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It takes a village: How a BC ski resort gets ready for opening day
November 23, 2024 - 7:00 AM

As skiers and snowboarders await opening day at Sun Peaks Resort near Kamloops, there's an orchestra of workers who've been working for months preparing for that day.
Deliberate spill: study launched to test crude and bitumen impact on lake life
June 17, 2018 - 6:30 PM

KENORA, Ont. - Researchers were in northwestern Ontario over the weekend spilling diluted oilsands bitumen and crude oil into a lake to study how the ecosystem, from microbes to fish, responds.
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LETTER: 'Be Kind. Be Calm. Be Safe.': COVID five years in
OPINION Be Kind. Be Calm. Be Safe. Those memorable words spoken during the COVID pandemic by BC’s Provincial Heath Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry resonated far beyond by boundaries of the province she so effect

Trying to buy Canadian? Shoppers in Kamloops, Okanagan find it isn't easy
A trade war with President Donald Trump has Canadian shoppers trying to source locally made grocery products, but understanding product labels at major grocery outlets is complicated and some major grocery outlets are not forthcoming with informa

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

West Kelowna, Kamloops fall behind BC government's 'unrealistic' housing targets
Both West Kelowna and Kamloops are failing to meet the province's housing targets, and politicians at the Okanagan city are frustrated. West Kelowna built 64 net new housing units over the past six months, and the BC government expects

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Trying to buy Canadian? Shoppers in Kamloops, Okanagan find it isn't easy
A trade war with President Donald Trump has Canadian shoppers trying to source locally made grocery products, but understanding product labels at major grocery outlets is complicated and some majo
March 15, 2025 7:00 AM
Tiger Woods faces another injury and another lost year. Has golf seen the last of him?
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Golf without Tiger Woods was inevitable simply because of age. He turns 50 at the end of this year and once leaned on the adage that “Father Time r
March 15, 2025 11:00 AM
Small, slow-speed EVs will be allowed on Osoyoos streets
Town of Osoyoos council has voted in favour of moving forward with a program that will allow slow-speed, electric vehicles on streets and most highways in and around the tourist community. C
March 15, 2025 6:00 AM
Eby responds to Alaskan senator's threat to have cruise ships bypass B.C. ports
British Columbia Premier David Eby says he is standing firm behind the legislation granting the province the ability to levy new fees on U.S. commercial trucks heading to Alaska, despite political th
March 14, 2025 4:53 PM
Kelowna’s new Tesla dealership is ready to go despite tanking stock
Kelowna’s long-awaited Tesla dealership and service centre is ready for customers despite the controversy surrounding the car company's CEO Elon Musk and the fact that the company’
March 14, 2025 6:00 PM
Peerless Penticton manufacturing business sold, moving to Saskatoon
Peerless Penticton, one of the city’s longest-serving industrial businesses, has been sold and is moving its manufacturing operations to Saskatoon early this summer. Peerless has been
March 14, 2025 7:00 PM
Okanagan distillers quenching thirst for bourbon during trade war with US
A couple of distilleries in the Okanagan are working to meet an increase in demand for their bourbon-based whiskey as American brands are being pulled from BC Liquor Store shelves. “We
March 11, 2025 6:00 PM
Trump family fortune began in a Canadian brothel-hotel
In one of history's little-known ironies, the Maple Leaf country pushing back against Donald Trump’s annexation bid is also host to a tiny, remote restaurant and brothel that helped laun
March 15, 2025 9:00 AM
Kamloops drug addict credits tough love for his recovery, advocates for forced treatment
After decades of being addicted to crack cocaine, Mike Haertel is sober and living independently at a residential housing building in Kamloops operated by BC Housing. The complex on Glenfair
March 10, 2025 7:00 AM
US trade war not risking wildfire mutual aid with BC: Minister
A trade war with Canada's neighbour and biggest trading partner is putting many agreements between the two countries at risk, but mutual aid among wildland firefighters won't be impacted.
March 15, 2025 12:00 PM

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