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Documents reveal more than 1,000 potential infractions left unchecked by B.C.’s energy regulator
March 08, 2025 - 12:00 PM
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.
FortisBC seeking clean energy projects to meet electricity demand in Southern Interior
September 10, 2024 - 2:00 PM

FortisBC wants to find Indigenous-led clean energy projects to meet the Southern Interior region’s growing need for electricity.
First Nation's geothermal project shows how fossil fuels can power next seven generations
July 21, 2024 - 4:30 PM

Elders and community members always knew something was bubbling under their feet on this remote B.C. First Nation territory.
A big boost for a climate solution: electricity made from the heat of the Earth
June 30, 2024 - 7:00 PM

One method of making electricity cleanly to address climate change has been quietly advancing and on Tuesday it hit a milestone.
Oliver winery receives highest honour at Canadian Wine Industry Awards
March 13, 2024 - 9:47 AM
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Oliver's Burrowing Owl Estate Winery took home the Canadian Wine Industry Award of Distinction during the 2024 Wine Industry Awards ceremony last night.
A long-overlooked climate solution, geothermal could be in for its hottest decade yet
December 29, 2023 - 1:00 PM

CALGARY - It's clean, renewable, and right there below our feet, but geothermal energy has largely remained undeveloped in Canada.
B.C. Green leader hopes voters see value in minority government
October 22, 2020 - 9:00 PM

VANCOUVER - The leader of the B.C. Green party is betting on a legislature in which one party doesn't hold all the power in the final days of a snap election campaign that began a week after her leadership victory.
Yukoners turn to farming to build self-sufficiency, market for local food
July 26, 2020 - 8:00 PM

Yukoners are turning to farming to boost self-sufficiency and build the market for local food, a trend local agriculture experts say is being reinforced by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kelowna's affordable student housing gives view of a zero-emission future
November 16, 2019 - 10:30 AM

Morning begins with the clattering, whirring sounds of tools and mechanical equipment ringing out across the University of British Columbia's campus on the edge of the Okanagan valley.
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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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Volcanoes erupted across the Okanagan Valley 40 million years ago
Step back in time roughly 40 million years and you’ll see the Okanagan Valley filled with gushing volcanoes, including at Knox Mountain, Dilworth and Mount Boucherie. The Okanagan Vall
October 04, 2020 3:00 PM
Canada's only desert is in B.C. but not where you think it is
Canada’s only desert is in the Southern Interior of B.C. but it might not be where you think it is. They lay that claim in Osoyoos, where you’ll find the Nk’Mip desert cult
July 03, 2021 12:03 PM
Kelowna bakery featured on Food Network closing for good
It was the perfect storm for Whisk Bakery + Cafe. A combination of personal issues, the rising costs of items due to inflation and issues with finding and retaining staff means the bakery wi
July 21, 2022 12:30 PM
'BRUTAL': Kelowna transit system not keeping up
Sam Woods has been navigating the inefficiencies and vagaries of the Kelowna transit system for a decade. She knows it’s often unreliable, some days impossible so she always has two al
September 30, 2024 6:00 PM
Violent offender released after guilty plea in Vernon court
A BC man charged with sexual assault and violence against his partner will be released from custody having spent seven months behind bars. Yesterday, July 15, at the Vernon courthouse, Sevin
July 16, 2024 6:00 PM
Kelowna man who filmed dozens of people in public washrooms jailed
Over a period of three or four years, 34-year-old Kelowna resident Jeremy Aaron Dudus took more than 50 videos of people in washrooms around the city without them knowing. He also spied on h
April 16, 2025 4:35 PM
Why you really don’t have to pay that private lot parking ticket
When a Kelowna nurse contacted us to explain that she got hundreds of dollars in parking tickets from a private lot, she felt she had no other choice to pay them. She suspected she didn&rsqu
January 12, 2021 12:00 PM
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
February 19, 2025 7:30 AM
UPDATE: Teichrieb sentenced to seven years in jail for bat attack on Kamloops teen
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops man is facing seven years in prison after pleading to the aggravated assault of Jessie Simpson today. Kristopher Shaun Teichrieb, 41, brutally beat Jessie Simpson, who
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Shannon White has now been missing for 1,000 days
Shannon White has been missing from Kamloops for 1,000 days and her story continues to be shared online with local searchers not slowing down in looking for her. White has been missing sinc
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