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Indigenous community plays major role in new Penticton supportive housing
February 09, 2024 - 2:30 PM

A new building will provide supportive housing for those who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness in Penticton, including programs to help with addiction recovery.
'Glimmer of light in the darkness': Outpouring of support in West Kelowna after school tanning supply theft
December 16, 2023 - 8:00 AM

West Kelowna and the wider community have offered overwhelming support to Mount Boucherie Secondary School after nearly all of its hide-tanning equipment was stolen in the early hours of the morning on Dec. 14.
Hide-tanning equipment stolen from West Kelowna high school
December 15, 2023 - 9:52 AM

Most of Mount Boucherie Secondary School’s hide-tanning supplies were stolen in a break in this week.
Students are swapping test tubes for animal hides in West Kelowna
November 18, 2023 - 7:00 AM

Mount Boucherie High School in West Kelowna has added a new and unusual science course to its curriculum that will teach survival skills to students like tanning animal hides and and preserving food.
iN PHOTOS: These moths photographed in Kamloops look like hummingbirds
May 31, 2023 - 7:39 AM

Kamloops photographers are taking pictures of a unique moth that looks like a lot like a hummingbird, but they have to be skilled to get a good capture.
B.C. nurse who didn't quarantine gets suspended
October 25, 2022 - 12:00 PM

A B.C. nurse who didn't quarantine after she returned to Canada on two separate occasions has been suspended for two months.
How to get a job in the Okanagan film industry as an extra
September 19, 2022 - 5:58 AM

It’s possible to prove yourself as a professional actor by starting out as an extra in the Okanagan’s expanding film and television industry.
Kelowna RCMP seek witness to gas station shooting
August 05, 2022 - 4:07 PM

Kelowna RCMP are asking the public for help identifying a man they believe may have been involved in a shooting that took place at the Shell gas station at 1850 KLO Road.
Police looking for witnesses to robbery at Kelowna gas station
March 09, 2022 - 11:02 AM

RCMP are on the hunt for a suspect in a Kelowna gas station robbery over a week ago.
Lake Country store employee robbed at gunpoint
February 25, 2022 - 12:09 PM

Lake Country RCMP are on the lookout for a suspect following an armed robbery of a store yesterday evening.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the first week of March 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones

Avoiding American? Tips to source local produce in Kamloops, Okanagan
Some shoppers in Kamloops and the Okanagan are researching and sourcing Canadian products in the wake of U.S. president Donald Trump’s tariffs. “Now is a perfect time to focus on local food systems, and I think people want to kn

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

Kelowna rental property manager gets licence cancelled
The managing broker of a Kelowna property management company whose clients complained they hadn't gotten their money has been suspended. According to a Feb. 10 BC Financial Services Authority decision, Tao Guo, who goes by Terry Guo, ha

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