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Heavy industrial land under siege in boomtown Kelowna
October 17, 2017 - 4:34 PM

KELOWNA - New visitors to Kelowna are often surprised to see a large-scale industrial operation — the Tolko lumber mill — sitting right beside the picturesque downtown core.
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THOMPSON: Junk drawers: No method to my indefensible organizational madness
OPINION Maybe everyone has that drawer, you know, the one where you stick things because you don’t know where else to put it. I hope - for your sake - you don’t have what I have, multiple drawers. I

Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

Advocacy group calls on Vancouver to 'embrace' cannabis tourism after 4-20 'debacle'
VANCOUVER - The head of a B.C. cannabis growers group says the City of Vancouver's choice to discourage instead of sanction a marijuana celebration over the weekend was a costly "missed opportunity." The BC Craft Farmers Co-Op

Tranquille developer blames province after multiple ALC denials
The province's Agricultural Land Commission has heard multiple pleas from the owner of a historic Kamloops property who wants to build an agricultural suburb on the massive site. Each time Ignition Developments goes to the commission, i

The Latest | Tent compound rises in southern Gaza as Israel prepares for Rafah offensive
Satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press appear to show a new compound of tents being built near Khan Younis i
April 23, 2024 10:44 AM
The Latest | Pecker says he wanted to keep tabloid's agreement with Trump 'as quiet as possible'
NEW YORK (AP) — Veteran tabloid publisher David Pecker returned to the witness stand in Donald Trump’s hush money trial
April 23, 2024 10:33 AM
Baby lives after stroller hit and dragged by vehicle in Squamish
SQUAMISH, B.C. - A baby in a stroller survived being struck and dragged for two blocks while it was lodged in the fr
April 23, 2024 10:30 AM
'Historic' law recognizing Haida Aboriginal title introduced in B.C. legislature
VICTORIA - The B.C. government says legislation formally recognizing the Haida Nation's Aboriginal title over th
April 23, 2024 9:00 AM
UBCO not releasing engineering reports for downtown excavation that caused evacuation
UBC won't make public the engineering reports for the construction site in downtown Kelowna that caused the evac
April 23, 2024 7:00 AM

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