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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
December 03, 2024 - 12:30 PM

Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the fourth week of November 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability.
COAST JAPS? The story behind this infamous Kelowna sign from 80 years ago
November 25, 2024 - 7:00 AM

Photos of this infamous sign have been published and posted numerous times over the last 80 years, but the story behind it has been elusive.
Why protecting what's left of wetlands in Kamloops, Okanagan matters
April 08, 2024 - 6:00 AM

Wetlands continue to be lost or damaged by human development adding an increased risk during extreme weather emergencies and putting more species of wildlife in peril.
'Can’t afford to live': Vernon senior helping to organize pension reform protest
February 10, 2024 - 6:00 PM

A senior in Vernon is fed up with living on the financial brink trying to make ends meet on a fixed retirement income, and she’s not alone.
Kamloops woman frustrated after finding homeless man freezing overnight
January 18, 2024 - 7:00 AM
iNhome

It was 3 a.m. on Sunday when Bonnie Jackson went to the bathroom and happened to look out the window onto the dark Kamloops street and saw something that shocked her.
How some Thompson-Okanagan communities strive to keep costs, taxes under control
January 14, 2024 - 7:00 AM

In a year where many BC municipalities are bringing in shockingly high tax increases, some have been working for years to find ways to to avoid steep hikes.
Is 2024 the year Okanagan Lake floating bridge becomes a suspension bridge?
January 02, 2024 - 7:00 AM

This is shaping up to be the driest year on record in terms and if this continues, by the end of winter, could set a modern-day low water level record for Okanagan Lake.
NO NEED FOR ALARM: BC emergency alert system tested today
November 15, 2023 - 6:00 AM

There will be a Canada-wide test of the National Public Alerting System this afternoon.
Pet food banks in B.C. struggle to keep up with demand
May 26, 2023 - 12:15 PM

An early start to the wildfire season has added to the already rising demand at pet food banks across British Columbia.
Okanagan College's Unusually Good Apple Juice flowing into Superstores
April 20, 2023 - 7:00 PM
iNwine

It’s not yet a flood of apple juice but Okanagan College’s Unusually Good Food Co. has a deal with Loblaws to sell its juice throughout Western Canada.
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JONESIE: Booing the American anthem is understandable, but the wrong strategy
OPINION Well that wasn’t very Canadian, was it? In Montreal, they booed the Americans and the American anthem at the Four Nations hockey tournament. That’s of particularly poor taste to invite guests into your own

'No rationale': BC pub fined $7,000 for customer drinking beer in its bowling alley
A BC pub has been fined $7,000 after a customer took a beer from the bar to its bowling alley. According to a Jan. 16 BC Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch decision, the Victoria bar argued the rule was difficult to manage because custom

France targets traffickers and recreational drug users as minister warns of a 'tsunami of cocaine'
PARIS (AP) — “Every day, people pay the price for the drugs you buy.” Amid record cocaine seizures and deadly shootings, the slogan is simple and aims to raise awareness among France’s millions of recreational drug u

Kelowna rental property manager gets licence cancelled
The managing broker of a Kelowna property management company whose clients complained they hadn't gotten their money has been suspended. According to a Feb. 10 BC Financial Services Authority decision, Tao Guo, who goes by Terry Guo, ha

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