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New Asian Fusion eatery in Kamloops overcomes challenges of unpredictable restaurant industry
March 02, 2025 - 7:00 AM
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An Asian fusion restaurant recently opened on Kamloops’ North Shore with a menu full of Vietnamese, Japanese, Thai and South Korean dishes.
B.C. parties lean into ideology as Greens release tax-heavy election platform
October 01, 2024 - 4:37 PM

British Columbia's three major parties leaned into their ideological divides Tuesday, with the Green Party the first to release a full platform ahead of this month's provincial election.
Cariboo mom hands out air quality monitors after son's asthma death during wildfires
April 25, 2024 - 10:00 AM

Nine-year-old Carter Vigh was having a great day last July 11, visiting a waterpark, enjoying a picnic lunch and playing soccer with other kids at a day camp run by his mother, Amber Vigh.
Parents call for better air quality in schools to protect against viruses, fire smoke
September 17, 2023 - 2:30 PM

Kate Laing's family managed to avoid COVID-19 for more than two years.
Okanagan, Shuswap homes survived the fire? Now the work begins
September 16, 2023 - 4:30 PM
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Even if they were left standing after the fires, there are still some vital steps homeowners need to take before their homes are safe. And there's a lot of work to be done just to make them livable.
Dozen B.C. First Nations funded to pursue clean energy projects
January 25, 2023 - 10:41 AM

A dozen First Nations in B.C. are taking strides to reduce their dependence on dirty diesel fuel and secure a clean energy future for their communities for generations to come.
FortisBC customers dealing with sticker shock as natural gas bills arrive
December 30, 2022 - 4:30 PM
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The price of natural gas has gone up in B.C., so much so customers are experiencing sticker shock when their FortisBC bills arrive.
Coastal First Nation's clean energy conversion efforts ahead of curve in B.C.
April 14, 2022 - 9:00 PM

A remote coastal First Nation has weaned a third of its homes off fossil fuels, making climate gains communities in the rest of B.C. can only aspire to.
FortisBC could be heating B.C. homes with gas from garbage by 2050
March 07, 2022 - 7:10 AM
iNhome

FortisBC is a North American leader in supplying renewable natural gas and, a new study shows, could have enough renewable natural gas to heat the homes of all of its customers by 2050.
PST hike on gas-fuelled home heating appliances leaves B.C. Interior out in the cold
February 26, 2022 - 8:00 AM

B.C. plans to raise the provincial sales tax on home heating appliances powered by fossil fuels and remove it on heat pumps, something a heating and cooling profession in Kamloops calls unfair.
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iN DISCUSSION: Hot takes on cold facts
This is where cold facts yield to the hottest of takes. Here you'll find reader responses to stories and newsletter editorials, or letters to the editor for the week of May 12. They may have been edited slightly for readability. Th

Iconic Penticton Peach concession stand back in local hands
After a few years with an out-of-town operator, The Peach concession stand in Penticton has a local one. Ice cream and sweets shop Tickleberry’s is going to be operating the stand this summer as well as the Skaha Main concession stand

Pennsylvania House advances bill legalizing recreational marijuana
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvanians 21 or older would be allowed to legally purchase and use marijuana under a bill that passed the state House on Wednesday, the first time a recreational cannabis proposal has been approved by either legi

Property management company fined twice for ignoring asbestos issue at same Vernon building
A BC property management company, fined $9,000 for failing to deal with asbestos dust when it ripped up vinyl flooring at a Vernon property, has been stung with a further $18,000 fine when inspectors following up found it still flouting the rules

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