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SickKids surgeons give baby another shot at life after removing nearly 3-pound tumour
April 22, 2021 - 7:00 PM

Hope dwindled for Julie and Paul Devigne as a treatment-resistant tumour in their baby's belly swelled so large it restricted his ability to eat, sleep and breathe.
These realtors think auctioning houses is best for buyers and sellers in Kamloops, Okanagan
April 10, 2021 - 10:07 AM

The “new normal” in the Okanagan and Kamloops real estate markets is to have multiple buyers bidding on the scant offerings currently available.
iNwine Wednesday: Let's drink Syrah! Painted Rock Estate Winery is on the wine menu
March 24, 2021 - 6:00 AM

Painted Rock Estate Winery in Penticton is a small winery with a huge name.
Rogers plan to buy Shaw raises red flags about competition, especially in wireless
March 15, 2021 - 2:07 PM

TORONTO - Rogers Communications Inc. said Monday it will buy Shaw Communications Inc. in a deal that would combine Canada's two largest cable operations even as it's expected to face regulatory scrutiny over competition concerns in the wireless industry.
US implicates Saudi crown prince in Khashoggi's killing
February 26, 2021 - 4:37 PM

WASHINGTON - Saudi Arabia's crown prince likely approved the killing of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, according to a newly declassified U.S. intelligence report released Friday that instantly ratcheted up pressure on the Biden administration to hold the kingdom accountable for a murder that drew worldwide outrage.
Canada missed chance to help homegrown vaccines move quickly last spring: developers
February 22, 2021 - 9:00 PM

OTTAWA - Two vaccine developers in Canada say a lack of federal funding early in the pandemic kept homegrown COVID-19 vaccines from moving as quickly as international versions.
NASA rover lands on Mars to look for signs of ancient life
February 18, 2021 - 4:15 PM

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A NASA rover streaked through the orange Martian sky and landed on the planet Thursday, accomplishing the riskiest step yet in an epic quest to bring back rocks that could answer whether life ever existed on Mars.
iN VIDEO: NASA rover attempting most difficult Martian touchdown yet
February 17, 2021 - 9:00 PM

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Spacecraft aiming to land on Mars have skipped past the planet, burned up on entry, smashed into the surface, and made it down amid a fierce dust storm only to spit out a single fuzzy gray picture before dying.
Every vaccine maker was asked to make their doses in Canada and all said no: Anand
February 04, 2021 - 6:07 PM

OTTAWA - Every COVID-19 vaccine maker Canada signed a contract with last summer was asked if they could make the doses in Canada and all of them concluded they could not, Procurement Minister Anita Anand said Thursday.
Canada signs deal with Novavax to make its COVID-19 vaccine at new Montreal facility
February 02, 2021 - 1:07 PM

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a tentative deal Tuesday with U.S. vaccine-maker Novavax to produce its product in Canada if the COVID-19 vaccine gets approved for use here.
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How Mar Jok bridged the gap for Kelowna's Chinese community
West Kelowna residents may know Mar Jok by his name on an elementary school but his legacy stretches far beyond that as a communicator between the Chinese and Caucasian communities in the Okanagan in the 20th Century. The Canadian Chinese p

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One of my greatest joys has been my involvement with Soup Sisters and being one of the founders of the Kelowna chapter. An extraordinary organization, founded by one of my heroes, Sharon Hapton, in Calgary in 2009, it brings community

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With demise of mobile home parks in Kelowna, affordable home ownership slips away for many
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