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World Cup tickets initially to cost $60-$6,730 but could fluctuate with dynamic pricing
September 03, 2025 - 9:00 PM

MIAMI (AP) — Ticket prices for next year’s World Cup will range initially from $60 for group-stage matches to $6,730 for the final, but could change as soccer’s top event adopts dynamic pricing for the first time.
Health warnings as minister says shroud of wildfire smoke set to worsen in B.C.
September 03, 2025 - 7:00 PM

VANCOUVER — British Columbians are being told to prepare themselves for the worsening of a dense shroud of wildfire smoke that has descended over the province, with health experts saying the dangerous impacts of the pollution might not be immediately apparent.
27th annual Penticton Hot Jazz Festival this weekend
September 03, 2025 - 7:00 PM

Variety is the spice of life — and it’s also one of the key reasons why Penticton’s Pentastic Jazz Festival continues to thrive.
B.C.'s late-season wildfires a serious issue, minister says, as smoke descends
September 03, 2025 - 6:15 PM

Drought, heat and lightning have spurred late-season wildfire activity in British Columbia, with the forests minister saying the risk of new starts and growth remains a "serious issue" and there is no relief in the short-term forecast.
Social media effect attracts unprepared hikers to dangerous Kamloops trail
September 03, 2025 - 6:00 PM

Kamloops Search and Rescue has been called twice this summer to a scenic hike near the city, prompting the volunteer group to issue a public warning.
Missing man possibly connected to body found in burned car near Kamloops
September 03, 2025 - 4:21 PM

Police have determined that a man’s disappearance is suspicious and it could be connected to the body found in a burned out car near Kamloops.
Poilievre calls on Liberals to scrap the temporary foreign worker program
September 03, 2025 - 3:23 PM

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the Liberals to scrap the temporary foreign worker program, arguing it has caused an employment crisis among young Canadians.
Carney says there's hope for trade deals with U.S. but 'don't expect white smoke'
September 03, 2025 - 2:38 PM

TORONTO — Canada is making progress on "small" tariff deals with the U.S. for key sectors, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday after revealing he'd had a recent phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Indigenous healer convicted of assaulting client sentenced to probation
September 03, 2025 - 2:30 PM

An Indigenous healer convicted of assaulting a woman during a healing ceremony was sentenced Friday to two years of probation and banned from all Syilx Okanagan Nation lands.
Graffiti 'artists' caught on camera spray painting new Kelowna pedestrian overpass
September 03, 2025 - 2:01 PM

The new pedestrian overpass in Kelowna got a new paint job when graffiti artists left their marks, now police are looking for them.
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Supply of locally grown turkeys limited in Okanagan, Kamloops this year
Anyone wanting a fresh, free range turkey for Thanksgiving or Christmas this year might want to get their orders in with local farmers while supplies last. Karen Smith of North Valley Farm in Salmon Arm is fielding orders for her birds, wit

Smells of weed. Roars of airplanes. Loud crowds. It's all part of the US Open's chaos
NEW YORK (AP) — There are some tennis players, such as Frances Tiafoe or Madison Keys or Ben Shelton, who can't wait for the U.S. Open to come around each year, with its boisterous crowds, its bold-faced names in the stands, its music a

BC tenant's sleuthing gets her $17,000 after Airbnb eviction
A BC family who evicted their tenant and then rented out their condo on Airbnb have lost an appeal after being ordered to pay $17,000 in compensation. According to an Aug. 25 BC Supreme Court decision, Cristopher and Leonida Resurreccion bo

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Cash-strapped regulator pursues Kelowna vet who was rude to client
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Missing man possibly connected to body found in burned car near Kamloops
Police have determined that a man’s disappearance is suspicious and it could be connected to the body found in a burned out car near Kamloops. The BC RCMP major crime unit is investiga
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Kamloops mayor files RCMP complaint against himself
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Kootenay student wanted $800,000 for discrimination; college offered $44,000
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Penticton man sues after ICBC calls lasting concussion a 'minor injury'
A South Okanagan man who was rear-ended four years ago has had to resort to taking legal action against ICBC after it refused to accept that the crash had caused him significant cognitive issues a
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