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Kelowna developer wins fight with city over future road to second Okanagan Lake bridge
December 08, 2024 - 7:00 PM

An Okanagan developer has won a legal battle against the City of Kelowna paving the way to build housing on land that was designated to one day become a road leading to a second bridge over Okanagan Lake.
Work underway in Alberta town to restore one of last remaining Quonset-style theatres
December 08, 2024 - 6:00 PM

COLEMAN, Alta. - The historic Roxy Theatre in southwestern Alberta's Crowsnest Pass has seen better days.
Vernon drug smuggler has day parole extended
December 08, 2024 - 4:00 PM

A Vernon man jailed for 15 years for drug smuggling has had his day parole extended.
Climate solution: Sails make a comeback in shipping, to dent its huge carbon footprint
December 08, 2024 - 3:00 PM

SAINT-MALO, France (AP) — Had he continued working aboard fuel-powered cargo ships, Yann Jourdan reckons he'd be earning perhaps four times what he now gets as captain of a sailboat that instead uses the wind's clean energy to transport goods across the Atlantic.
Australia is banning social media for people under 16. Could this work elsewhere - or even there?
December 08, 2024 - 1:00 PM

It is an ambitious social experiment of our moment in history — one that experts say could accomplish something that parents, schools and other governments have attempted with varying degrees of success: keeping kids off social media until they turn 16.
'Connection is everything': Kamloops Hospice is the heartbeat of community
December 08, 2024 - 12:00 PM
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Perched on a hill in the Peterson Creek parklands of Kamloops is a very large home with a powerful and profoundly valuable purpose.
'It's pretty calculated': NHLers on video coaches and their split-second decisions
December 08, 2024 - 11:00 AM

Morgan Rielly was working his way back from injury.
Chef Bobby Flay looks back at the dishes that made him a star in new cookbook
December 08, 2024 - 9:00 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — Bobby Flay's latest cookbook is really a sort of recipe for how Bobby Flay was made.
'Primal need': Kelowna's Scratchy Girl offers sensory touch therapy
December 08, 2024 - 7:00 AM

A mix of essential oils and various scented sprays infuse the air as a soft pink light illuminates the walls of Ananda Cait Carver’s sensory scratch therapy room in Kelowna.
iN VIDEO: Kamloops baker gives crash course on making the perfect macaron
December 08, 2024 - 6:00 AM
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The kitchen at Mary Ann’s Macarons in Kamloops is clean and comfortable, a place where thousands of festive macarons are made all year round.
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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 fourth week of November 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall J

Where to get weird and exotic snacks in Kelowna
Arabic malt energy drinks, protein Snickers bars, an edible Barbie dream house, Snoop Dogg chips; if any of those exotic snacks pique your interest there are places to get them in Kelowna. Seoulful Convenience specializes in Korean snacks a

A growing number of Oregon cities vote to ban psychedelic mushroom compound psilocybin
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Drug reform advocates hailed Oregon as a progressive leader when it became the first in the nation to legalize the therapeutic use of psilocybin, the compound found in psychedelic mushrooms. But four years later,

Okanagan, Kamloops real estate sales still lagging
Real estate sales across the Okanagan increased considerably in November compared to this time last year but still lag behind the 10-year average. According to statistics released by the Association of Interior Realtors, sales in all housin

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