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Vernon RCMP ask for public’s help to find missing woman
April 10, 2025 - 10:25 AM

Vernon North Okanagan RCMP are asking for help to find a missing person.
RCMP investigate threat to TRU campus in Kamloops
April 10, 2025 - 8:36 AM

Police are going to be on the Thompson Rivers University campus this week and through the weekend after someone made a threat.
Kamloops and Kelowna firefighters wrestle with increasing 'nuisance' fires at homeless campsites
April 10, 2025 - 6:00 AM

Firefighters are putting out more and more fires at homeless encampments in Kamloops and the Okanagan, but it's not clear how to curb the problem.
Reward offered after severed coyote paw found in trap in South Okanagan
April 10, 2025 - 4:00 AM

A severed coyote paw was found in a trap in Osoyoos two months ago and witness accounts of a three-pawed coyote at large prompted a wildlife charity to post a reward for information.
UBCO, TRU study finds cannabis use helps in recovery from hard drugs
April 09, 2025 - 7:00 PM
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A new study from UBC Okanagan and Thompson Rivers University has found that cannabis use can offer benefits to people undergoing treatment for substance use.
Kamloops councillors look to capitalize on BC's new involuntary care
April 09, 2025 - 6:00 PM

Two Kamloops city councillors want the province to remember the Interior as new involuntary care facilities open up.
Rent prices in Kelowna and Kamloops trending down
April 09, 2025 - 4:30 PM
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Rent prices in Kelowna and Kamloops are on their way down, but renters might not be noticing quite yet.
Ontario man wanted for sexual assault arrested in Kelowna
April 09, 2025 - 11:21 AM

A 36-year-old Ontario man was arrested in Kelowna last week and sent back east to face a sexual assault charge.
Enderby drive-in movie theatre the last of its kind in BC
April 09, 2025 - 6:00 AM
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Enderby's Starlight Drive-in theatre is now the last remaining standalone drive-in cinema in the province.
iN PHOTOS: Blossoming magnolias in Kamloops, Okanagan
April 09, 2025 - 4:00 AM

Parts of Kamloops and the Okanagan turned Pretty in Pink over the past few days as magnolia trees blossomed in yards and gardens with fragrant, large blooms.
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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 second week of April 2025. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jone

No fine for Kelowna brewery that sold beer to undercover minor
A Kelowna brewery successfully avoided a fine for selling beer to an undercover minor, but it did fire the employee. The province's liquor regulator decided against handing down a $7,000 fine after an 18-year-old bought a six-pack from

UBCO, TRU study finds cannabis use helps in recovery from hard drugs
A new study from UBC Okanagan and Thompson Rivers University has found that cannabis use can offer benefits to people undergoing treatment for substance use. People living in a residential recovery facility were given supervised amounts of

Rent prices in Kelowna and Kamloops trending down
Rent prices in Kelowna and Kamloops are on their way down, but renters might not be noticing quite yet. The cost to rent a one-bedroom apartment in Kelowna has gone down 4.7 per cent in the last year, while Kamloops has seen a two per cent

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