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FBI says it interviewed FedEx mass shooter last year
April 16, 2021 - 7:18 PM

INDIANAPOLIS - The former employee who shot and killed eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis was interviewed by FBI agents last year, after his mother called police to say that her son might commit “suicide by cop,” the bureau said Friday.
Going to a farmers' market in Kamloops, Okanagan? Bring a mask
April 15, 2021 - 6:30 AM

It's a sure sign of spring and that summer can't be too far away. Farmers' markets are moving back outside in the Okanagan and Kamloops.
B.C. massage therapist suspended for not wearing a mask while with clients
March 03, 2021 - 4:31 PM

A North Vancouver registered massage therapist has been suspended, pending a full investigation, for failing to mask up while massaging clients and offering services outside the scope of a masseuse.
No charges after Wyoming grizzly feeding investigation
February 21, 2021 - 2:24 PM

JACKSON, Wyo. - On a Friday afternoon last October, game warden Brian DeBolt and federal special agent Steve Stoinski drove to the Solitude Subdivision in response to a report of a resident feeding grizzly bears.
New Mercedes screen to stretch nearly full width of car
January 07, 2021 - 8:00 PM

FRANKFURT - Daimler's Mercedes-Benz has unveiled a key interior component of its upcoming electric luxury sedan: a large, curved screen that sweeps across almost the entire width of the car in the place of a conventional dashboard.
Disciplinary hearing set for former Kelowna massage therapist who allegedly touched patients' breasts
November 13, 2020 - 6:30 AM

A third allegation of inappropriately touching a female patient has been made against a former Kelowna massage therapist scheduled for a disciplinary hearing next month.
Ready to travel? A look at how provinces plan to emerge from the COVID-19 shutdown
July 05, 2020 - 9:30 AM

Provinces and territories have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19.
From public pools to daycares, provinces have varying plans on how to emerge from COVID-19 shutdown
June 27, 2020 - 11:45 AM

Provinces and territories have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19.
Want a mask with your Big Mac? Alberta handing out masks at drive-thrus
May 29, 2020 - 2:36 PM

EDMONTON - Alberta is planning to distribute 20 million non-medical masks for free at hundreds of drive-thru fast-food restaurants.
Vernon protesters tout freedom and end to COVID-19 lockdown
May 22, 2020 - 3:30 PM

Protesters who gathered outside the Vernon courthouse today did not have to worry about breaking the Provincial Health Officer's order prohibiting crowds of more than 50 people.
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Ontario wants in: Local, Alberta, Vancouver real estate buyers have new competition
If you're seeing a lot of out-of-province licence plates on Okanagan or Kamloops streets, they might not be tourists — they could soon be your neighbours. A growing part of the real estate boom in recent months is coming from buye

The View Winery: Think pink (and green)
Jennifer Turton-Molgat at The View Winery and Wards Cidery has always been an innovator. Always a step ahead of the trends in the industry, Jennifer and her team were pioneers in canning wines and were also large contributors to the early craft c

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Man attacked in Kamloops grocery store parking lot
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Kelowna prolific offender could see another two years behind bars
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Kamloops volunteers cleaning needles, batteries from homeless camps before river rises
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Kamloops Y Dream Home Lottery breaks sales record
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Albertans free to visit Okanagan, Kamloops despite worst COVID rates in Canada
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Okanagan Rail Trail fans have new tool to navigate the route
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Vernon waterpark cautiously watching COVID guidance before opening
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Can Albertans travel to B.C.? Yes, but with some odd restrictions
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