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Pine beetle forest devastation impacting Okanagan weasel population
October 03, 2021 - 8:24 AM

An Okanagan initiative researching weasels is encouraging loggers to leave their post-harvest behind to help the small mammals maintain their habitat.
How to plan an eco-friendly remodel without overspending
May 13, 2021 - 5:30 AM

When Cliff and Karen Tyllick set out to install solar panels on their Austin, Texas, home in 2012, their goal was to reduce their carbon footprint. The fact that they also saved thousands of dollars upfront and lowered their bills was a nice bonus.
Okanagan company gets federal funding to develop winery clean tech
April 19, 2021 - 6:30 AM

An Okanagan-based company is getting federal funding to find new ways to turn wine waste products into new, value-added food sources.
Giant container ship that blocked Suez Canal finally free
March 29, 2021 - 8:58 AM

SUEZ, Egypt - Salvage teams on Monday freed a colossal container ship stuck for nearly a week in the Suez Canal, ending a crisis that had clogged one of the world’s most vital waterways and halted billions of dollars a day in maritime commerce.
Phil Spector, famed music producer and murderer, dies at 81
January 17, 2021 - 9:26 AM

LOS ANGELES - Phil Spector, the eccentric and revolutionary music producer who transformed rock music with his “Wall of Sound” method and who later was convicted of murder, has died. He was 81.
Snakes found in path of Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion near Kamloops relocated
December 10, 2020 - 6:30 AM

So many snakes were brought to the B.C. Wildlife Park this fall that animal caretakers needed a new fridge and thermometer in order to ensure that the slithery serpents are kept cool in hibernation until the spring.
Trump's legal team cried vote fraud, but courts found none
November 22, 2020 - 4:30 PM

PHILADELPHIA - As they frantically searched for ways to salvage President Donald Trump's failed reelection bid, his campaign pursued a dizzying game of legal hopscotch across six states that centred on the biggest prize of all: Pennsylvania.
Plan to retrieve Titanic radio spurs debate on human remains
October 18, 2020 - 8:00 PM

NORFOLK, Va. - People have been diving to the Titanic's wreck for 35 years. No one has found human remains, according to the company that owns the salvage rights.
Satellite almost on empty gets new life after space docking
February 26, 2020 - 8:00 PM

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A communication satellite almost out of fuel has gotten a new life after the first space docking of its kind.
iN VIDEO: Boeing capsule launches to wrong orbit, skips space station
December 20, 2019 - 7:00 PM

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Boeing's new Starliner capsule ended up in the wrong orbit after lifting off on its first test flight Friday, a blow to the company's effort to launch astronauts for NASA next year.
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Vernon youth becomes classic Canadian meme after shovelling driveway wearing only shorts and boots
- This story was originally published Nov. 21, 2021. The mother of a Vernon 12-year-old who captured some social media attention last week for shovelling their driveway wearing only shorts and boots says “you have to laugh.”

Proposed new brewery will extend Kelowna’s growing Brewery District
Railside Brewing is hoping to open a taproom and patio less than a kilometre from the growing Brewery District in Kelowna’s North End. The plan is to renovate a building at 1184 and 1186 High Rd. It’s near Gordon Drive and where

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