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iN VIDEO: Making Kekuli Cafe's authentic and popular bannock
December 29, 2024 - 6:00 AM
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A steady stream of customers filter into Kekuli Café in Kamloops on a grey, chilly morning for hot drinks and warm, fresh bannock.
In Similkameen homelands, mining operations threaten syilx Okanagan laws, identity
December 22, 2024 - 7:00 PM

Madison Terbasket grew up learning about syilx title and rights from her culture’s worldview as a member of the Lower Similkameen Indian Band (LSIB).
‘It’s scary’: Similkameen bands say once-pristine waterways tainted by mine waste
December 21, 2024 - 8:00 AM

Facing questions from sm?lqmíx community members about mine contamination in a Similkameen Valley creek, a senior representative for the Copper Mountain Mine insisted she would drink the water herself.
UBCO downtown Kelowna highrise debacle casts doubt on new 40-storey tower
November 25, 2024 - 5:00 PM
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City councillors expressed some concerns Monday about a proposed 40-storey tower on St. Paul Street right next to the UBC Okanagan’s downtown debacle, but the project is moving ahead.
Tolko fined $75,000 for logging road that caused landslide
November 19, 2024 - 7:00 AM

Tolko Industries is appealing a $75,000 fine it received after a logging road it built caused a landslide eight years ago.
Kelowna couple living in highrise lose legal fight with strata over patio umbrella
October 04, 2024 - 7:00 AM
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A Kelowna couple who splashed out more than $2.5 million for a condo in the One Water Street building will have to brave the harsh Okanagan sun if they want to enjoy their huge patio after the building's strata banned patio umbrellas.
iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
October 01, 2024 - 12:00 PM

Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the first week of October 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability.
New Product Report: MEGCRETe Engineered Sheathing
September 22, 2024 - 8:00 AM
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Across the Okanagan, structures that have been damaged by wildfire and flooding need to be rebuilt. It should come as no surprise the BC construction industry has been actively looking for ways to improve exterior covering materials. That drive for change has produced exciting innovations, including a new product catching the eye of builders and homeowners.
iN PHOTOS: First Nations bring sockeye back to Arrow Lakes for first time in decades
September 06, 2024 - 6:00 PM

Lance Thomas sent well wishes as he helped release dozens of adult sockeye salmon into the Arrow Lakes last week.
Increased 'defiance' among young males has Kamloops security guards wearing body cams
August 26, 2024 - 7:00 AM

If you think a rise in incidents in Kamloops city parks between security guards and the public is because of the homeless population, you'd be wrong.
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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 first week of January 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jon

First stand-alone Taco Bell in BC opens in Vernon
Whether it’s for a quick lunch or a much needed late night burrito after an evening at the bar, folks in Vernon now have the option to visit Taco Bell. The city’s first Taco Bell, and one of the only ones in the B.C. Interior ha

Authorities suspect gang members involved in 7 killings at marijuana grow
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say they suspect gang members of Laotian descent were involved in the 2020 shooting deaths of seven people at an illegal marijuana growing operation in a small, rural Southern California town. Rive

2024 worst year for Central Okanagan real estate sales in 12 years
Last year was the worst year for real estate sales in the Central Okanagan for more than a dozen years. While sales in December picked up considerably year-over-year, overall the region saw the lowest number of sales since 2012. Real

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Feuding Kelowna siblings back in court over $24M land sale
Two years after a BC judge attempted to end a long-standing legal feud between Kelowna businessman Ted Callahan and his three brothers – by ordering the sale of a highly valuable waterfront
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The last run of the Kamloops Meal Train
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Penticton murderer charged with domestic assault and more violence
A Penticton man, who was once sentenced to 14 years jail for stabbing his brother-in-law to death, is back behind bars facing charges of aggravated assault, domestic abuse and firing a gun.
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Bald tires on a forklift cost Kamloops company $7,000
Forklift trucks with damaged sidewalls and bald tires were some of the violations that netted a Kamloops steel fabricator a more than $7,000 WorkSafeBC fine. According to a recently publishe
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iN PHOTOS: Sightings of wild cats and bears in Kamloops, Okanagan
Several wild cats have been spotted roaming in the Kamloops and Okanagan regions this past month including a cougar, lynx and bobcat. One photographer even snapped a photo of a hiberna
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Huge raise Kelowna council gave itself hits bank accounts this month
Kelowna city council voted last year to give itself a 35 per cent raise, and it's now in full effect as their month-long holiday from the council chamber comes to a close. Council voted
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Vancouver Canucks cancel Young Stars Tournament in Penticton
The much-anticipated Young Stars Tournament in Penticton has been cancelled, and it's been replaced by an event in Seattle. The Vancouver Canucks weren’t able to get other teams li
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UPDATE: Teichrieb sentenced to seven years in jail for bat attack on Kamloops teen
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops man is facing seven years in prison after pleading to the aggravated assault of Jessie Simpson today. Kristopher Shaun Teichrieb, 41, brutally beat Jessie Simpson, who
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BC lawyer to pay $35K after 'harsh' words ruled client discrimination
A BC defence lawyer has been ordered to pay a former client $30,000 because his communication was "harsh and disrespectful" and failed to accommodate his client's brain injury.
December 29, 2024 4:00 PM
Man who drove through Kelowna homeless camp likely to avoid jail
A 32-year-old Okanagan man who drove his truck through a Kelowna homeless camp flattening a tent and pinning a 50-year-old man underneath his vehicle had been drinking heavily and likely snorted c
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