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Kelowna's growth challenging Fortis supply of power, gas
May 11, 2024 - 7:00 PM

It’s well known that Kelowna is the fastest growing city in Canada and all signs indicate it’s growing even faster than expected.
APRIL FOOLS: From flume transit to search and rescue cats in Kamloops, Okanagan
April 01, 2024 - 11:45 AM

Here are a handful of our favourite April Fool's Day posts from around the Okanagan.
Summerland opens $7M renewable energy centre
November 14, 2023 - 4:09 PM

After eight years of planning and hard work, the Summerland Energy Centre officially opened today, boasting the title of the Okanagan’s first utility-scale solar and battery storage facility.
Massive solar project pitched near Okanagan Connector
May 08, 2023 - 7:00 AM

An Ontario company is planning to build a 335 hectare solar farm near the Okanagan Connector, which could power roughly 20,000 homes.
Solar panels ever growing in popularity in the Thompson Okanagan
November 27, 2022 - 7:02 PM

A Kelowna-based solar panel installation company says for the last five years, sales and demand has been increasing in all types of builds for green energy.
This Kelowna mini-storage project will eat carbon with its walls made out of hemp
January 23, 2022 - 2:28 PM
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In an environmentally sensitive world it’s not unusual for developers to tout the fact that their projects will have low carbon footprints.
Kamloops's Riverside Park outdoor ice rink plan up in air after $4.2M grant didn't pan out
September 28, 2021 - 8:30 AM

The City of Kamloops is set to revitalize Riverside Park, but a new funding direction means council must decide whether the park will will have a skating rink or if the existing spray park will remain.
B.C.'s Return-It centres are going to make recycling so much easier
July 08, 2020 - 7:30 AM

Changes are coming to British Columbia’s Return-It beverage container recycling system that should make beverage can returns a whole lot easier — no more sorting.
Kelowna's affordable student housing gives view of a zero-emission future
November 16, 2019 - 10:30 AM

Morning begins with the clattering, whirring sounds of tools and mechanical equipment ringing out across the University of British Columbia's campus on the edge of the Okanagan valley.
Secrets of space unlocked in the South Okanagan
February 20, 2016 - 12:00 PM

PENTICTON - There’s a world class facility in a side valley of the South Okanagan that’s helping mankind unlock the secrets of the universe through its research and development.
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THOMPSON: Most harmful thing crossing border from US? Right wing extremism
OPINION Canada and the United States share the world’s longest international border…and the histories and cultures of the two nations are inextricably intertwined. But there has been little similarity bet

iN PHOTOS: Heated domes provide one-of-a-kind Okanagan winter dining experience
The dining domes at a West Kelowna winery offer customers a unique and extravagant experience during the cold and dreary winter months in the Okanagan. With fluffy brown and white blankets draped over cushioned chairs, tables draped with bl

Unlicensed BC cannabis store loses another appeal
A BC couple who ran an unlicensed cannabis store have lost a legal challenge almost five years after their store was raided. According to a Jan. 15 BC Supreme Court decision, Michelle Vrinder Sikora and Douglas Peter Sikora have launched nu

BC realtor deceived client, put in higher offer and made $1M
A BC realtor, who used his insider knowledge to purchase a house that this client wanted to buy, has been ordered to pay the client half of the profit he made when he flipped the house for more than $1.2 million soon afterwards. According t

Local News Kamloops, Merritt and Areas

Kelowna's growth challenging Fortis supply of power, gas

APRIL FOOLS: From flume transit to search and rescue cats in Kamloops, Okanagan

Summerland opens $7M renewable energy centre

Massive solar project pitched near Okanagan Connector

Solar panels ever growing in popularity in the Thompson Okanagan

This Kelowna mini-storage project will eat carbon with its walls made out of hemp

Kamloops's Riverside Park outdoor ice rink plan up in air after $4.2M grant didn't pan out

B.C.'s Return-It centres are going to make recycling so much easier

Kelowna's affordable student housing gives view of a zero-emission future

Secrets of space unlocked in the South Okanagan

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