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Huge development that could double Peachland's population picking up steam
April 25, 2021 - 4:02 PM

A massive housing, commercial and educational development is gearing up to start building as many as 2,800 homes on the northern end of Peachland.
Work from home? New office towers in Kamloops, Kelowna defy the pandemic trend
December 14, 2020 - 6:00 AM

Construction of the 23-storey Landmark 7 office tower in Kelowna hasn’t slowed because of COVID-19.
It’s not just COVID making life miserable for long term care residents
November 04, 2020 - 6:30 AM

There has been such a focus of late on the declining health of residents isolated in long term care homes because of COVID-19 that it’s easy to lose sight of the trauma for residents that have been living there for years.
IHA and local municipalities work to keep COVID-19 away from the street-entrenched
April 23, 2020 - 5:17 PM

One of the most overlooked populations is now in focus as citizens and officials ask: How do we make sure the homeless population doesn’t contract and carry COVID-19?
Vancouver man awarded $200,000 damages after ex hit social media with 'spite and animosity'
January 02, 2020 - 6:00 AM

Heads up, all jilted lovers thinking of taking to social media for a little revenge — instead of the last laugh, you might be handing over your last dollar.
Residents of low-income RV park in limbo as eviction looms
October 26, 2017 - 2:47 PM

KELOWNA - A swirl of uncertainty surrounds the future for the eight residents of an illegal East Kelowna RV park who are in limbo, facing imminent eviction.
B.C. Lottery Corp. misses mandatory review on some web, casino games
October 04, 2016 - 9:30 AM

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Lottery Corp. launched some Internet games and casino projects without performing a mandatory review that included assessing a game's impact on problem gambling, an internal audit shows.
Why the bridge to nowhere in Penticton is actually going somewhere
September 04, 2015 - 4:30 PM

PENTICTON - It’s being called a “bridge to nowhere” by some on social media, but developers building the Satikw Bridge at Green Avenue on the Penticton river channel say that’s an unfair label for a project which has taken two decades to come to fruition.
ELECTION 2015: Getting to know Jacqui Gingras, North Okanagan-Shuswap NDP candidate
August 24, 2015 - 2:30 PM

VERNON - For North Okanagan-Shuswap NDP candidate Jacqui Gingras, running in the 2015 federal election has been four years in the making.
Local woman uses social media to find long lost father
June 02, 2015 - 4:29 PM

"IT'S GOING TO BE MY FIRST FATHER'S DAY IN 46 YEARS WHERE I ACTUALLY KNOW WHO MY FATHER IS."
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Sideswiped cyclist speaking out about road safety in Kamloops
A cyclist who was sideswiped by a vehicle in Kamloops last week is speaking out about riding safety and the lack of bike lanes in the city. Joseph Diamanti was riding to work on a main street in Kamloops's North Shore when he said he be

Kamloops Farmers' Market is a delicious adventure
The Kamloops Farmer’s Market is a bi-weekly market that beautifully showcases the bounty from the surrounding areas of the Thompson Valley. The big market happens on Saturdays with around 100 vendors on site selling their products. We

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