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Movie Review: From bumper to bumper, 'F1' is Formula One spectacle
June 28, 2025 - 10:00 AM

The wide-screen spectacle of Formula One gets a gleaming, rip-roaring workout in Joseph Kosinski’s “F1,” a fine-tuned machine of a movie that, in its most riveting racing scenes, approaches a kind of high-speed splendor.
The Latest: Los Angeles police have made nearly 400 arrests and detentions since Saturday
June 11, 2025 - 5:59 PM

The Los Angeles Police Department has made nearly 400 arrests and detentions since Saturday in connection to immigration protests.
The Latest: Tesla shares fall after Trump lashes out at Musk
June 05, 2025 - 3:42 PM

President Donald Trump said it might be better to let Ukraine and Russia “fight for a while” before pulling them apart and pursuing peace.
The Latest: Treasury secretary says Trump will keep 10% import tariff, raise import tax on China
April 10, 2025 - 4:51 AM

President Donald Trump shared on Truth Social that he has “ authorized a 90 day PAUSE, and a substantially lowered Reciprocal Tariff during this period, of 10%.” Trump also raised the tax rate on Chinese imports to 125%.
The Latest: Stock market suffers worst week since 2020 after China retaliates against Trump tariffs
April 04, 2025 - 5:01 PM

Markets are facing their worst crisis since the COVID crash after China matched President Donald Trump’s big raise in tariffs in the U.S. president’s escalating trade war.
Some physiotherapists fear ICBC changes will hurt crash victims
February 17, 2025 - 7:00 PM
Meet Poppy, an oil spill-sniffing dog and a scientific trailblazer
January 24, 2025 - 9:00 PM

Poppy, a six-year-old springer spaniel with floppy brown ears and a tail that never seems to stop wagging, is by all accounts a very good dog.
The Latest: Congress passes immigrant detention bill, sending Trump the first law he can sign
January 22, 2025 - 7:06 PM

Donald Trump is remaking the traditional boundaries of Washington, unleashing unprecedented executive orders and daring anyone to stop him.
Bomb cyclone batters B.C., cutting roads and power, snapping trees 'like gunshots'
November 20, 2024 - 4:29 PM

VANCOUVER - Geoff Johnson and fellow storm watchers in Ucluelet, B.C., were concerned on Tuesday about the so-called "bomb cyclone" taking shape off Vancouver Island — not for safety reasons, but because they wondered if it would be "disappointing."
The Latest: Trump and Harris court Latino voters as early voting starts in key battleground states
October 22, 2024 - 6:10 PM

With just over two weeks before the 2024 presidential election, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are hitting the campaign trail in strategic battleground states.
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New $1.2M renovation lets beverage makers experiment in Penticton
Drink makers are going to be able to head to the newly renovated lab at Okanagan College's Penticton campus to work on innovative beverages. Okanagan College has spent $1.2 million to renovate its Beverage Technology Access Centre with

Penticton 'potio' weed lounge going strong despite stifling regulations
A cozy, clean patio with picnic tables where Penticton’s potheads can gather outside a dispensary to get stoned is a surprisingly rare space. As of February 2024 cannabis shops in BC could have outdoor lounges for people to smoke, but

IKEA opening a 'plan and order site' in Kelowna
IKEA is going to have a location in Kelowna where customers can order furniture and plan out their living spaces. It isn’t going to be a full-blown maze of furniture displays with a plate of meatballs at the end, but people can make a

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Why green hard hats hang from power lines in BC
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Kamloops eyes massive transit expansion as TRU enrolment falls
Kamloops is gearing up to expand its bus service, but it's coming just as its ridership dwindles. Starting next year, a planned expansion for local bus routes would include 11 new buses
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Kelowna conservative strategist behind AI news site targeting John Rustad
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One injured, four arrested after shooting on Kamloops’ North Shore
Someone was injured in an overnight shooting in Kamloops and four people are in custody. Officers were called to the 100 block of Chestnut Avenue on the North Shore at around midnight, Sept.
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'Our family fridge': Root cellars common in Thompson-Okanagan until late 70s
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Keremeos senior texted daughters before slashing wife's throat, stabbing himself
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Electric skateboarding is a crime in BC but enforcement in Kelowna is inconsistent
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BC regulator takes over former Vernon lawyer's practice
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