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Public toilets to bail reform: Proposed UBCM resolutions from Okanagan, Kamloops
September 18, 2025 - 4:00 AM

Cities and towns in B.C. have compiled a list of problems in their municipalities that they want to try to resolve, from bail reform to public toilets, and next week's Union of BC Municipalities convention is where those resolutions will be presented.
Union says 4,000 workers on 22 pickets as B.C. public service strike expands
September 09, 2025 - 10:07 AM

Picket lines by British Columbia's public service employees are expanding to 22 sites involving more than 4,000 workers in an escalation of their labour dispute with the province.
Kaslo woman denied farmers' market stall blames 'spiritually violent people' in court
September 06, 2025 - 4:00 PM

A Kootenay woman who claimed that "spiritually violent people" were the reason she was refused a stall at the Kaslo Farmers' Market has lost an appeal after she took the matter to the BC Supreme Court.
For trappers, the land is their office — wildfires have them bracing for the worst
August 30, 2025 - 10:00 AM

WINNIPEG — Some trappers are expecting "catastrophic losses" to their food and financial security this year, as Canada's second-worst wildfire season on record sent swaths of remote boreal forest up in flames.
B.C. wildfires jump, campfire bans take effect in Cariboo and Kamloops regions
August 28, 2025 - 4:12 PM

The number of active wildfires in British Columbia has leapt by about a dozen in a spate of hot, sunny weather that has sent daily temperature records tumbling.
Wildfires decline in B.C. with rain, cooler weather, but heat forecasted to return
August 07, 2025 - 5:08 PM

Crews fighting an out-of-control wildfire on Vancouver Island are building helipads to improve access to the flames burning on challenging, rocky terrain.
'Fully into it:' Vancouver Whitecaps sign former Bayern Munich star Thomas Muller
August 06, 2025 - 4:11 PM

VANCOUVER — Thomas Muller wants Vancouver Whitecaps supporters to know he’s “fully into” his transfer to the Major League soccer team.
House arrest for Kelowna man who worked while claiming EI
July 22, 2025 - 4:00 AM

A 62-year-old Kelowna man who claimed $8,000 of unemployment insurance he wasn't eligible for will now spend a few months under house arrest.
Fire that triggered evacuations and shut Kelowna, B.C., airport brought under control
July 07, 2025 - 5:51 PM

KELOWNA — The BC Wildfire Service says a blaze that shut down Kelowna's airport and triggered a handful of tactical evacuations has been brought under control.
Wheel fell off RCMP trailer, sparking Lytton, B.C., fire that triggered evacuations
July 03, 2025 - 4:14 PM

Mounties say a out-of-control wildfire that has triggered evacuations near Lytton, B.C., was caused when a wheel fell off an RCMP trailer in a "tremendously unfortunate" incident.
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New $1.2M renovation lets beverage makers experiment in Penticton
Drink makers are going to be able to head to the newly renovated lab at Okanagan College's Penticton campus to work on innovative beverages. Okanagan College has spent $1.2 million to renovate its Beverage Technology Access Centre with

Penticton 'potio' weed lounge going strong despite stifling regulations
A cozy, clean patio with picnic tables where Penticton’s potheads can gather outside a dispensary to get stoned is a surprisingly rare space. As of February 2024 cannabis shops in BC could have outdoor lounges for people to smoke, but

Rent slowly getting cheaper in Kelowna as condo stock increases
Rent prices are slowly but steadily trending downwards in Kelowna, and the huge volume of condos might help speed up that descent into affordability. Kelowna’s average asking price to rent a one-bedroom apartment is $1,953, down 1.3 p

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