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iN PHOTOS: Sightings of wild cats and bears in Kamloops, Okanagan
January 08, 2025 - 6:00 AM

Several wild cats have been spotted roaming in the Kamloops and Okanagan regions this past month including a cougar, lynx and bobcat.
iN PHOTOS: These edible mushrooms in Okanagan, Kamloops dissolve into ink
November 18, 2024 - 6:00 AM
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While shaggy mane mushrooms are a common find for foragers in the Okanagan and Kamloops, the fungus does something unusual at this time of year, they start to dissolve into an inky mess.
Opportunity knocks as BC Greens look for centrist vote
September 04, 2024 - 6:00 PM

In the last provincial election, they got seven times the number of votes as the BC Conservatives, but in the week since BC United threw in the towel, the BC Greens have barely gotten a mention.
Vernon senior used Bobcat as weapon against homeless couple
August 19, 2024 - 2:04 PM

Landscaper William John Mcrae was told by Vernon bylaw officers to call 911 when he rang them to report two homeless people sitting in the shade at the front of his large Okanagan Landing Road property.
Tired of fighting clover in your lawn? Leave it and love it
August 17, 2024 - 6:00 AM
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Lush clover lawns have grown in popularity in the Okanagan as a drought tolerant alternative to heat damaged golden grass.
Unsurprisingly, goose poop still a massive problem on Okanagan beaches
July 29, 2024 - 7:00 AM

Tip-toeing through the goose feces littering the grass at Vernon's Kin Beach on Okanagan Lake it's a wonder why anyone would bother going there.
Okanagan moved to drought level two, ‘very dry’
May 16, 2024 - 2:41 PM

As municipalities around the Okanagan have implemented water restrictions, the region’s drought level has increased to level two.
More marmots popping up in residential areas in the Okanagan
July 26, 2023 - 7:30 AM

There are more marmots than usual showing up around residential homes in the Interior this year, digging tunnels under structures and eating gardens.
10 things to do in the Okanagan and Kamloops this weekend
June 23, 2023 - 3:36 PM

It’s the first weekend of the summer so there are events are aplenty in Kamloops and the Okanagan.
Police presence at second Kamloops home after Sunday shooting
May 24, 2023 - 2:25 PM

Kamloops RCMP officers raided a North Shore home yesterday in relation to a weekend shooting.
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Epic cherry season expected in Okanagan and Kamloops
The cherry season in the Southern Interior is set to be the biggest one in a long time thanks to favourable growing conditions, after extreme weather events damaged crops for the past three years. “It looks like it’s going to be

UBCO, TRU study finds cannabis use helps in recovery from hard drugs
A new study from UBC Okanagan and Thompson Rivers University has found that cannabis use can offer benefits to people undergoing treatment for substance use. People living in a residential recovery facility were given supervised amounts of

Why Kelowna's treatment of homeless encampments has changed over the years
The addition of fences, security guards, identification stamps and a lots of cops at the end of March changed the landscape at the homeless tent city along a section of the Okanagan Rail Trail in Kelowna. Some called it dystopian, others sa

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Why Kelowna's treatment of homeless encampments has changed over the years
The addition of fences, security guards, identification stamps and a lots of cops at the end of March changed the landscape at the homeless tent city along a section of the Okanagan Rail Trail in
April 11, 2025 6:00 AM
Garden of the Trolls must-see hiking destination in Kamloops
Nestled in the Lac du Bois grasslands northeast of Kamloops is a pile of huge boulders with odd, wobbly shapes and pitted with deep dark holes. For hikers following along a trail throu
April 13, 2025 6:00 AM
No guard rail nets Kelowna roofing company $20,000 fine
A Kelowna roofing company has been fined $20,000 for failing to put up guard rails while working on the roof of a two-storey house. According to a March 18 WorkSafeBC penalty notice, JV Roof
April 12, 2025 4:00 PM
iN VIDEO: Rugged Kamloops retiree makes up for lost time and shows others how
A Kamloops man is adventuring through the backwoods of BC doing all the things he dreamed about while working for decades at an industrial plant, and he's encouraging others to hang up the wor
April 12, 2025 6:00 AM
Court overturns Summerland's efforts to restrict family's FOIs
A BC judge has ruled that a family's efforts to get information from Summerland's town hall were unfairly blocked. When the District of Summerland put strict limits on Brad Besler
April 13, 2025 2:00 PM
Kamloops trustee asks fellow school board members to forgo pay in face of budget shortfall
A Kamloops school trustee is proposing elected officials in charge of the region's schools suspend their pay in the face of a budget shortfall and impending staff cuts. Trustee Jodhbir K
April 12, 2025 9:00 AM
Why Kamloops council won't pay the mayor's legal bills
The mayor of Kamloops hoped in vain council would cover his legal fees for abandoned or dismissed code of conduct investigations. None of them were covered by the city and it has left his la
April 13, 2025 12:00 PM
Prolific Kelowna shoplifter ordered to pay stores back
In an unusual move, a BC judge has attempted to make a prolific Kelowna shoplifter pay back the stores for all the stuff he stole. BC Provincial Court Judge Cathie Heinrichs acknowledged tha
April 13, 2025 7:00 PM
'He can't hurt anyone anymore': Curtis Sagmoen has died
Convicted violent offender Cutis Sagmoen has died. The grandmother of Traci Genereaux, whose body was found on Sagmoen's family's property in 2017 , told iNFOnews.ca she'd been
April 11, 2025 2:08 PM
Kamloops mayor counted on city reimbursement as legal fees rack up
Kamloops mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson is facing a second lawsuit from one of his former lawyers, again for unpaid legal bills. This time, he's pointed blame at city council for his financial woes.
April 11, 2025 8:50 AM

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