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Randy Bachman and BTO getting ready to rock Penticton
November 01, 2024 - 12:20 PM

Bachman Turner-Overdrive is hitting the road for the Back in Overdrive Tour 2025 and there will be stops in BC including Penticton.
iN PHOTOS: A peek inside Kamloops yarn shop, BC's only wool mill
November 01, 2024 - 7:00 AM

Tucked into an industrial park on the outskirts of Kamloops is a small mill filling a big gap in a growing vintage market.
Steep fine for Kelowna pub that sold teen a can of stout
November 01, 2024 - 6:00 AM

A Kelowna brewpub has been fined $7,000 for serving a 17-year-old a can of stout.
Thompson-Okanagan has lowest employment rate in B.C.
October 31, 2024 - 6:00 PM

The Thompson-Okanagan region has the lowest employment rate in the province, and unemployment is back up to where it was during the pandemic.
RCMP take down Canada’s biggest drug ‘superlab’ in North Okanagan
October 31, 2024 - 4:03 PM

BC RCMP dismantled the largest and most sophisticated drug superlab in the country in the North Okanagan.
OKIB staff met with weed police months before raid
October 31, 2024 - 8:00 AM
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A recent bust of unlicensed pot stores on the Okanagan Indian Band's Green Mile appears to have been spearheaded by the Band itself, which invited the province's pot police for a meeting earlier this summer.
Interior Health fined $274,000 after Penticton hospital staff exposed to illicit drugs
October 31, 2024 - 7:00 AM

The Interior Health Authority has been fined $274,000 after two workers fell ill after entering a room where a patient was using illicit drugs.
iN PHOTOS: Jack-o-lanterns glowing bright in Kamloops, Okanagan
October 31, 2024 - 6:00 AM

Many residents in Kamloops and the Okanagan have gone to work carving pumpkins for Halloween and come up with some creative designs.
Hotel next to Kelowna airport heads to city council for height approval
October 30, 2024 - 6:00 PM

The Kelowna International Airport’s master plan includes a hotel, but the lodging for weary travellers needs to get past a regulatory hurdle first.
Meet the Kamloops man who cares for birds of prey, the creepiest of crawlies
October 30, 2024 - 7:00 AM

Jamie Pearce has been flying birds of prey for audiences at the BC Wildlife Park in Kamloops for over six years in demonstrations that bring awareness of the beauty and importance of different raptor species in the local ecosystem.
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JONESIE: The lessons of free-range children long forgotten
OPINION When we were kids, we knew every inch of our neighbourhood. We ran around town till ten minutes before mom got home, which on weekends was often 2 a.m. Bad news for us when she got home early. We knew every vacant lot,

MATCHMAKING SERVICE: Young Agrarians hook up wannabe farmers with land in Okanagan
An organization that matches young, aspiring farmers to landholders has noticed fewer people are investing in orchards and vineyards in the Okanagan following the industry’s challenges this year. Young Agrarians is a national organiza

Growers and processors selected through a lottery for Kentucky's start-up medical cannabis program
Kentucky's start-up medical cannabis program should be positioned to ramp up quickly, but having products available for some patients at the outset will be a challenge, Gov. Andy Beshear says. Beshear's administration took a big ste

Kelowna trailer park residents face 'demoviction' from their affordable homes
Walking into Central Mobile Home Park in Kelowna you see well kept yards, towering evergreen trees, people walking their dogs and chatting with neighbours. The community of mostly seniors is slated to razed to make space for redevelopment but the

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