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Like it or not, the Like button has changed the world
May 24, 2025 - 6:00 PM

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The internet wouldn't be the same without the Like button, the thumbs-up icon that Facebook and other online services turned into digital catnip.
Wind, rain and ruin: Iconic wilderness trails limp into summer after storm season
May 24, 2025 - 4:00 PM

Windfalls, landslides and washouts.
Clownfish shrink their bodies to survive ocean heat waves
May 24, 2025 - 3:00 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — To survive warming oceans, clownfish cope by shrinking in size.
Jim Morrison bust stolen from Doors singer’s Paris grave in the ‘80s has finally been recovered
May 24, 2025 - 1:00 PM

PARIS (AP) — Police have found a bust of Jim Morrison that was stolen nearly four decades ago from the Paris grave that has long been a place of pilgrimage for fans of the legendary Doors singer and poet.
BC prison guard bitten by colleague claims incident caused PTSD
May 24, 2025 - 12:30 PM

BC prison guard Dallis Van Steinburg was taking part in a mock exercise with some colleagues in 2019 as part of her training to get on the emergency response team.
Innovative horse simulator helps riders with disabilities get in the saddle
May 24, 2025 - 10:00 AM

"Do you want to go faster?"
Fierce-looking B.C. fossil confirmed as new genus, days after death of discoverer
May 24, 2025 - 8:00 AM

Before British Columbia fossil hunter Mike Trask died last week, he knew that recognition of his biggest discovery would live on.
Kelowna landlord to pay $27,000 for wrongfully evicting tenants
May 24, 2025 - 6:00 AM

A Kelowna landlord is on the hook for $27,000 after she failed to move into her rental property after she evicted the tenants.
Effort to unionize Kamloops Sephora quietly collapsesd
May 24, 2025 - 4:00 AM

An attempt by Kamloops retail workers to unionize fell flat even before they could come to a collective agreement with their employer.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asks CFIA to reconsider ostrich cull at B.C. farm
May 23, 2025 - 9:28 PM

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has written a letter to the president of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency asking that ostriches at a B.C. farm be spared from a planned cull.
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How a union at a Kamloops A&W beat the odds
After 18 months of effort, 20 workers at a Kamloops A&W have their first collective agreement. The workers are the first staff at a Canadian A&W restaurant to successfully unionize, acco

Thailand vows to tighten control on cannabis after smuggling cases involving tourists soar
BANGKOK (AP) — Thai officials on Wednesday said they planned to tighten regulations on cannabis sales after cases of tourists attempting to smuggle the drug out of the country soared in recent months. Thailand became the first country

Clearwater woman argues to get her dog back — but not her 10 cats
A North Thompson woman has managed to get her dog back after it was seized by the BC SPCA but not her 10 cats. According to an April 11 BC Farm Industry Review Board decision, Kristi Gerigk had two dogs and 10 cats seized in February when s

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Kelowna landlord to pay $27,000 for wrongfully evicting tenants
A Kelowna landlord is on the hook for $27,000 after she failed to move into her rental property after she evicted the tenants. Tina and Scott MacLean were paying landlord Jane Li $2,200 a mo
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Penticton MLA kicked out of budget hearing at legislature has no regrets
Amelia Boultbee says she's slightly embarrassed about being kicked out of a hearing in the provincial legislature last week but makes no apologies for standing up to an NDP Minister who she cl
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Fraud accusations levied at former, current Shuswap chiefs in alleged logging conspiracy
A Shuswap First Nation is taking three men to court over alleged logging fraud that siphoned millions away from four Secwepemc communities. Skwlax te Secwepemculecw (Little Shuswap Indian Ba
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Merritt naturalist shares his wilderness passion while fighting for his life
BC naturalist and wildlife photographer Frank Ritcey has spent a lifetime exploring the wilderness and taking others with him on the trails to share is vast knowledge of the natural world. R
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Kamloops school district boss accused of bullying, creating toxic work environment
The head of the Kamloops-Thompson school district is fielding allegations of bullying on the job. The union representing School District 73 employees filed a grievance this week seeking an i
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iN NUMBERS: The planned CFIA ostrich cull in Edgewood
Do you think you could take an ostrich in a fight? Some Canadian Food Inspection Agency workers might have to find out whether they can go toe-to-toe with a flock of giant birds since a cull
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Effort to unionize Kamloops Sephora quietly collapsesd
An attempt by Kamloops retail workers to unionize fell flat even before they could come to a collective agreement with their employer. Local Sephora employees were the first in company histo
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Penticton Vees VP talks social media, fans and consent heading into WHL spotlight
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iN PHOTOS: Kelowna art exhibit uses LEGO to tell a story about medieval Africa
You’re probably familiar with LEGO bricks, but not like this. Ghanian Canadian artist Ekow Nimako's show at the Kelowna Art Gallery tells a reimagined version of a sea voyage 700 years a
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