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Kamloops council part of a growing resistance to BC Housing
March 11, 2025 - 7:00 PM

Kamloops isn't the only city challenging BC Housing as the Crown corporation in charge of housing the homeless eyes up more projects in the province.
Okanagan distillers quenching thirst for bourbon during trade war with US
March 11, 2025 - 6:00 PM
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A couple of distilleries in the Okanagan are working to meet an increase in demand for their bourbon-based whiskey as American brands are being pulled from BC Liquor Store shelves.
RCMP on hunt for accused in massive Okanagan guns and drugs bust
March 10, 2025 - 10:57 AM

A man is wanted by Vernon RCMP after a huge drug and gun bust brought numerous charges against him.
Mild winter means big savings on the road for Kelowna, Kamloops
March 07, 2025 - 7:00 AM
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Millions of dollars are spent plowing hundreds of kilometres of roads in Kelowna and Kamloops in the winter, so a mild winter can mean big savings.
Avoiding American? Tips to source local produce in Kamloops, Okanagan
March 05, 2025 - 7:00 AM
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Some shoppers in Kamloops and the Okanagan are researching and sourcing Canadian products in the wake of U.S. president Donald Trump’s tariffs.
DENIED: West Kelowna pushes back against provincial housing targets
March 03, 2025 - 6:00 PM

West Kelowna’s latest housing development denial is meant to communicate to the BC government that solving the housing crisis isn’t as simple as giving cities a quota for new housing units, and rapid development comes with hidden costs.
Remembering the Kamloops canneries, farms and orchards in 'simpler' times
March 03, 2025 - 7:00 AM

Brian Stainton was born and raised in Kamloops and remembers a much different city growing up in the 1950s, it was a landscape bursting with agriculture.
Two BC realtors fined total of $12,000 for breaking advertising rules
March 02, 2025 - 7:00 PM

Using an abbreviation on a Facebook page, rounding prices up and down in ads, and using the phrases "award-winning" and "team" have cost two BC realtors $12,000 after the regulator found they broke advertising rules.
Insurance broker's ICBC commission scam gets her a 10-year ban
March 02, 2025 - 4:00 PM

A former insurance broker who scammed ICBC out of more than $15,000 has been banned from working in the insurance industry for 10 years.
Okanagan wildfire documentary aims to keep hope in climate change conversation
March 02, 2025 - 12:00 PM

Anyone who has spent a summer in the Okanagan knows the tragedy and fear that comes along every wildfire season, but a pair of documentarians want to highlight the people who can see some hope through the smoke.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the second week of March 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jone

Okanagan distillers quenching thirst for bourbon during trade war with US
A couple of distilleries in the Okanagan are working to meet an increase in demand for their bourbon-based whiskey as American brands are being pulled from BC Liquor Store shelves. “We have three different styles of bourbon and the de

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

'Skating on thin ice': Kelowna's housing sales well below normal
A BC real estate analysis report says Kelowna's housing market is "skating on thin ice" as February's sales were a mere fraction of what was expected. According to The Kelowna Rennie Advantage report, the jump in sales fro

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