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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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'Super unusual': West Kelowna fisherman catches 4-pound yellow perch
A yellow perch caught from a West Kelowna lake may be a record-breaker. The B.C. record for yellow perch is 1.5 lb. and 13.4 in. in length recorded in 2017 and caught in West Kelowna's S
February 08, 2022 6:30 AM
Well-known Kamloops guitar shop to be replaced by five-storey condo
A well-known Kamloops music shop may soon be the site of a five-storey condo building. Lee's Music and Riversong Guitars are currently on Battle Street and while the future of the busine
February 07, 2024 7:00 PM
BC strata loses legal case over $150 move-in fee
A BC Tribunal has ruled that a strata's move-in fee wasn't "reasonable" and ordered it to charge a condo owner a third of the amount. The case involves Robert Keith Craig w
August 12, 2023 6:00 PM
Leaky septic and $20K debt: Vernon trailer park owner at a loss for what to do
Carol Goldstone is hoping a judge will make a reasonable decision about what to do with the Vernon trailer park she inherited in 1988. A couple of days ago she was served with a court summon
February 21, 2023 7:00 AM
North Okanagan woman faces trial over sexual abuse of young boy at ministry-funded home
VERNON - A former youth worker faces allegations of sexual assault and sexual touching against a minor in relation to an incident that occurred during her employment at a government-funded care ho
August 13, 2018 6:30 PM
Tk'emlups signs $12M land settlement with federal government
Tk'emlups signed a deal with the federal government for $12 million after a years-long claim over what should have been reserve land. Chief and council agreed to the settlement late last
March 09, 2025 6:00 AM
Builders of Kelowna’s tallest building sued for allegedly faulty railings
The strata representing owners in the tallest of two towers in Kelowna’s One Water Street highrise complex have filed a lawsuit against the building developer and numerous contractors.
November 01, 2023 6:00 PM
Vernon woman found dead leaves behind two daughters
A woman found dead in a Vernon home has been identified as 32-year-old Kaylee Bannister. An online fundraiser set up in her memory says that Bannister left behind two young daughters.
June 07, 2024 7:00 AM
'I am nothing like my father:' Children paying the price for father's misdeeds
SHE HAS TROUBLE RENTING, GETTING A BANK ACCOUNT, PAYING OFF HIS DEBTS IN HER NAME KELOWNA - After what she says was a childhood of terrified silence, when Faye Travis saw the recent media
August 30, 2019 8:30 AM
Beloved historical building and unique hostel burns down in the Shuswap
A small brick building with a long history and big connection to communities in the Shuswap and beyond was reduced to rubble by wildfire earlier this month, leaving many locals and travellers sadd
September 02, 2023 6:00 PM

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