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Mountain biking groups 'stretched thin' with trail work as popularity grows
March 16, 2025 - 9:00 AM

VANCOUVER - The outdoors were a refuge for many during the pandemic as people hit their local trail networks to mountain bike, hike, run and walk, but advocates in British Columbia say the value of trails isn't reflected in the level of support they receive.
A painting stolen from an Italian museum is found in England, but its new owner wants to keep it
March 15, 2025 - 9:00 PM

LONDON (AP) — A 16th-century painting stolen more than 50 years ago has been found — and is now at the center of a custody battle between a widow in England and a small Italian museum.
Ukrainian war veteran amputees learn adaptive skiing in Oregon
March 15, 2025 - 3:00 PM

HOODOO SKI AREA, Ore. (AP) — Ukrainian war veteran Oleksandr Shvachka lost his left leg to Russian tank fire outside Kyiv. Three years on, the latest step in his physical and mental rehabilitation recently unfolded under a brilliant blue sky on a snow-covered mountain more than 5,000 miles (8,047 kilometers) away.
Mix of sun and slush forecast for Kamloops, Okanagan this weekend
March 14, 2025 - 4:00 PM

Okanagan residents who thought spring was here had a rude awakening this week when they saw several inches of snow on Thursday.
Environment Canada issues snowfall warnings for B.C. mountain passes
March 13, 2025 - 9:10 AM

VANCOUVER - Environment Canada says a low-pressure system passing through southeastern British Columbia will bring snow to some mountain passes.
Charges against 'influencer' poachers in BC span four hunts
March 12, 2025 - 7:00 AM

Goats, sheep, elk and deer were all allegedly poached by four people named in dozens of wildlife charges announced by BC Conservation Officer Service last week.
iN PHOTOS: Migratory birds are returning to Okanagan, Kamloops
March 12, 2025 - 6:00 AM

Spring weather is bringing an influx of migratory birds to Kamloops and the Okanagan, and this week photographers are snapping photographs of three of the earliest arrivals: the mountain bluebird, western meadow lark and red-winged blackbird.
Resort confirms Kicking Horse gondola fell one metre to ground, 8 on board
March 11, 2025 - 9:06 AM

GOLDEN, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - The owner of Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in Golden, B.C., has confirmed eight people were aboard a gondola that fell to the ground Monday morning.
Gondola falls near base of lift at Kicking Horse ski resort near Golden, B.C.
March 10, 2025 - 3:08 PM

GOLDEN, BRITISH COLUMBIA - The lifts at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in southeastern British Columbia were shut down Monday after a gondola cabin fell to the ground.
Fundraiser underway to upgrade S.S. Sicamous in Penticton
March 08, 2025 - 8:00 AM

The people who are committed to keeping one of Penticton’s most iconic tourist attractions alive and well have announced an $80,000 fundraising project is already underway for a major capital project they hope to have completed before the 2025 tourist season gets underway.
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LETTER: 'Be Kind. Be Calm. Be Safe.': COVID five years in
OPINION Be Kind. Be Calm. Be Safe. Those memorable words spoken during the COVID pandemic by BC’s Provincial Heath Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry resonated far beyond by boundaries of the province she so effect

Trying to buy Canadian? Shoppers in Kamloops, Okanagan find it isn't easy
A trade war with President Donald Trump has Canadian shoppers trying to source locally made grocery products, but understanding product labels at major grocery outlets is complicated and some major grocery outlets are not forthcoming with informa

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

West Kelowna, Kamloops fall behind BC government's 'unrealistic' housing targets
Both West Kelowna and Kamloops are failing to meet the province's housing targets, and politicians at the Okanagan city are frustrated. West Kelowna built 64 net new housing units over the past six months, and the BC government expects

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Trying to buy Canadian? Shoppers in Kamloops, Okanagan find it isn't easy
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Tiger Woods faces another injury and another lost year. Has golf seen the last of him?
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Golf without Tiger Woods was inevitable simply because of age. He turns 50 at the end of this year and once leaned on the adage that “Father Time r
March 15, 2025 11:00 AM
Small, slow-speed EVs will be allowed on Osoyoos streets
Town of Osoyoos council has voted in favour of moving forward with a program that will allow slow-speed, electric vehicles on streets and most highways in and around the tourist community. C
March 15, 2025 6:00 AM
Okanagan distillers quenching thirst for bourbon during trade war with US
A couple of distilleries in the Okanagan are working to meet an increase in demand for their bourbon-based whiskey as American brands are being pulled from BC Liquor Store shelves. “We
March 11, 2025 6:00 PM
Peerless Penticton manufacturing business sold, moving to Saskatoon
Peerless Penticton, one of the city’s longest-serving industrial businesses, has been sold and is moving its manufacturing operations to Saskatoon early this summer. Peerless has been
March 14, 2025 7:00 PM
Kelowna’s new Tesla dealership is ready to go despite tanking stock
Kelowna’s long-awaited Tesla dealership and service centre is ready for customers despite the controversy surrounding the car company's CEO Elon Musk and the fact that the company’
March 14, 2025 6:00 PM
Eby responds to Alaskan senator's threat to have cruise ships bypass B.C. ports
British Columbia Premier David Eby says he is standing firm behind the legislation granting the province the ability to levy new fees on U.S. commercial trucks heading to Alaska, despite political th
March 14, 2025 4:53 PM
Trump family fortune began in a Canadian brothel-hotel
In one of history's little-known ironies, the Maple Leaf country pushing back against Donald Trump’s annexation bid is also host to a tiny, remote restaurant and brothel that helped laun
March 15, 2025 9:00 AM
A volcano near Alaska's largest city could erupt in the coming weeks or months, scientists say
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A volcano near Alaska’s largest city is showing new signs of unrest, with experts saying the likelihood of an eruption at Mount Spurr in the next few weeks or
March 15, 2025 6:00 PM
Kamloops drug addict credits tough love for his recovery, advocates for forced treatment
After decades of being addicted to crack cocaine, Mike Haertel is sober and living independently at a residential housing building in Kamloops operated by BC Housing. The complex on Glenfair
March 10, 2025 7:00 AM

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