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What’s the deal with the billboards next to the bridge in West Kelowna?
June 30, 2025 - 6:00 AM

You hear about Kelowna’s natural beauty, the pristine lake, mountains and a growing downtown, but as you round the corner to get onto the William R. Bennett bridge from the west you find your view obstructed by a wall of billboards.
BC First Nations are leading a waste revolution
June 29, 2025 - 4:00 PM
Study finds planetary waves linked to wild summer weather have tripled since 1950
June 21, 2025 - 9:00 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Climate change has tripled the frequency of atmospheric wave events linked to extreme summer weather in the last 75 years and that may explain why long-range computer forecasts keep underestimating the surge in killer heat waves, droughts and floods, a new study says.
The Latest: Israel and Iran trade strikes as European diplomacy yields no breakthrough
June 20, 2025 - 8:38 PM

A week into their war, Israel and Iran exchanged more strikes on Friday as new diplomatic efforts led by the Europeans took place in Geneva. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held several hours of talks with the European Union’s top diplomat and counterparts from the United Kingdom, France and Germany.
A week into war, Israel and Iran trade fire as Europe's diplomatic effort yields no breakthrough
June 20, 2025 - 5:58 PM

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel and Iran traded strikes a week into their war on Friday as President Donald Trump weighed U.S. military involvement and key European ministers met with Iran's top diplomat in Geneva in a scramble to de-escalate the conflict.
Is it art, or is it stealing work? Album cover designers stare down an AI future
June 15, 2025 - 10:00 AM

TORONTO — Finger Eleven guitarist James Black has picked up a new instrument, one that pushes the boundaries of his visual imagination — generative artificial intelligence technology.
Blobs of dog vomit slime mould appearing in Okanagan gardens
June 08, 2025 - 4:00 AM

Slimy masses resembling piles of vomit or scrambled eggs have appeared in some Okanagan gardens this spring, attached to decaying wood and organic materials.
This runner was bothered by blizzard of disposable cups at races. She invented something better
June 01, 2025 - 8:00 AM

Kristina Smithe was running the California International Marathon in 2019, grabbing cups of water to stay hydrated, when she started to think about how much waste such events produce. On the flight home, she did the math: 9,000 runners, 17 aid stations and something like 150,000 cups used once and thrown away.
Logging, pruning and anxiety in Banff ahead of first summer since Jasper wildfire
May 24, 2025 - 9:00 PM

BANFF — Looking out over a budding meadow with blackened tree stumps on the edge of Banff National Park, Cliff White points to a dark thicket of trees where the empty plot ends.
The Latest: Federal judge blocks Trump administration decision to bar foreign students at Harvard
May 23, 2025 - 2:53 PM

A federal judge has blocked a Trump administration decision to revoke Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students.
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THOMPSON: More questions than answers following Trump's attack on Iran
OPINION Just six months ago, President Donald Trump said he would “stop the chaos in the Middle East…prevent world war three”. Last week, President Trump ordered the bombing of three Iranian nuclear

iN NUMBERS: Beer, wine and spirits in Kamloops, Okanagan
Everyone loves to go on about how great the wine is in the Okanagan, but good ol’ beer and liquor is too often overlooked. Here are some numbers for wine, beer and spirits in Kamloops and the Okanagan: 8,830: Acres of viney

Texas governor calls for special session after vetoing a bill to ban THC-infused goods
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed a bill that would have banned consumable hemp products containing THC ingredients in the state, but said he's open to lawmakers passing a new effort to regulate what has become a boomin

Central Okanagan needs 20,000 new homes in five years
Cities around the Central Okanagan have been figuring out how many homes they need to build to keep up with the rising demand, but the regional district has taken a step back to look at the bigger picture. The Regional District of the Centr

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