September was filled with lingering sunsets in Kamloops and the Okanagan as summer faded, and some of that beauty has been caught on camera in the form of silhouettes.
Why a lake seen on flight to Kelowna is an unusual bright yellow
September 28, 2025 - 4:00 AM

Kelowna resident Jasmine Korcok saw a bright yellow lake in the mountains on a commercial flight from Vancouver to Kelowna last month and was able to snap a clear photo of it.
Six months of outstanding Kamloops parking fines nears $80,000
September 27, 2025 - 4:00 AM
iNwheels

The City of Kamloops has a parking problem, but it's not a lack of spaces.
Municipal politicians may face suspensions as province floats new conduct rules
September 26, 2025 - 7:00 PM

New rules to manage or punish municipal politicians won't come until next year, but the province is already floating some options including possible suspensions.
Judge delays verdict on Kamloops mayor's defamation claim
September 26, 2025 - 4:00 PM

Lawyers for the mayor of Kamloops and a city councillor argued their cases in a defamation lawsuit in court this week, but the judge has reserved her decision.
More ...

THOMPSON: Censorship, capitulation nothing new in American entertainment industry
OPINION Earlier this month, ABC - one of America’s major television networks - folded like a cheap suit when President Trump’s Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr threatened: “I m

Why some bars and most breweries close early in downtown Kelowna
It’s 10:30 p.m. and the night feels young inside one of Kelowna’s charming breweries, but your hope of painting the town red is dashed by last call. That’s a pretty common experience for folks who aren’t familiar wit

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

Kamloops lobby group says new housing rules lack rental protections
A Kamloops lobby group is calling on city hall to protect renters amid plans to densify urban neighbourhoods. New City of Kamloops plans "don't go far enough" to prioritize renters displaced by redevelopment, according to a Tr

Local News Penticton, South Okanagan & Similkameen Areas

Kamloops

Kelowna

Penticton

Vernon