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'You're the snake': Kamloops councillor's secret recording revealed
November 29, 2024 - 7:00 AM

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Middle East latest: US won't halt any weapons to Israel over Gaza humanitarian aid situation
November 12, 2024 - 7:15 PM

Eight international aid groups said Tuesday that Israel has failed to meet U.S. demands for greater humanitarian access to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, where hunger experts say the north may already be experiencing famine.
Defiant and controversial: Kamloops mayor digs in with half of term left
November 04, 2024 - 7:00 AM

There are few signs in the Kamloops mayor's office that he spent time personalizing it as Reid Hamer-Jackson's workspace.
Tenant rights to pets? Some Kamloops landlords are pushing back
August 21, 2024 - 7:00 AM
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Landlords in most provinces, including BC, have the right to ban tenants from having pets in their homes but animal advocates are petitioning to change that. Some landlords fear that change could happen and hurt their rental businesses.
WE DO RECOVER: Kamloops mother leaves life of crime and drugs behind
May 07, 2024 - 7:00 AM

Looking at Kamloops mother Joni Reed it’s difficult to fathom how many years she survived living on the streets with a meth addiction.
UPDATE: Residents across from the big hole UBCO dug in downtown Kelowna have to evacuate their building
March 31, 2024 - 1:30 PM
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There was a meeting today for residents of an apartment building across from the site of the new UBC Okanagan tower, where residents heard the news that they will have to vacate their homes.
Parents finally downsizing? How to help with the big move — without the big costs
January 23, 2024 - 9:00 PM

Your parents are finally downsizing after 40 years in the same house. You want to help, but where to even start?
Fighting ‘through hell.’ To reclaim Bakhmut, a Ukrainian brigade must first survive the forest
September 23, 2023 - 12:00 PM

ANDRIIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — The Russian bullet struck the sergeant just above the left ear. The leader of the Ukrainian platoon was down. Headquarters radioed a battlefield promotion to the private who had called him “brother” — a man known as Courier.
'War crime:' Industrial-scale destruction of Ukraine culture
October 09, 2022 - 7:00 PM

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The exquisite golden tiara, inlaid with precious stones by master craftsmen some 1,500 years ago, was one of the world’s most valuable artifacts from the blood-letting rule of Attila the Hun, who rampaged with horseback warriors deep into Europe in the 5th century.
Russia may be in Ukraine to stay after 100 days of war
June 03, 2022 - 9:09 PM

When Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine in late February, the Russian president vowed his forces would not occupy the country. But as the invasion reached its 100th day Friday, Moscow seemed increasingly unwilling to relinquish the territory it has taken in the war.
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iN PHOTOS: Okanagan Hot Chocolate Festival celebrates culinary talent
Warm up this winter with cups of steaming decadent hot chocolate at the Okanagan Hot Chocolate Festival festival next month. This is the fourth year the warms the hearts, hands and mugs of Okanagan residents. Sisters

Peyote sacred to Native Americans threatened by psychedelic renaissance and development
HEBBRONVILLE, Texas (AP) — In this corner of southern Texas, the plump cacti seem to pop out of arid dust and cracked earth, like magic dumplings. It’s only here and in northern Mexico that the bluish-green peyote plant can be f

Hundreds of housing units proposed for old Kelowna Farmer’s Market location
The old Kelowna Farmers' Market location could be getting a drastic new look and purpose. A developer has proposed two, six-storey buildings connected by a common level of underground parking with 294 residential units at the northeast

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