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iN PHOTOS: This is what moving day looks like at Kelowna’s tent city
July 12, 2023 - 7:00 AM

How would you like it if you were told to pack up all your worldly possessions and move them for a day every two weeks then set them all up again?
Kelowna’s new bus station to cost more than $100 million
February 06, 2023 - 6:00 AM
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Better transit is seen as a key response to booming populations instead of building more or bigger roads to make room for more polluting cars but that comes with huge price tags including more than $100 million for a new bus garage.
‘Beautiful smile, strong back’: Dedicated Falkland volunteer remembered
July 09, 2021 - 10:53 AM

A dedicated volunteer with the Shuswap Emergency Program in Falkland is being remembered.
Dealings with security guards at Kamloops homeless storage facility usually cordial
March 27, 2021 - 6:30 AM

Members of Kamloops’ homeless population say their interactions with security guards around a city storage facility for the homeless on West Victoria Street are generally cordial — though some in uniform could stand to be more considerate and personable.
Bear euthanized at Okanagan trailer park after getting into garbage
October 09, 2020 - 4:29 PM

A bear has been destroyed this week after it became accustomed to rifling through garbage in a Lake Country trailer park.
'It made my stomach turn:' Escort recalls visit to Silver Creek property
January 26, 2018 - 6:30 PM

SILVER CREEK - It was close to midnight on a rural, back country road last September when Jennifer’s driver realized where they were going — and he didn't want to go any farther.
Footprints in snow lead to stolen truck, sleds and three arrests in West Kelowna
February 10, 2016 - 1:11 PM

WEST KELOWNA - Staff at a ski club were able to follow fresh tracks in the snow which led them, and police, to thousands of dollars worth of stolen property last weekend.
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THOMPSON: Department of War name change comes with hefty bill for American taxpayers
OPINION Last month, President Donald Trump decided he liked the sound of Department of War a lot more than Department of Defense. It was - like so many Trump impulses - a move that did little to change reality other t

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

Why Okanagan cannabis shops aren't dominating the black market
Law abiding cannabis companies in the Okanagan deal with the government taking its piece of the pie at every turn, while trying to compete with a black market that's still going strong. Cannabis in B.C. gets taxed at several points betw

The story behind the Shuswap's familiar and historic Trickle Inn
A large, charming white house with green trim has been a familiar site for people travelling through the Shuswap for decades. Perched on side of the Trans-Canada Highway in Tappen, the house was a family home for the Carlin family for sever

Local News Kelowna and Area

iN PHOTOS: This is what moving day looks like at Kelowna’s tent city

Kelowna’s new bus station to cost more than $100 million

‘Beautiful smile, strong back’: Dedicated Falkland volunteer remembered

Dealings with security guards at Kamloops homeless storage facility usually cordial

Bear euthanized at Okanagan trailer park after getting into garbage

'It made my stomach turn:' Escort recalls visit to Silver Creek property

Footprints in snow lead to stolen truck, sleds and three arrests in West Kelowna

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