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Closing Kamloops maternity clinic puts more doctors on call
September 13, 2025 - 6:00 AM

With fewer maternal care options in Kamloops, it means more doctors to call-in when a mother is in labour.
Kamloops left behind in delayed $10-a-day daycare program
September 11, 2025 - 7:00 PM

A Kamloops city councillor said families are being left behind as BC lags in its $10-a-day childcare program.
Ontario government proposes changes, driver charged after daycare crash
September 11, 2025 - 5:19 PM

The Ontario government is proposing measures aimed at boosting safety at child-care facilities, and a man is facing dangerous driving charges after an SUV crashed into a daycare north of Toronto, killing a toddler and injuring six other children.
One injured, four arrested after shooting on Kamloops’ North Shore
September 11, 2025 - 3:19 PM

Someone was injured in an overnight shooting in Kamloops and four people are in custody.
Keremeos senior texted daughters before slashing wife's throat, stabbing himself
September 10, 2025 - 6:00 PM

In the minutes before Keremeos senior Brian Reum sliced his wife's throat with a knife before stabbing himself in the chest, he sent a text message to his daughters.
Young child dead, nine injured after SUV smashes through window of Ontario daycare
September 10, 2025 - 5:35 PM

RICHMOND HILL — A young child died after an SUV smashed through the window of a daycare north of Toronto shortly before pickup time on Wednesday afternoon.
Vancouver festival attack suspect faces 31 more charges as he is ruled fit for trial
September 10, 2025 - 4:00 PM

VANCOUVER — The suspect in the Vancouver Lapu Lapu Day festival attack has been declared fit for trial and will face 31 new charges of attempted murder, in addition to 11 charges of second-degree murder.
Kamloops maternity care squeezed again as clinic shuts out new patients
September 10, 2025 - 2:40 PM

A Kamloops maternity clinic is facing impending closure again as its remaining overworked doctors shut the doors to new patients.
No housing plan for Kelowna man released after police dog attack
September 09, 2025 - 4:48 PM

A Kelowna man who tried to sue the RCMP after he was badly bitten by a police dog told a judge he had nowhere to live and had been barred from all the city's shelters shortly before being released.
BC scientists 3D printed lung tissue. Then made it smoke
September 08, 2025 - 7:00 PM

Sometimes smoking is cool.
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New $1.2M renovation lets beverage makers experiment in Penticton
Drink makers are going to be able to head to the newly renovated lab at Okanagan College's Penticton campus to work on innovative beverages. Okanagan College has spent $1.2 million to renovate its Beverage Technology Access Centre with

Penticton 'potio' weed lounge going strong despite stifling regulations
A cozy, clean patio with picnic tables where Penticton’s potheads can gather outside a dispensary to get stoned is a surprisingly rare space. As of February 2024 cannabis shops in BC could have outdoor lounges for people to smoke, but

Okanagan appraisal firm wins trademark dispute with rival company
An Okanagan real estate appraisal company has won the right to trademark its name despite opposition from a rival firm. According to an Aug. 6 Canadian Intellectual Property Office decision, Okanagan Appraisals had been granted the right to

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Kamloops left behind in delayed $10-a-day daycare program
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