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Success stories take time at Kamloops' Rosethorn, while the waitlist remains long
May 16, 2021 - 9:00 AM

As some residents of the Rosethorn in Kamloops start moving on to new housing or to addiction treatment centres, Bobby Hilson is a new resident who’s getting settled in his new home.
Parts of South Okanagan's Christie Mountain damaged by wildfire closed to public
May 12, 2021 - 10:37 AM

A wildlife management area on Christie Mountain south of Penticton has been closed to public use because of damage from last summer’s wildfire.
Israel, Hamas escalate heavy fighting with no end in sight
May 11, 2021 - 8:49 PM

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel stepped up its attacks on the Gaza Strip, flattening a high-rise building used by the Hamas militant group and killing at least three militants in their hideouts on Tuesday as Palestinian rockets rained down almost nonstop on parts of Israel.
Penticton charity puts homeless man and his dog on the road
May 11, 2021 - 5:30 PM

A Penticton homeless man and his dog are back on the road and in good health after an outpouring of charity from Penticton and area residents.
Seeing the forest for the trees: searching for solutions in B.C.'s Kispiox Valley
May 11, 2021 - 6:00 AM

Clear plastic bags hang from small spigots plugged into birch trunks in a mixed stand of deciduous and coniferous trees on a hillside above the Kispiox River in northwest B.C. Denzel Sutherland-Wilson and his 19-year-old niece, Hailey Wilson, pour the birch water collected overnight from five trees into a 20-litre bucket, explaining they’ve been doing this every day for a couple of weeks.
Gaza militants, Israel trade new rocket fire and airstrikes
May 10, 2021 - 9:03 PM

JERUSALEM - Palestinian militants launched dozens of rockets from Gaza and Israel unleashed new air strikes against them early Tuesday, in an escalation triggered by soaring tensions in Jerusalem and days of clashes at an iconic mosque in the holy city.
Trans-Mountain pipeline camp near Merritt wants to serve alcohol
May 08, 2021 - 8:30 AM

A company operating a temporary work camp for pipeline workers near Merritt is applying for a liquor permit.
iN PHOTOS: US tribe shares vaccine with relatives, neighbours in Canada
May 05, 2021 - 8:00 PM

BABB, Mont. - On a cloudy spring day, hundreds lined up in their cars on the Canadian side of the border crossing that separates Alberta and Montana. They had driven for hours and camped out in their vehicles in hopes of receiving the season’s hottest commodity — a COVID-19 vaccine — from a Native American tribe that was giving out its excess doses.
Kamloops volunteers cleaning needles, batteries from homeless camps before river rises
May 05, 2021 - 1:04 PM

An assorted group of Kamloops citizens have formed a collective to clean up the riverbanks.
Penticton council votes against hiring more bylaw officers
May 04, 2021 - 4:54 PM

Penticton city council has decided not to hire addition bylaw officers this year.
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