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Tribunal orders Vernon couple to carpet condo after noise complaints
December 21, 2024 - 12:30 PM

A Vernon couple has been ordered to carpet their condo after the previous owner put in vinyl plank flooring with out the strata's permission.
Fire-proofing your yard this Fall
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'It was smoky, it was chaotic': Kamloops residents describe Snowbirds crash
May 19, 2020 - 6:30 PM

Many in Kamloops heard about the Snowbirds plane crash through a phone call, a Tweet, or spotting a plume of smoke in the distance.
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$145,000 fine for Kelowna orchardist previously involved in tractor death
A Kelowna company that grows, processes and exports cherries was fined last year following a fatal tractor incident has again been fined after a tractor driver was seriously injured. According to a recently published Feb. 6 WorkSafeBC

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

Okanagan’s first ‘net-zero’ home is insulated with hemp
In an effort to make construction more sustainable a Kelowna developer has built a home insulated with hemp. The 5-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom, 2,430 square foot home at 278 Summer Wood Drive in the Echo Ridge development in Kelowna meets the pro

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Kamloops firm ordered to pay $22,000 in unpaid overtime, vacation, severance
A Kamloops first aid company has been ordered to pay $22,000 in unpaid wages and been fined $3,000 after a former employee took legal action. According to a recently published Feb. 5 BC Empl
March 28, 2025 6:00 PM
Kelowna firm that failed to pay staff unsuccessfully argued it wasn't an 'employer'
A Kelowna business owner who failed to pay his employees and then tried to claim his company wasn't an "employer" has lost an appeal and been ordered to pay $5,100. According t
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Kelowna property manager fined $5,000 for letting tenants sublet
A Kelowna rental property manager has been fined $5,000 after he allowed tenants to sublet their home. According to a March 26 BC Financial Services Authority decision, property manager Dust
March 28, 2025 7:00 PM
The curious case of how Kamloops council's advisor got ousted
Just when Kamloops thought it had a provincial advisor to help Kamloops city council with its internal dysfunction, the ministry responsible ousted him within days of his appointment. Though
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Unlicensed Kelowna trader faces hearing after $20M lost in offshore investments
Hundreds of investors lost nearly $20 million in offshore trades, and regulators are investigating a Kelowna man for illegally running the failed investment scheme. The Alberta Securities Co
March 27, 2025 6:00 PM
Kelowna financial advisor made $70,000, but client lost $150,000
A Kelowna financial advisor who misled his clients and made $70,000 in commission while they lost $150,000 has been fined $25,000. According to a March 13 Insurance Council of BC decision, v
March 30, 2025 6:00 AM
BC teacher who said 'slut' in class and didn't use preferred pronouns, gets reprimanded
A BC teacher who failed to use the preferred pronouns of students, taught kids the French word for "slut," and asked a pupil of Japanese heritage if it was a "cultural thing" t
March 29, 2025 12:00 PM
North Okanagan man surrenders after standoff with police
A man was taken into custody after police responded to a call about someone making threats with a weapon in North Okanagan. Vernon RCMP received a call about a disturbance at a home in the M
March 28, 2025 2:57 PM
$145,000 fine for Kelowna orchardist previously involved in tractor death
A Kelowna company that grows, processes and exports cherries was fined last year following a fatal tractor incident has again been fined after a tractor driver was seriously injured. Ac
March 26, 2025 6:00 PM
Neptune's auroras are captured in great detail by NASA's Webb telescope
WASHINGTON (AP) — Neptune's glowing auroras are captured in the best detail yet by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. Hints of auroras were first faintly detected in ultraviole
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