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Free rides, joints and beer: Incentives are added to US vaccine drive
April 29, 2021 - 9:00 PM

Free beer, pot and doughnuts. Savings bonds. A chance to win an all-terrain vehicle. Places around the U.S. are offering incentives to try to energize the nation’s slowing vaccination drive and get Americans to roll up their sleeves.
Kamloops, Okanagan residents are starting to curtail home projects as prices rise
April 22, 2021 - 7:30 AM

Whether it’s building a new deck, a modest expansion or an entire house, consumers are facing one common dilemma — how do they manage skyrocketing costs?
More than two dozen jobs lost in Penticton mill closure
April 06, 2021 - 6:00 PM

Around 27 people are out of a job with the permanent closure of a Penticton wood products mill.
Justin Trudeau first leader to talk to U.S. president-elect Joe Biden
November 09, 2020 - 6:10 PM

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is the first international leader to have personally congratulated Joe Biden on being elected U.S. president, his office said Monday as it summarized a conversation about areas of co-operation — and potential contention.
Changing times: Tolko closure marks the end of a way of life, says local historian
November 21, 2019 - 11:30 AM

Sharron Simpson felt a loss for both her family and the community earlier this month when news of Tolko’s imminent departure from Kelowna was announced.
Mill closure has nothing to do with land value in downtown Kelowna, Tolko says
September 13, 2019 - 6:00 PM

KELOWNA - When S.M. Simpson bought land near Manhattan Point and moved his sawmill and fruit box making plant to the site in 1932 it was on swampy land that often flooded.
Shift reduction will cost jobs at Tolko's Kelowna sawmill; Quesnel's mill will be closed
May 10, 2019 - 4:58 PM

VERNON - Around 90 workers at the Tolko sawmill in Kelowna will be losing their jobs due to a shift reduction, while around 150 employees will be out of work when the Vernon-based company's Quesnel operation closes.
West Kelowna man injured in steel building collapse takes manufacturer to court
March 26, 2019 - 7:00 PM

WEST KELOWNA - Two years ago, Mark Schuppener noticed the frame in his newly-erected steel building seemed to be under stress. He says the manufacturer agreed he should brace the building with lumber but while doing that, the structure collapsed on him, knocking him out and causing severe injuries.
U.S. proposes de-fanging NAFTA's enforcement systems
October 15, 2017 - 9:30 AM

ARLINGTON, United States - The United States has requested a drastic weakening of the systems that enforce the North American Free Trade Agreement by settling disputes, sources said Saturday of the latest American proposals that would drastically overhaul NAFTA.
'This will not be a short negotiation': U.S. releases list of demands for NAFTA
July 18, 2017 - 10:30 AM

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration has released its broad goals for a new North American Free Trade Agreement in mostly vague language that offers just enough specific clues to point to potentially tough negotiations ahead.
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Armstrong's Caravan Farm Theatre looking for kids to scare 'living daylights' out of adults
A popular walk of walk of terror event held by the Caravan Farm Theatre in Armstrong is returning this year and is in need of some kids to scare hundreds of adults. “This is a gig for the kids out there who love Halloween… get

Kamloops Farmers' Market is a delicious adventure
The Kamloops Farmer’s Market is a bi-weekly market that beautifully showcases the bounty from the surrounding areas of the Thompson Valley. The big market happens on Saturdays with around 100 vendors on site selling their products. We

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