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Kelowna council finalizes budget with nearly 5% tax increase
May 06, 2024 - 4:50 PM
Kelowna city council has finalized the budget for 2024, including an increase to property taxes.
Don’t create another shelter dog this Christmas: BC SPCA
December 22, 2023 - 7:00 PM
Some may argue there's no better sight on Christmas morning than a puppy, kitten or rabbit sitting with a bow on its head waiting to meet its new family. However, shelters and rescues services once again urge for people to reconsider such a big commitment.
Canada has a secretive history of adoption, and some want it brought to light
December 10, 2023 - 10:30 AM
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - In a theatre in St. John's, N.L., a murmur spreads through the audience as people timidly raise their hands. They have been asked if they saw their own stories reflected in the film they just watched — "A Quiet Girl."
Plugging the gaps in the Indigenous electric highway
November 23, 2023 - 9:30 AM
Paving the way to an Indigenous electric highway in Canada offers opportunities, but also includes navigating communities’ unique needs and potential obstacles, especially in rural and remote areas, experts say.
Plant-based meat is a simple solution to climate woes - if more people would eat it
November 19, 2023 - 2:30 PM
THORNTON, Colo. (AP) — Lars Obendorfer says he was “badly insulted” after he first began offering vegan sausage at his stands, dubbed “Best Worscht in Town.” He even found himself mediating between customers arguing on social media about what to him was just another menu item.
Mind-altering ketamine becomes new pain treatment, despite little research or regulation
November 06, 2023 - 9:00 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — As U.S. doctors scale back their use of opioid painkillers, a new option for hard-to-treat pain is taking root: ketamine, the decades-old surgical drug that is now a trendy psychedelic therapy.
Why Kelowna’s homeless don’t get bathrooms in their new tiny shelters
November 04, 2023 - 6:00 AM
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While so-called tiny homes are relatively new as sheltering spaces for the unhoused in BC, Pallet Shelter has been installing them across the United States for seven years.
Frantic escapes, damaged homes and lost time: First Nations hit hardest when wildfires come
September 17, 2023 - 9:00 AM
The case to replace central air conditioners with heat pumps
August 27, 2023 - 8:00 AM
Canada is known for its cold winters, but thanks to climate change, extreme heat is increasingly becoming a matter of life and death.
Death of the password coming as passkey technology on brink of consumer adoption
May 22, 2023 - 4:30 PM
TORONTO - Anna Pobletts has spent the last few years on a mission to make passwords a thing of the past, but passkeys — the technology that could replace them — have never truly been on the brink of widespread consumer adoption until this year.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the first week of May 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjone
From frost to drought: Strong start to Okanagan asparagus season despite challenges
It’s finally asparagus season at a North Okanagan farm after cooler spring weather pushed back the predicted start date, and all hands are on deck picking the crunchy green spears. For the past few weeks, overnight sub-zero temperatur
As the US moves to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, could more states legalize it?
As the U.S. government moves toward reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug, there may be little immediate impact in the dozen states that have not already legalized cannabis for widespread medical or recreational use by adults. Bu
More real estate listings and lower prices in Kamloops, Okanagan
A recent real estate report has good news for home buyers in the southern Interior. There are more houses on the market and lower prices around Kamloops and the Okanagan. The Association of Interior Realtors released its report for April to
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Man in critical condition after downtown Kamloops assault
Kamloops RCMP are investigating a downtown assault that left one man in the hospital and another in custody. Kamloops RCMP received a report about a fight involving a weapon in the 100-block
May 05, 2024 10:30 AM
Penticton gas station owner ordered off band land
The owners of a gas station on Penticton Indian Band land is now facing a deadline to vacate the reserve after a court ruled its lease, signed by the locatee, was useless. William D. Vandeke
May 06, 2024 7:00 AM
'Pretty cool': Vancouver FC plans to make an announcement in Kelowna
Vancouver Football Club and the City of Kelowna have a big announcement planned this week but very few details have been released. The soccer club issued an invitation to media today, May 6,
May 06, 2024 11:30 AM
Former Penticton woman gets $1.8M for accident before ICBC's no fault insurance
A former Penticton woman struggling to recover from a horrific motorcycle crash has been awarded $1.8 million in damages. It’s an unusually high award. The money is meant to cover her
May 03, 2024 7:00 AM
String of shootings in Kamloops believed to be ongoing drug dealer conflict
Kamloops RCMP have responded to three shootings in the past three days, police believe it is an ongoing conflict between drug traffickers. Police received a report about gunshots in the 800-
May 05, 2024 9:00 AM
RCMP seek trail camera footage in search for missing Kelowna man
Kelowna RCMP are still searching for a man who went missing a few weeks ago, and hope trail camera footage can help find him. Alan Francescutti, 79, went missing on April 16, according to an
May 03, 2024 10:34 AM
iN PHOTOS: Fa(sss)scinating snakes sunbathe in Kamloops, Okanagan
Several species of snakes have been spotted sunning themselves in Kamloops and the Okanagan this spring including the common garter, northern Pacific rattlesnake, rubber boa and great basin gopher
May 03, 2024 6:00 AM
Semi strikes downtown Kamloops building
A truck hauling wood chips struck a downtown Kamloops building Tuesday morning, April 30. The trailer remains at the scene, torn open with its payload spilled onto the pavement on Seymour St
April 30, 2024 3:10 PM
Snow expected on mountain passes
Heads up, drivers, you may encounter snow on mountain passes today. Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement today, May 6, for the Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt as
May 06, 2024 6:25 AM
Kelowna realtor fined for conflicts of interest
A Kelowna realtor has been fined $15,000 for contravening the Real Estate Services Act. The B.C. Financial Services Authority, which regulates the industry, said Donna Craig of Menethil Prop
May 01, 2024 6:00 PM
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