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Top News - Penticton, South Okanagan & Similkameen Areas

  • Here's what you need to know about deadly salmonella outbreak tied to cantaloupes

    Hundreds of people in the U.S. and Canada have been sickened and at least 10 people have died in a growing outbreak of salmonella poisoning linked to contaminated whole and pre-cut cantaloupe.
  • Cyberattack on US pipeline is linked to criminal gang

    NEW YORK - The cyberextortion attempt that has forced the shutdown of a vital U.S. pipeline was carried out by a criminal gang known as DarkSide that cultivates a Robin Hood image of stealing from corporations and giving a cut to charity, a person close to the investigation said Sunday.
  • iN VIDEO: Accused priests teach, counsel young children under radar

    Nearly 1,700 priests and other clergy members that the Roman Catholic Church considers credibly accused of child sexual abuse are living under the radar with little to no oversight from religious authorities or law enforcement, decades after the first wave of the church abuse scandal roiled U.S. dioceses, an Associated Press investigation has found.
  • Fetal Alcohol Syndrome blamed for disruptive behaviour on Okanagan streets

    KELOWNA -Some of the worst behaviour on city streets is being blamed on people who with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder.
  • Kelowna entrepreneurs use Tech Stars weekend to develop cool apps

    KELOWNA - It only took Barbara Chung and her team 54 hours to create a prototype of her LunchLink app, but there’s still a ton of work to be done to make it a viable, saleable product. For Alex Lukey, with no business background and fewer tech skills, it was more about creating an educational tool for cardiac patients she calls Playful at Heart than starting a business, but the whole experience blew her away.
  • Is Zuckerberg willing to act boldly to fix Facebook crisis?

    As questions mounted last year about whether Facebook had been exploited to tilt the U.S. presidential election, Mark Zuckerberg's to-do list landed him on a fishing trawler off Alabama's Gulf coast.
  • UBC Okanagan prof working with big-name Hollywood producers on new documentary

    KELOWNA - What does a UBC Okanagan anthropology professor have in common with producers from The Lord of the Rings, Avatar, and Game of Thrones? They all are experts in creating new languages.
  • Consultant wraps up research into South Okanagan labour market

    PENTICTON - Among the findings of a city consultant discussing strategies to maximize opportunities for employers and employees in the region is a need to include everyone in the region who wishes to work, not just select groups.
  • New book urges parents to reorder life for the sake of kids

    NEW YORK, N.Y. - Dr. Leonard Sax has been a family physician and psychologist for 27 years, conducting workshops around the world for parents, teachers, social workers, counsellors, school psychologists and juvenile justice professionals.
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