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Who will have the 2024 song of the summer? We offer some predictions
June 18, 2024 - 9:00 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Since the beginning of time or, at least, pop music, only a few have earned the designation of “song of the summer.”
As alcohol consumption declines, a St. Patrick's Day with fewer raised glasses
March 15, 2024 - 9:00 PM

The usual sight of green-clad revellers celebrating St. Patrick's Day is expected across Canada on Sunday — but compared with a decade ago, fewer of them will be indulging in alcohol.
'Just normal people like everybody else': The reality of homelessness in Kelowna's tent city
February 13, 2024 - 6:00 AM

Erica Stewart has been living in a tent on the Kelowna section of the Okanagan Rail Trail for almost two years now.
Kamloops war veteran turns 100: His secrets to longevity
September 22, 2023 - 7:30 PM
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A social lodge in a senior’s complex in Kamloops was slowly filling up with club members finding seats to play card games, exchanging warm greetings, jokes and news this week while preparing for a big, rare day.
Robbery, assaults, shelter mischief lands Kamloops man in jail
May 26, 2023 - 7:00 PM

A Kamloops man will spend nearly two more years in custody after he pleaded guilty in Kamloops Provincial Court to two four crimes over a two-month period.
Want B.C.-made boozy freezies? You have to go to California to get them
February 10, 2023 - 7:11 AM
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It all started in 2017 when Sheereen Price and Gabrielle Mustapich were sitting on a Vancouver beach.
Relax and reconnect with yourself at Spirit Ridge this fall
October 30, 2022 - 8:00 AM
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Nestled in the South Okanagan desert, Spirit Ridge Resort provides guests with an opportunity to relax and reconnect with themselves and the landscape.
We asked, you answered: Eat turkey without having to cook this Thanksgiving
October 08, 2022 - 4:02 PM
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You don’t need to be part of a large gathering to enjoy the classic taste and smell of a traditional turkey supper in Kamloops and the Okanagan.
Highly anticipated food hall opens this week in Kamloops
September 06, 2022 - 6:00 AM
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Two long-time Kamloops business owners and restaurateurs are busy getting ready to open the doors of the Yew Street Food Hall at 107 Yew Street.
All hail the mighty Caesar: First time competition highlighting drink hits Okanagan
July 02, 2022 - 9:33 AM
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There are endless ways to get creative with everyone’s favourite Canadian clamato juice cocktail and establishments in Kelowna will spend all of Caesar Week showing off their concoctions.
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LETTER: 'Be Kind. Be Calm. Be Safe.': COVID five years in
OPINION Be Kind. Be Calm. Be Safe. Those memorable words spoken during the COVID pandemic by BC’s Provincial Heath Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry resonated far beyond by boundaries of the province she so effect

Trying to buy Canadian? Shoppers in Kamloops, Okanagan find it isn't easy
A trade war with President Donald Trump has Canadian shoppers trying to source locally made grocery products, but understanding product labels at major grocery outlets is complicated and some major grocery outlets are not forthcoming with informa

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

West Kelowna, Kamloops fall behind BC government's 'unrealistic' housing targets
Both West Kelowna and Kamloops are failing to meet the province's housing targets, and politicians at the Okanagan city are frustrated. West Kelowna built 64 net new housing units over the past six months, and the BC government expects

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Trying to buy Canadian? Shoppers in Kamloops, Okanagan find it isn't easy
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iN VIDEO: A trio of chunky chukars make comical dash near Kamloops
Kamloops wildlife photographer Lyn MacDonald captured footage of three chunky chukars running across a road with their little feet flying on the outskirts of Kamloops earlier this week. Memb
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Small, slow-speed EVs will be allowed on Osoyoos streets
Town of Osoyoos council has voted in favour of moving forward with a program that will allow slow-speed, electric vehicles on streets and most highways in and around the tourist community. C
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Tiger Woods faces another injury and another lost year. Has golf seen the last of him?
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Golf without Tiger Woods was inevitable simply because of age. He turns 50 at the end of this year and once leaned on the adage that “Father Time r
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Okanagan distillers quenching thirst for bourbon during trade war with US
A couple of distilleries in the Okanagan are working to meet an increase in demand for their bourbon-based whiskey as American brands are being pulled from BC Liquor Store shelves. “We
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Peerless Penticton manufacturing business sold, moving to Saskatoon
Peerless Penticton, one of the city’s longest-serving industrial businesses, has been sold and is moving its manufacturing operations to Saskatoon early this summer. Peerless has been
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B.C. wins case for power use limits by cryptocurrency miners
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of the government limiting electricity supply to a cryptocurrency mining firm i
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Kelowna’s new Tesla dealership is ready to go despite tanking stock
Kelowna’s long-awaited Tesla dealership and service centre is ready for customers despite the controversy surrounding the car company's CEO Elon Musk and the fact that the company’
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A volcano near Alaska's largest city could erupt in the coming weeks or months, scientists say
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A volcano near Alaska’s largest city is showing new signs of unrest, with experts saying the likelihood of an eruption at Mount Spurr in the next few weeks or
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Kamloops drug addict credits tough love for his recovery, advocates for forced treatment
After decades of being addicted to crack cocaine, Mike Haertel is sober and living independently at a residential housing building in Kamloops operated by BC Housing. The complex on Glenfair
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