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Uncommunicative Vernon contractor loses after suing another customer
August 26, 2025 - 4:00 AM

A Vernon contractor hired to fix an air conditioner has failed in its attempt to sue the client after a tribunal ruled that its lack of communication was a breach of the contract.
West Kelowna wants to continue building despite legacy cost overruns
December 06, 2023 - 7:30 AM

West Kelowna has a sad history of cost escalations when it comes to big building projects.
BC’s first trans-provincial highway stalled before it reached the Okanagan
June 11, 2023 - 6:00 AM
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Before there was the Cariboo Wagon Road to Barkerville, the BC government started building a road to the Okanagan after gold was discovered in Rock Creek in 1859.
BC couple awarded $4,500 after bizarre noise coming from neighbour's condo
May 18, 2023 - 7:00 PM

A BC man is on the hook for $4,500 after his downstairs neighbours took him to the small claims court over a bizarre tapping noise coming from his apartment.
Authorities investigating unsafe, shuttered Kamloops apartment
October 28, 2022 - 7:00 AM
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The Residential Tenancy Branch's compliance and enforcement team is investigating the landlord of a shuttered Kamloops building.
Derelict apartment shuttered by Kamloops fire department leaving residents scrambling
October 21, 2022 - 2:30 PM
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Dion Livingstone used to help manage a men's housing facility in downtown Kamloops. Now the building's condemned and the tenants, legal and otherwise, may have to fend for themselves.
TNRD approves vaccine policy for elected officials
February 04, 2022 - 6:30 PM

Board members at the Thompson Nicola Regional District will now be required to be vaccinated in order to attend meetings.
Restoration workers in Kamloops brace for emergency calls approaching with warmer weather
January 05, 2022 - 7:00 PM

With the summer forest fires, Interior flooding and a recent cold snap, restoration workers are still busy with more pipes likely to burst as the weather in the Thompson-Okanagan warms over the weekend.
Arson ruled out as cause of Kamloops elementary school fire
September 10, 2019 - 10:07 AM

KAMLOOPS - RCMP have determined the cause of a Kamloops elementary school fire was not due to criminal activity.
New road contractor fails to make a clean sweep of Okanagan roads
June 18, 2019 - 11:30 AM

PENTICTON - It's been a rough start for the Okanagan’s new road maintenance contractor as efforts to clean extra-dirty roads have fallen short of goals.
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THOMPSON: Don't speak ill of the dead; speak the truth
OPINION I’ve always heard folks say, “Don’t speak ill of the dead.” Presumably, the reasoning is that they’re no longer here to defend their comments or actions. Sorry, but sometimes we h

New $1.2M renovation lets beverage makers experiment in Penticton
Drink makers are going to be able to head to the newly renovated lab at Okanagan College's Penticton campus to work on innovative beverages. Okanagan College has spent $1.2 million to renovate its Beverage Technology Access Centre with

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

Okanagan appraisal firm wins trademark dispute with rival company
An Okanagan real estate appraisal company has won the right to trademark its name despite opposition from a rival firm. According to an Aug. 6 Canadian Intellectual Property Office decision, Okanagan Appraisals had been granted the right to

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