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High-risk sex offender breaches long-term court order in Kelowna
January 28, 2025 - 7:00 AM

A BC man, who at the age of 14 sexually assaulted an 80-year-old woman in a revenge attack, was in a Kelowna courtroom last week, having breached a long-term court order.
Cause of back-to-back fires at Kelowna landfill not what you might think
July 22, 2023 - 8:00 AM

About eight times a year, small fires will spark to life in the Okanagan’s largest dump, the Glenmore landfill in Kelowna.
Kelowna school officials main concern isn't marijuana — it's vaping
May 08, 2019 - 6:30 PM

KELOWNA - Legalized marijuana hasn't raised many new concerns and cigarettes are at the bottom of the list — the student vice that has Central Okanagan School District principals on high alert is the growing use of vapes.
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THOMPSON: Why women live longer than men? Scientists are working on it
OPINION It’s a fact…women live longer than men. In Canada, a woman can expect to live 84 years…men, just over 79 years…five fewer years. In the U.S., both men and women can expect a life fou

Trying to buy Canadian? Shoppers in Kamloops, Okanagan find it isn't easy
A trade war with President Donald Trump has Canadian shoppers trying to source locally made grocery products, but understanding product labels at major grocery outlets is complicated and some major grocery outlets are not forthcoming with informa

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

West Kelowna, Kamloops fall behind BC government's 'unrealistic' housing targets
Both West Kelowna and Kamloops are failing to meet the province's housing targets, and politicians at the Okanagan city are frustrated. West Kelowna built 64 net new housing units over the past six months, and the BC government expects

High-risk sex offender breaches long-term court order in Kelowna