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iN PHOTOS: Kamloops photographer captures owl coughing up pellet, eating its prey
February 14, 2025 - 6:00 AM

A Kamloops wildlife photographer didn’t realize she had captured the exact moment a northern pygmy owl coughed up a pellet until reviewing her photographs after the recent photo shoot.
Pet food banks scramble to meet increasing need in Kamloops, Okanagan
February 05, 2025 - 6:00 AM

Inflating costs of food are putting a strain on pet food banks in Kamloops and the Okanagan, where the number of pet owners in need have increased exponentially over the past year.
Beyond the gravestones: Stories wanted about those interred at historic Kamloops cemetery
February 01, 2025 - 6:00 AM

Anyone with connections to the Pleasant Street Cemetery in Kamloops is invited to contribute stories of their loved ones buried there or of the cemetery itself as part of a commemoration of the cemetery’s 125 years.
Kamloops wildlife photographer makes rare find
January 30, 2025 - 6:00 AM

Kamloops wildlife photographer Doug Giles is known for his stunning photography and has snapped photos of a variety of owls over the years, but earlier this week he photographed a species he hadn’t seen before.
iN PHOTOS: Watch your pets, coyote mating season arrives in Okanagan, Kamloops
January 20, 2025 - 6:00 AM

Coyotes are the most numerous wild dog species in B.C. and they're well adapted to living in and around urban areas in Kamloops and the Okanagan.
How Trump tariff threat and foreign buyers ban impacts Okanagan real estate market
January 16, 2025 - 6:00 AM
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American tariff threats are already impacting the Canadian economy, and the foreign buyer ban means the real estate market will look different than it did the last time the loonie dropped so low compared to the U.S. dollar.
Last of 43 German shepherds seized from unfit breeder adopted: BC SPCA
January 03, 2025 - 6:00 PM

The last dog in a large group German shepherds seized by the BC SPCA this past summer has been adopted into her forever home.
Penticton fraudster convinced everyone she had cancer — including her husband
December 18, 2024 - 7:00 AM

WHILE ON PROBATION FOR FRAUD, SHE FOUND PLENTY OF NEW VICTIMS IN THE OKANAGAN.
Penticton woman charged with fraud in $60,000 meat scam
December 10, 2024 - 7:00 AM

A Penticton woman who once spent six months in prison, after she lied about having cancer and pulled in thousands of dollars in fundraising, has been arrested in Ontario and charged with fraud over a meat scam.
Municipal budget season means a preview of tax hikes in Kamloops, Okanagan
December 06, 2024 - 6:00 PM

It’s municipal budget season so Kamloops and cities around the Okanagan have begun releasing property tax increase proposals.
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JONESIE: Booing the American anthem is understandable, but the wrong strategy
OPINION Well that wasn’t very Canadian, was it? In Montreal, they booed the Americans and the American anthem at the Four Nations hockey tournament. That’s of particularly poor taste to invite guests into your own

'No rationale': BC pub fined $7,000 for customer drinking beer in its bowling alley
A BC pub has been fined $7,000 after a customer took a beer from the bar to its bowling alley. According to a Jan. 16 BC Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch decision, the Victoria bar argued the rule was difficult to manage because custom

France targets traffickers and recreational drug users as minister warns of a 'tsunami of cocaine'
PARIS (AP) — “Every day, people pay the price for the drugs you buy.” Amid record cocaine seizures and deadly shootings, the slogan is simple and aims to raise awareness among France’s millions of recreational drug u

Kelowna rental property manager gets licence cancelled
The managing broker of a Kelowna property management company whose clients complained they hadn't gotten their money has been suspended. According to a Feb. 10 BC Financial Services Authority decision, Tao Guo, who goes by Terry Guo, ha

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