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Don't demolish old Kelowna homes to make way for development, recycle or move them
March 31, 2025 - 7:00 PM
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As Kelowna’s population grows the city is trying to densify housing and that means replacing single-family homes, but a business has proposed that those homes can be repurposed rather than destroyed.
The Latest: Vance visits Greenland as Trump presses for a US takeover of the island
March 28, 2025 - 4:32 PM

U.S. Vice President JD Vance said on Friday that Denmark has “underinvested” in Greenland’s security and demanded that the country change its approach as President Donald Trump continues to talk of taking over the Danish territory.
Okanagan’s first ‘net-zero’ home is insulated with hemp
March 27, 2025 - 7:00 PM
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In an effort to make construction more sustainable a Kelowna developer has built a home insulated with hemp.
Middle East latest: Oscar-winning Palestinian filmmaker is released after Israelis assaulted him
March 25, 2025 - 9:25 PM

In the occupied West Bank, Israeli authorities released a Palestinian director of the Oscar-winning documentary “ No Other Land,” a day after he was beaten by Jewish settlers and detained by soldiers. Hamdan Ballal and two other Palestinians were accused of throwing stones at a settler, allegations they deny.
City and citizen watchdog group mutually drop Build Kamloops court appeals
March 25, 2025 - 1:00 PM

A settlement to drop a pair of court actions means the multi-million dollar Build Kamloops projects can get back on track.
Why some Kelowna streets still have gravel shoulders
March 23, 2025 - 4:00 AM
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If you have ever wondered why downtown Kelowna has so many gravel shoulders and thought it was because the city is too cheap or lazy to pave them you’d be wrong. Those gravel shoulders are part of the drainage system, a relic from before this was the fastest growing city in the country.
iN VIDEO: Kamloops company gets funding for eco-friendly concrete creation
March 21, 2025 - 6:00 AM

A Kamloops company turning recycled glass into a cement ingredient was awarded $4.6M in federal government funding for a pilot project earlier this month.
The Latest: Trump, Putin agree to immediate ceasefire for energy and infrastructure in Ukraine war
March 18, 2025 - 3:22 PM

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed during a lengthy call Tuesday to an immediate pause in strikes against energy and infrastructure targets in the Ukraine war, but the Russian leader stopped short of backing a broader 30-day pause in fighting that the U.S. administration is pressing for.
Here's the latest as Mark Carney becomes Canada's 24th prime minister
March 14, 2025 - 2:22 PM

OTTAWA - Mark Carney was sworn in as Canada's 24th prime minister in a ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa today. Here's the latest on today's events — which also included the introduction of a new cabinet (all times Eastern):
Some Trudeau cabinet ministers out as Carney prepares to reveal a shorter bench
March 13, 2025 - 7:49 PM

OTTAWA - Mark Carney will be sworn in officially as prime minister and reveal the makeup of his first cabinet Friday morning — a team one government source said will not include Jean-Yves Duclos.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the first week of April 2025. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones

No fine for Kelowna brewery that sold beer to undercover minor
A Kelowna brewery successfully avoided a fine for selling beer to an undercover minor, but it did fire the employee. The province's liquor regulator decided against handing down a $7,000 fine after an 18-year-old bought a six-pack from

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

Don't demolish old Kelowna homes to make way for development, recycle or move them
As Kelowna’s population grows the city is trying to densify housing and that means replacing single-family homes, but a business has proposed that those homes can be repurposed rather than destroyed. Renewal Development and Light Hous

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