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Growers and processors selected through a lottery for Kentucky's start-up medical cannabis program
November 01, 2024 - 10:00 PM
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Kentucky's start-up medical cannabis program should be positioned to ramp up quickly, but having products available for some patients at the outset will be a challenge, Gov. Andy Beshear says.
Canada's youngest dangerous offender, who sexually assaulted baby, seeks prison leave
November 01, 2024 - 9:00 PM

A convict who became Canada 's youngest designated dangerous offender after sexually assaulting a three-month-old baby is seeking escorted leave from prison to attend Indigenous cultural ceremonies in Vancouver.
The Latest: Trump and Harris bring their campaigns to the battleground state of Wisconsin
November 01, 2024 - 7:04 PM

In the waning days of the presidential campaign, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump zero in on the battleground state of Wisconsin.
Middle East latest: Israel kills 52 in northeast Lebanon after a night of strikes in Beirut
November 01, 2024 - 6:57 PM

Rescuers searched for survivors Friday after Israeli airstrikes killed at least 52 people and wounded 72 others across northeastern Lebanon, the country's Health Ministry reported. The wave of bombings pounded villages that had previously been spared the worst of Israel’s air campaign against the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
Not just for summer: 'Brat' is Collins Dictionary's word of the year
November 01, 2024 - 6:00 PM

LONDON (AP) — Collins Dictionary has declared “brat” – the album title that became a summer-living ideal – its 2024 word of the year.
Kelowna working on plan for public transit corridor from downtown to Mission
November 01, 2024 - 4:00 PM
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The City of Kelowna is asking residents about a proposal for an express route to improve public transit.
B.C. port lockout looms as businesses fear fallout of another labour disruption
November 01, 2024 - 3:48 PM

VANCOUVER - Ports in British Columbia could potentially be paralyzed again starting next week as a lockout looms in the dispute between employers and the union representing more than 700 foremen.
Aggressive deer fatally injures dog in family's yard in Oak Bay, B.C.
November 01, 2024 - 3:32 PM

OAK BAY, B.C. - Police on Vancouver Island are warning residents to protect their pets during deer mating season after a buck fatally injured a dog in the yard of a home.
B.C. trans basketball player speaks out about verbal, physical mistreatment
November 01, 2024 - 2:52 PM

Basketball was Harriette Mackenzie's safe space growing up.
Randy Bachman and BTO getting ready to rock Penticton
November 01, 2024 - 12:20 PM

Bachman Turner-Overdrive is hitting the road for the Back in Overdrive Tour 2025 and there will be stops in BC including Penticton.
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JONESIE: The lessons of free-range children long forgotten
OPINION When we were kids, we knew every inch of our neighbourhood. We ran around town till ten minutes before mom got home, which on weekends was often 2 a.m. Bad news for us when she got home early. We knew every vacant lot,

MATCHMAKING SERVICE: Young Agrarians hook up wannabe farmers with land in Okanagan
An organization that matches young, aspiring farmers to landholders has noticed fewer people are investing in orchards and vineyards in the Okanagan following the industry’s challenges this year. Young Agrarians is a national organiza

Growers and processors selected through a lottery for Kentucky's start-up medical cannabis program
Kentucky's start-up medical cannabis program should be positioned to ramp up quickly, but having products available for some patients at the outset will be a challenge, Gov. Andy Beshear says. Beshear's administration took a big ste

Kelowna trailer park residents face 'demoviction' from their affordable homes
Walking into Central Mobile Home Park in Kelowna you see well kept yards, towering evergreen trees, people walking their dogs and chatting with neighbours. The community of mostly seniors is slated to razed to make space for redevelopment but the

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Former Penticton Indian Band administrator ordered to repay massive raise he gave himself
The former top employee for the Penticton Indian Band claimed he was wrongfully dismissed after getting fired for orchestrating a massive raise for himself. Seven years later, he lost in cou
October 29, 2024 6:00 PM
OKIB staff met with weed police months before raid
A recent bust of unlicensed pot stores on the Okanagan Indian Band's Green Mile appears to have been spearheaded by the Band itself, which invited the province's pot police for a meeting e
October 31, 2024 8:00 AM
Interior Health fined $274,000 after Penticton hospital staff exposed to illicit drugs
The Interior Health Authority has been fined $274,000 after two workers fell ill after entering a room where a patient was using illicit drugs. According to a recently published Aug. 1 WorkS
October 31, 2024 7:00 AM
Meet the Kamloops man who cares for birds of prey, the creepiest of crawlies
Jamie Pearce has been flying birds of prey for audiences at the BC Wildlife Park in Kamloops for over six years in demonstrations that bring awareness of the beauty and importance of different rap
October 30, 2024 7:00 AM
Steep fine for Kelowna pub that sold teen a can of stout
A Kelowna brewpub has been fined $7,000 for serving a 17-year-old a can of stout. According to a recently published July 29 BC Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch decision, the teenager wa
November 01, 2024 6:00 AM
RCMP take down Canada’s biggest drug ‘superlab’ in North Okanagan
BC RCMP dismantled the largest and most sophisticated drug superlab in the country in the North Okanagan. RCMP executed multiple search warrants across Metro Vancouver, Surrey, and a massive
October 31, 2024 4:03 PM
iN PHOTOS: A peek inside Kamloops yarn shop, BC's only wool mill
Tucked into an industrial park on the outskirts of Kamloops is a small mill filling a big gap in a growing vintage market. Stepping into the fiber mill at That Darn Yarn Shop & Fiber Mil
November 01, 2024 7:00 AM
B.C. judge urgently halts assisted death of Alberta woman, day before MAID procedure
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia judge has granted an urgent injunction stopping a woman's medically assisted death, the day before it was scheduled to take place in Vancouver. The injunction granted
October 30, 2024 5:12 PM
Thompson-Okanagan has lowest employment rate in B.C.
The Thompson-Okanagan region has the lowest employment rate in the province, and unemployment is back up to where it was during the pandemic. An annual report from the Chartered Professional
October 31, 2024 6:00 PM
iN PHOTOS: Kamloops deli making authentic European sausage for more than four decades
The tantalizing aromas of smoked sausage and buttery cheeses waft through a bustling deli on Kamloops’ North Shore where an endless line up of customers peruse a vast selection of European d
October 28, 2024 6:00 AM

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