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Locked up baby formula shows desperation of local moms: Kelowna charity
January 15, 2024 - 6:00 AM

Baby formula is being stored behind locked glass at a Shoppers Drug Mart in Kelowna to deter apparent shoplifters and the CEO of a local charity some mothers are taking desperate measures to feed their children amid rising inflation.
Consider visiting these popular BC hot springs for your next weekend getaway
December 25, 2023 - 7:00 AM

Interior residents looking to relax in a natural hot pool in the winter are in luck, as there are various Kootenay hot springs ideal for a weekend getaway.
The unanticipated issues of the Thompson-Okanagan's unhoused community
November 05, 2023 - 8:00 AM
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The Okanagan’s unhoused community faces many more issues than just having to find clothes, food, and water every day.
Kelowna craft distillery sells for $3.8 million
September 27, 2023 - 12:30 PM
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A distillery in Kelowna has sold for $3.8 million.
West Kelowna issues Do Not Consume Water Order for Rose Valley residents
August 19, 2023 - 12:30 PM

Residents in the Rose Valley neighbourhood of West Kelowna are being asked not to consume water from the tap.
Why the BC CDC is warning you to wash your fruits and vegetables
August 04, 2023 - 4:02 PM
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There is an increase in gastrointestinal infections in the province this year and it’s linked to imported produce and travelling.
How the Fintry Queen helped create Fintry Park in the Okanagan
June 18, 2023 - 6:00 AM

The story of Fintry Provincial Park is rife with stories of financial collapse.
The Kelowna to Naramata road that never was
June 04, 2023 - 8:00 AM
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There has been talk for decades about a second crossing of Okanagan Lake with a bypass highway around West Kelowna and Kelowna.
Founder of three Okanagan communities wanted to keep them exclusive
May 14, 2023 - 6:00 AM

It all started with a peach.
Kelowna strip club owner awarded $90K after being sucker punched
April 18, 2023 - 7:31 AM

Former Kelowna mayoral candidate and strip club owner David Joseph Habib has been awarded $89,000 after he was punched in his own nightclub four years ago.
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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 third week of February 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jo

'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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Four season luxury Nordic spa proposed for Vernon hilltop
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iN PHOTOS: Cold snap freezes waterfall, creates ice art in Kamloops, Okanagan
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Here's the latest on the crash of a Delta plane at Toronto's Pearson airport
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iN PHOTOS: Kamloops photographer captures owl coughing up pellet, eating its prey
A Kamloops wildlife photographer didn’t realize she had captured the exact moment a northern pygmy owl coughed up a pellet until reviewing her photographs after the recent photo shoot.
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GOT MILK?: This Kamloops farm doesn't just milk cows it's a self-sufficient processor
On a sunny winter day at Blackwell Dairy Farm in Kamloops, the dairy cows can be spotted in a long lineup with their heads poking out of a barn, munching on feed from a trough. “They&r
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Why BC tech workers are facing a grim job market
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BC Housing project in Kamloops two years behind schedule and over budget
When BC Housing announced it "preserved" housing with a nearly $13 million purchase in Kamloops, new tenants were supposed to move in that same year. After the North Shore apartmen
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