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iN VIDEO: Northern lights shimmer, dance over Kelowna
June 02, 2025 - 7:00 PM

The northern lights were shimmering over BC in the wee hours over the weekend, and professional Kelowna photographer Roman Bartos captured a stunning time lapse video of the celestial event.
A brief history of the tugboats that worked on Okanagan Lake
June 02, 2025 - 6:00 AM

At one time Okanagan Lake was a bustling transportation route with boats and ferries of all shapes and sizes moving passengers and freight up and down the lake.
iN NUMBERS: How buskers are regulated in Okanagan, Kamloops
June 02, 2025 - 5:00 AM

The weather is getting nice enough in the Okanagan and Kamloops for buskers to hit the streets. If you're thinking of grabbing your guitar and a hat to earn some extra cash, depending on which city you live in you may need a permit.
iN VIDEO: Noisy nutcrackers break silence in Penticton backyard oasis
May 31, 2025 - 4:00 AM

Penticton couple Jacqueline and Randy McDonald identify and document the numerous species of birds that stop at their backyard oasis throughout the year, and it is a long list.
Senior verbally, physically attacked while cleaning up near Penticton homeless camp
May 30, 2025 - 12:00 PM

A Penticton senior, recognized and appreciated for his long-standing efforts to pick up trash and remove invasive weeds along the Penticton Channel Parkway, was verbally attacked Wednesday by three homeless individuals from a controversial encampment. This incident occurred just two weeks after he was physically assaulted by another person from the same site.
Interior Health region now has access to cutting-edge cancer scanning tech
May 29, 2025 - 7:00 PM

A new and improved method for detecting, tracking and treating prostate cancer is going to be easier to access for people in the Interior Health region as it rolls out in Kelowna.
Plan for electric passenger train from Osoyoos to Kamloops still alive
May 28, 2025 - 3:00 PM
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The dream of a Thompson-Okanagan passenger train is still alive for a UBC Okanagan professor.
Top ten reasons to get our newsletter
May 28, 2025 - 12:00 PM

Top Ten Reasons to get our newsletter
Young Penticton murder suspect breaches bail conditions once again
May 28, 2025 - 11:30 AM

A young offender facing a second-degree murder charge in the 2021 death of Penticton’s Taig Savage is back in custody after breaching bail conditions for the second time in recent days.
South Okanagan’s historic Adra Tunnel officially open
May 28, 2025 - 11:00 AM
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The Adra Tunnel is open to the public after years of work restoring the historic piece of the Kettle Valley Rail Trail.
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iN DISCUSSION: Hot takes on cold facts
This is where cold facts yield to the hottest of takes. Here you'll find reader responses to stories and newsletter editorials, or letters to the editor for the week of June 2. They may have been edited slightly for readability. The opi

iN VIDEO: Kamloops forager uses dandelions to make mead
Dandelions are considered a weed by some and are prevalent in backyards everywhere, but Kamloops forager is finding a useful purpose for them. Marshall Krasser has a gallon jug with dandelion flowers, yeast and honey fermenting under a sink

North Thompson woman refused home insurance over cannabis plants loses human rights case
A North Thompson woman has lost a legal battle against more than a dozen insurance companies after she was refused coverage because she grew medical cannabis on her property. According to a May 2 BC Human Rights Tribunal decision, form

Leaky sewage system nets another fine for South Okanagan development
A South Okanagan developer was hit with another fine for its leaky sewage system, this time for $158,000. The sewage system was recently taken over by the regional district, but that didn't stop the province from handing down its third

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