Local News Penticton, South Okanagan & Similkameen Areas

Sports cards, collectibles 'crazy hot' during pandemic
February 22, 2021 - 7:00 AM

While thousands of laid off hospitality industry workers struggle to make ends, others are paying tens of thousands of dollars for a single sports card.
'I am one of many great success stories:' A Vernon man's recovery from fentanyl addiction
February 21, 2021 - 3:30 PM

Heavily addicted to fentanyl and meth and having just overdosed, Jacob Philp woke up in a hospital bed to hear that he'd stopped breathing for eight minutes.
Interior mayors not happy with feds handgun proposal
February 18, 2021 - 6:30 AM

A potential move by the federal government to leave municipalities to decide on whether to ban handguns is not sitting well with the mayors of the Thompson–Okanagan's two biggest cities.
Unruly courtroom behaviour doesn't stop Kamloops man from netting $144K in damages
December 11, 2020 - 7:00 AM

A 51-year-old Kamloops man, and former drug dealer who lives on social assistance and hasn't worked in 20 years, is now $144,000 better off since a B.C. Supreme Court judge awarded him damages 14 years after he was hit by a truck while riding his bicycle.
Kamloops man will serve less than five years for pistol whipping one man, shooting innocent neighbour
August 19, 2020 - 3:28 PM

The man who pistol-whipped and robbed one man and shot another has been sentenced today in Kamloops Supreme Court.
Demand is up and funding has tanked, Mamas for Mamas changing how it helps clients during COVID-19
April 13, 2020 - 6:00 AM

Mamas for Mamas, Kelowna-based agency used to help mostly single mothers struggling to make ends meet, runs lean in normal times.
Vernon man arrested after found sleeping in stolen car to stay behind bars
November 06, 2019 - 6:00 PM

A Vernon man who was discovered passed out in the driver's seat of a stolen BMW and had to be tasered twice before being arrested was sentenced today in a Vernon courtroom.
Appeal dismissed for Kelowna dealer caught selling cocaine, heroin and fentanyl
October 24, 2019 - 3:00 PM

A Kelowna drug dealer tried unsuccessfully to appeal a trafficking conviction that stemmed from a 2016 dial-a-dope operation and in the process offered some insight into what RCMP see in the local underworld.
Why this Kelowna man is patrolling his neighbourhood at night
October 11, 2019 - 6:00 PM

If all the officials trying to deal with crime and homelessness really want to know what’s going on in their cities, they could do worse than taking an early morning ride with some Block Watch members in Kelowna.
How a caretaker and a couple of gates transformed this Kelowna park
September 30, 2019 - 6:30 PM

KELOWNA - In 30 years of living at the foot of Knox Mountain Park in Kelowna, Heather Rice has seen it go from “seedy” to a place where deer may be the greatest danger.
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Armstrong's Caravan Farm Theatre looking for kids to scare 'living daylights' out of adults
A popular walk of walk of terror event held by the Caravan Farm Theatre in Armstrong is returning this year and is in need of some kids to scare hundreds of adults. “This is a gig for the kids out there who love Halloween… get

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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