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BC police watchdog investigate police-involved shooting in Penticton
March 17, 2025 - 9:52 AM

A Penticton RCMP officer shot their gun and a man suffered gunshot wounds so B.C.’s police watchdog has been notified.
B.C. police watchdog called after RCMP shoot, injure man suspected of carrying a gun
March 16, 2025 - 3:08 PM

PENTICTON, B.C. - Mounties in British Columbia's southern Interior say the province's police watchdog has been called in after a shooting involving an officer that sent one man to hospital with gunshot injuries.
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.
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THOMPSON: Why women live longer than men? Scientists are working on it
OPINION It’s a fact…women live longer than men. In Canada, a woman can expect to live 84 years…men, just over 79 years…five fewer years. In the U.S., both men and women can expect a life fou

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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