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The Latest: Wall Street dips as world stock markets takes Trump’s tariffs in stride
August 07, 2025 - 2:10 PM

President Donald Trump began levying higher import taxes on dozens of countries Thursday, just as the economic fallout of his monthslong tariff threats has begun to create visible damage for the U.S. economy. But while U.S.

In Wyoming, the Eastern Shoshone tribe decided to classify buffalo as wildlife. Here is why
April 26, 2025 - 9:00 PM

Jason Baldes drove down a dusty, sagebrush highway earlier this month, pulling 11 young buffalo in a trailer from Colorado to the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. His blue truck has painted on the side a drawing of buffalo and a calf.
As Toronto enters its Taylor Swift era, experts say crowd safety depends on planning
November 12, 2024 - 9:00 PM

TORONTO - As Toronto readies for Taylor Swift’s arrival this week, some crowd management and planning experts say additional safety precautions should be taken when tens of thousands of fans fill the city's downtown core on show nights.
iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
November 05, 2024 - 12:00 PM

Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the first week of November 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability.
'We know how to do this better': How Vernon pedestrians could be safer
September 01, 2024 - 7:00 AM
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This was one of Lynza Henke’s favourite times of year.
The Latest | Israel kills a top Hezbollah commander in Lebanon; group retaliates with rocket attacks
July 03, 2024 - 3:28 PM

Israel killed a senior commander in the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah on Wednesday, the second top field leader killed in less than a month, and the group said it retaliated by firing scores of rockets at Israeli military positions near the border.
The Latest | Gaza's Health Ministry says 25 killed, 50 wounded in Israeli strikes on tent camps
June 21, 2024 - 3:03 PM

At least 25 people were killed and another 50 wounded in attacks on tents for displaced Palestinians sheltering in southern Gaza, according to the territory’s Heath Ministry and emergency workers.
Live updates | UN warns of deteriorating humanitarian conditions in Gaza, desperate need for aid
December 29, 2023 - 2:47 PM

A top United Nations official warned Friday of deteriorating humanitarian conditions across Gaza and reiterated calls for Israel to immediately halt its bombardment to allow aid to get in.
Here’s what gig delivery work is like in BC
October 23, 2023 - 9:42 AM
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What’s ahead for BC gig workers
October 03, 2023 - 9:17 AM
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THOMPSON: Department of War name change comes with hefty bill for American taxpayers
OPINION Last month, President Donald Trump decided he liked the sound of Department of War a lot more than Department of Defense. It was - like so many Trump impulses - a move that did little to change reality other t

Why some bars and most breweries close early in downtown Kelowna
It’s 10:30 p.m. and the night feels young inside one of Kelowna’s charming breweries, but your hope of painting the town red is dashed by last call. That’s a pretty common experience for folks who aren’t familiar wit

Why Okanagan cannabis shops aren't dominating the black market
Law abiding cannabis companies in the Okanagan deal with the government taking its piece of the pie at every turn, while trying to compete with a black market that's still going strong. Cannabis in B.C. gets taxed at several points betw

The story behind the Shuswap's familiar and historic Trickle Inn
A large, charming white house with green trim has been a familiar site for people travelling through the Shuswap for decades. Perched on side of the Trans-Canada Highway in Tappen, the house was a family home for the Carlin family for sever

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Former Kamloops lawyer 'misappropriated' $9,000, gets suspended
A former Kamloops lawyer has been suspended for 10 weeks after failing to return almost $9,000 to clients. According to a Sept. 11 Law Society of BC consent agreement, Roderick Coston McLeod
October 13, 2024 7:00 AM
Tiny bugs wearing woolly coats seen in huge numbers around Kamloops, Okanagan
- This story was originally published Sept. 18, 2021. If you are picking tiny, furry insects out of your hair and teeth this week, you are not alone. Some Kamloops residents have b
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$5K bribe didn't stop daughter of Kamloops doctor from getting COVID jab
A former Royal Inland Hospital anesthesiologist tried to bribe her daughter to dissuade her from taking a COVID-19 vaccine. Outside of Embassy Church in Kelowna yesterday, Dec. 13, Dr. Rache
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Kamloops 'mountain man' confronts hunters at gunpoint
A group of Kamloops hunters found themselves on the wrong end of a rifle as they were chased out of their campsite and back to the city last month. They were just north of the city in the Ja
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Five suspects charged in widespread Okanagan drug and gun bust
A Vernon man, acquitted after $200,000 of meth and cocaine was found in a hidden compartment in his Jeep, is named in court documents after a handful of people have been charged in a large-scale o
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Family feud: Callahan brothers' $42M bid snags Kelowna trailer park
A family feud over a trailer park on prime Kelowna land appears to have been settled. BC Supreme Court Justice Kevin Loo ruled May 15, that Douglas, Bruce, and Robert Callahan had submitted
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How controversial Okanagan MLA Tara Armstrong got herself a raise
Controversial Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream MLA Tara Armstrong got herself a big pay raise by helping to form the new political party One BC. Vancouver-Quilchena MLA Dallas Brodie is the n
June 17, 2025 6:00 AM
Ten of the biggest, multi-million dollar companies in Okanagan, Kamloops
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Brain damaged man jailed for raping colleague at Lumby care home
CONTENT ADVISORY - This article deals with violent sexual assault Regardless of his brain injury, and well below average IQ, a BC judge has sentenced a 43-year-old former North Okanagan ma
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MISDIAGNOSED: What a Vernon woman learned from five-year fight for justice
VERNON - Most people would be relieved to hear they had a false positive test result for cancer. Not Allison Kooijman. She didn’t find out until after she’d already had a major s
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