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Concerns swirl about heaps of milled asphalt at Neskonlith Indian Band near Chase
May 30, 2024 - 6:00 PM

Neskonlith Indian Band members say they have been experiencing headaches and dizziness after piles of recycled highway asphalt were spread over roads and dumped in mounds in their community.
‘Fire is medicine’: WFN company utilizes prescribed burns to mitigate wildfire risks
April 24, 2024 - 4:35 PM

As wildfires worsen across the province, cikilaxwm (prescribed fire) is gaining more traction as a way to mitigate blazes before they begin, say experts at Westbank First Nation’s forest and resource management company.
How some Thompson-Okanagan communities strive to keep costs, taxes under control
January 14, 2024 - 7:00 AM

In a year where many BC municipalities are bringing in shockingly high tax increases, some have been working for years to find ways to to avoid steep hikes.
Highway 3 was BC’s first trans-provincial highway despite reverting back to nature
October 31, 2023 - 6:00 AM
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Back in the earliest days of BC’s European history there were intense territorial battles between the U.S. and British governments trying to reap the benefits of dozens of gold mines in the province.
iN VIDEO: How 'Canada's biggest water system' took Vernon from cattle to fruit
April 30, 2023 - 8:00 AM

It was mostly foreign land barons who transformed the Coldstream/Vernon area from cattle and hay to fruit in the early part of the 20th Century.
Kelowna realtor all smiles after $86M deal, and there’s more coming
March 01, 2022 - 6:30 AM
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It’s not every day that a Kelowna realtor concludes a deal for $86.5 million.
Empty grocery store shelves temporary as truckers rerouted around closed B.C. highways
November 18, 2021 - 10:06 AM

Truckers are being rerouted to bring food to grocery store shelves in B.C. as companies grapple with closures of major highways from the Lower Mainland.
Penticton Indian Band member honoured through Remembrance Day Sentry program
October 29, 2021 - 8:00 PM

sw?wikist (Corporal Justin George) has been chosen to form part of the vigil for this year’s Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa, alongside five other “outstanding Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members.”
'Sunshine Tax' and EI making it tough to find workers in Okanagan
June 29, 2021 - 8:00 AM

As the Okanagan recovers from the doldrums of the COVID-19 pandemic the long-standing struggle to attract workers is getting worse.
Growing piles of roadside garbage in Penticton linked to overnight campers
June 15, 2021 - 7:30 AM

Increasing amounts of highway garbage could be a growing secondary issue rising from homeless campers as more and more people find themselves living out of RVs in today’s strained housing market.
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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 first week of March 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones

Avoiding American? Tips to source local produce in Kamloops, Okanagan
Some shoppers in Kamloops and the Okanagan are researching and sourcing Canadian products in the wake of U.S. president Donald Trump’s tariffs. “Now is a perfect time to focus on local food systems, and I think people want to kn

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

Kelowna rental property manager gets licence cancelled
The managing broker of a Kelowna property management company whose clients complained they hadn't gotten their money has been suspended. According to a Feb. 10 BC Financial Services Authority decision, Tao Guo, who goes by Terry Guo, ha

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