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B.C. resort destroyed by 2023 Okanagan wildfire sues over insurance 'gaps'
August 19, 2025 - 3:00 PM

VANCOUVER — A lakeside British Columbia resort that was destroyed by a wildfire in 2023 says it can't rebuild due to "gaps" in its insurance coverage that it allegedly wasn't told about.
Kelowna massage therapist suspended after making 97 fraudulent claims
August 12, 2025 - 4:00 AM

A Kelowna massage therapist has been suspended for three months after submitting almost 100 fraudulent claims for treatments she didn't perform.
'Unfair and flawed': Tribunal orders ICBC to pay after it cancels victim's treatment
July 21, 2025 - 7:00 PM
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A BC woman left in chronic pain following a car crash has had to resort to taking ICBC to a Tribunal to get the provincially-owned insurance company to cover $4,700 of chiropractic and massage therapy bills.
Fraud is her way of life: Crown wants 7 years for Kelowna bookkeeper who swiped $500K
July 18, 2025 - 3:56 PM

Megan O’Gorman wasn’t a certified chartered accountant when, in late 2016, she took a job working for Kelowna firm, Refresh Financial, as its accounting manager.
The Latest: House gives final approval to Trump’s big tax bill and sends it to him to sign
July 03, 2025 - 4:22 PM

House Republicans lifted President Donald Trump’s $4.5 trillion tax breaks and spending cuts bill to final passage Thursday, overcoming multiple setbacks to approve his signature second-term policy package before a self-imposed Fourth of July deadline.
PM says negotiations continue as Trump says he's ending trade talks over digital tax
June 27, 2025 - 3:11 PM

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says he did not speak Friday with Donald Trump before the U.S. president announced a sudden end to trade negotiations in response to Ottawa's plans to push ahead with a digital services tax at the end of the month.
Trump says he will double tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to 50 per cent
May 30, 2025 - 7:52 PM

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said he will double the tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to 50 per cent next Wednesday.
North Thompson woman refused home insurance over cannabis plants loses human rights case
May 25, 2025 - 6:00 AM
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A North Thompson woman has lost a legal battle against more than a dozen insurance companies after she was refused coverage because she grew medical cannabis on her property.
Event planners across Canada rethinking security practices following Vancouver attack
April 30, 2025 - 11:38 AM

TORONTO - The deadly attack on a Vancouver street festival has prompted event organizers across Canada to comb over their security practices in a bid to protect attendees and assure them festivals are safe.
How a Southern Interior credit union merger preserves an alternative to big banks
April 29, 2025 - 4:00 AM

Three credit unions in Shuswap and the Okanagan are merging and it’s a sign of the shift in these local financial institutions that serve as an alternative to big five national banks.
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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

Rent slowly getting cheaper in Kelowna as condo stock increases
Rent prices are slowly but steadily trending downwards in Kelowna, and the huge volume of condos might help speed up that descent into affordability. Kelowna’s average asking price to rent a one-bedroom apartment is $1,953, down 1.3 p

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Top News - Kelowna and Area

B.C. resort destroyed by 2023 Okanagan wildfire sues over insurance 'gaps'

Kelowna massage therapist suspended after making 97 fraudulent claims

'Unfair and flawed': Tribunal orders ICBC to pay after it cancels victim's treatment

Fraud is her way of life: Crown wants 7 years for Kelowna bookkeeper who swiped $500K

The Latest: House gives final approval to Trump’s big tax bill and sends it to him to sign

PM says negotiations continue as Trump says he's ending trade talks over digital tax

Trump says he will double tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to 50 per cent

North Thompson woman refused home insurance over cannabis plants loses human rights case

Event planners across Canada rethinking security practices following Vancouver attack

How a Southern Interior credit union merger preserves an alternative to big banks

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