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UBC scientists invent stir stick that detects drugged drinks
March 27, 2025 - 9:00 PM

A team of researchers at the University of British Columbia want to make a stir stick drug testing tool for spiked drinks the norm in the hospitality industry, and they’re gearing up to start “real-world testing” in hopes of commercializing the idea.
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.
Unlicensed Kelowna trader faces hearing after $20M lost in offshore investments
March 27, 2025 - 6:00 PM

Hundreds of investors lost nearly $20 million in offshore trades, and regulators are investigating a Kelowna man for illegally running the failed investment scheme.
Okanagan water board leader Liberal candidate in Vernon-Lake Country-Monashee
March 27, 2025 - 2:57 PM

Retiring Okanagan Basin Water Board executive director Anna Warwick Sears is stepping up to the plate for the Liberals in the upcoming federal election.
B.C.'s ombudsperson wants code-of-conduct laws, integrity tools for local politicians
March 27, 2025 - 12:45 PM

VICTORIA - B.C.'s ombudsperson says the lack of provincial standards guiding ethics of local politicians opens the door to interference and erodes public trust.
Big changes coming to Kelowna’s tent city after ‘spring cleanup’
March 27, 2025 - 12:34 PM

Kelowna officials from numerous departments tore down the rail trail encampment yesterday, and now the city is putting in a host of new rules.
CP NewsAlert: Carney says Trump reached out to schedule a call
March 27, 2025 - 12:13 PM

Prime Minister Mark Carney says U.S. President Donald Trump reached out Wednesday night to schedule a call.
Pickup abandoned after damaging trails at new Lake Country bike park
March 27, 2025 - 11:26 AM

Pickup abandoned after damaging trails at Lake Country bike parkRCMP are looking for the driver who abandoned a pickup truck after it slide down an embankment on the trails near the new Lake Country bike park on Wednesday.
Kelowna woman wins $200K with scratch and win ticket
March 27, 2025 - 11:04 AM

A Kelowna woman plans to take a trip after a $200,000 lottery win.
Carney detours federal election campaign to deal with Trump's auto tariffs
March 27, 2025 - 10:11 AM

OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Mark Carney is back in Ottawa today to deal with the fallout from new auto tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump, as the Conservatives continue campaigning in British Columbia.
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$145,000 fine for Kelowna orchardist previously involved in tractor death
A Kelowna company that grows, processes and exports cherries was fined last year following a fatal tractor incident has again been fined after a tractor driver was seriously injured. According to a recently published Feb. 6 WorkSafeBC

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

Okanagan’s first ‘net-zero’ home is insulated with hemp
In an effort to make construction more sustainable a Kelowna developer has built a home insulated with hemp. The 5-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom, 2,430 square foot home at 278 Summer Wood Drive in the Echo Ridge development in Kelowna meets the pro

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