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Electric skateboarding is a crime in BC but enforcement in Kelowna is inconsistent
September 12, 2025 - 6:00 AM
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Zipping through the streets on an e-bike or an e-scooter has become the norm in the Okanagan and Kamloops, but it’s a crime to ride an electric skateboard of any variety on the road in B.C.
BC man ticketed for having no insurance on uninsurable vehicle wins retrial
August 30, 2025 - 12:00 PM
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A BC man who was convicted for not having insurance on his one-wheel electric skateboard, even though he can't get it insured, has won a retrial after it emerged that the judicial justice who issued him the fine had been hit by skateboards and was biased.
iN VIDEO: Lake Country wiener dog wakesurfs on Wood Lake
July 20, 2025 - 5:00 AM

A little pup named Timbit went wakesurfing for the first time on the Okanagan’s Wood Lake over the weekend, decked out in a tiny orange lifejacket.
BC LNG worker awarded $2,000 after company forced drug test
April 18, 2025 - 12:00 PM

A painter who slipped and twisted his ankle while working at the LNG project in Kitimat has been awarded $2,000 after suspicious managers ordered him to have a drug and alcohol test.
iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
July 23, 2024 - 12:00 PM

Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the fourth week of July 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability.
iN PHOTOS: Longboards and street luges racing down Knox Mountain in Kelowna
June 01, 2024 - 3:30 PM

After a rainy start to the day longboarders and street luge riders burned urethane racing at high speeds down Knox Mountain in Kelowna.
Kelowna RCMP ask for help to find missing homeless man
December 20, 2023 - 2:15 PM

RCMP are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing 38-year-old homeless man in Kelowna.
iN PHOTOS: World-class longboarders have a blast in South Okanagan
July 06, 2023 - 11:30 AM

Over 200 longboarders from around the world gathered in Summerland for what was the first Giant’s Head Freeride in five years.
What to do for Canada Day in Okanagan, Kamloops
June 29, 2023 - 7:00 AM

Parks in Kamloops and the Okanagan will be packed with events this Canada Day long weekend as communities celebrate.
Kamloops Mountie hit in head with skateboard
June 23, 2023 - 10:18 AM

A Kamloops RCMP officer was assaulted by a youth at a North Shore bus exchange last night.
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iN DISCUSSION: How we like them apples
This is where cold facts yield to the hottest of takes. Here you'll find reader responses to stories, letters to the editor and newsletter editorials, or letters to the editor for the week. They may have been edited slightly for readability.

New $1.2M renovation lets beverage makers experiment in Penticton
Drink makers are going to be able to head to the newly renovated lab at Okanagan College's Penticton campus to work on innovative beverages. Okanagan College has spent $1.2 million to renovate its Beverage Technology Access Centre with

Penticton 'potio' weed lounge going strong despite stifling regulations
A cozy, clean patio with picnic tables where Penticton’s potheads can gather outside a dispensary to get stoned is a surprisingly rare space. As of February 2024 cannabis shops in BC could have outdoor lounges for people to smoke, but

Okanagan appraisal firm wins trademark dispute with rival company
An Okanagan real estate appraisal company has won the right to trademark its name despite opposition from a rival firm. According to an Aug. 6 Canadian Intellectual Property Office decision, Okanagan Appraisals had been granted the right to

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