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Coca leaves remain a source of work, faith and identity in Bolivia
September 13, 2025 - 8:00 AM

YUNGAS, Bolivia (AP) — Tomas Zavala performs a ritual ahead of each workday in his coca field.
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.
WestJet blames 'pilot availability' but Vernon snowbird sues and wins
September 01, 2025 - 4:00 PM

WestJet blamed the weather and pilot availability, but a Vernon woman whose flight back from Mexico was delayed by two days has been awarded $1,700 after she took the airline to court.
Researchers uncover Stone Age settlement submerged by rising sea levels in Denmark
August 31, 2025 - 10:00 AM

BAY OF AARHUS, Denmark (AP) — Below the dark blue waters of the Bay of Aarhus in northern Denmark, archaeologists search for coastal settlements swallowed by rising sea levels more than 8,500 years ago.
Canada narrows choice of new submarine suppliers to Germany, South Korea
August 26, 2025 - 2:42 PM

BERLIN — Canada has narrowed down its shopping list for its next fleet of submarines to those made by two suppliers, Germany’s Thyssen Krupp Marine Systems and South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean Co.
iN PHOTOS: Soggy summer days bring rainbows to Kamloops, Okanagan
August 18, 2025 - 4:00 AM

Wet days and a mixed bag of weather in Kamloops and the Okanagan this summer have created several opportunities to see rainbows, and even two at a time.
NHL veteran Josh Gorges returns to Kelowna Rockets as a coach
August 13, 2025 - 11:36 AM

Kelowna native Josh Gorges started his hockey career with the Rockets, played in the NHL and now he’s coming back to where it all started.
Apollo 13 moon mission leader James Lovell dies at 97
August 08, 2025 - 3:37 PM

CHICAGO (AP) — James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering, has died. He was 97.
The Latest: Wall Street dips as world stock markets takes Trump’s tariffs in stride
August 07, 2025 - 2:10 PM

President Donald Trump began levying higher import taxes on dozens of countries Thursday, just as the economic fallout of his monthslong tariff threats has begun to create visible damage for the U.S. economy. But while U.S.

McGill University team develops AI that can detect infection before symptoms appear
August 02, 2025 - 3:00 PM

MONTRÉAL — Researchers at McGill University say they developed an artificial intelligence platform that can predict when someone is about to come down with a respiratory tract infection before they start to feel sick.
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THOMPSON: Don't speak ill of the dead; speak the truth
OPINION I’ve always heard folks say, “Don’t speak ill of the dead.” Presumably, the reasoning is that they’re no longer here to defend their comments or actions. Sorry, but sometimes we h

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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