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AI images creating unrealistic demands on Okanagan nail artist
March 25, 2025 - 7:00 AM

Artificial intelligence is quickly creeping into all facets of society and having an effect on small businesses, including a designer nail studio in the Okanagan.
How the remaining federal candidates in Kamloops, Okanagan will be chosen
March 25, 2025 - 6:00 AM

There are still some candidate slots left to be filled in federal ridings in the Thompson and the Okanagan regions, but how those names end up on the ballot is a question most people don’t consider.
More than $400,000 owed to Kamloops, Okanagan companies amid The Bay's liquidation
March 24, 2025 - 7:00 PM

As Hudson's Bay liquidates the merchandise in nearly all its stores, several Kamloops and Okanagan businesses are left with unpaid bills from the retailer that's older than Canada itself.
WHL rivalry between Penticton and Kelowna starts before teams hit the ice
March 24, 2025 - 6:00 PM

The Penticton Vees and Kelowna Rockets are set to be an entertaining rivalry now that both teams are in the Western Hockey League as of next season.
Osoyoos Indian Band ex-employee wins over $150K after protracted, unfair replacement
March 23, 2025 - 7:00 PM

A former Osoyoos Indian Band employee took the First Nation to court after it replaced her while on leave, then refused to tell her about it.
iN NUMBERS: Kelowna’s North End Plan price tag is $385M
March 23, 2025 - 2:00 PM

Buried in a Kelowna city council meeting under a mountain of jargon and five-dollar words is an important plan for the future of city’s north end of downtown.
Why some Kelowna streets still have gravel shoulders
March 23, 2025 - 4:00 AM
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If you have ever wondered why downtown Kelowna has so many gravel shoulders and thought it was because the city is too cheap or lazy to pave them you’d be wrong. Those gravel shoulders are part of the drainage system, a relic from before this was the fastest growing city in the country.
BC teacher suspended after 'relentless' and 'inappropriate' messages to students
March 22, 2025 - 7:00 PM

A BC teacher has been banned from the classroom for five years after he was caught messaging four female students in a manner that "approached grooming."
'Unprovoked' West Kelowna stabbing of friend earns 20-month jail sentence
March 22, 2025 - 4:00 AM

A night of drinking and using drugs at a friend's West Kelowna home suddenly went sideways when Danny Blanchard took a filleting knife to his friend in the kitchen.
Kelowna director's film makes the local big screen
March 21, 2025 - 6:00 PM

A Kelowna director's movie, The Island Between Tides, is making its way to BC theatres this spring.
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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 fourth week of March 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jone

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

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