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Citizen scientist measured Rockies snowfall for 50 years. Two new hips help him keep going
April 06, 2024 - 7:00 PM

GOTHIC, Colo. (AP) — Four miles from the nearest plowed road high in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, a 73-year-old man with a billowing gray beard and two replaced hips trudged through his front yard to measure fresh snow that fell during one mid-March day.
Previous passengers recall ill-fated Titan: 'I 100% knew this was going to happen'
June 24, 2023 - 1:00 PM

Talk to someone who rode on the Titan submersible, and they're likely to mention a technological glitch: the propulsion system failed or communications with people on the surface cut out. Maybe there were problems balancing weights on board.
iN VIDEO: How 'Canada's biggest water system' took Vernon from cattle to fruit
April 30, 2023 - 8:00 AM

It was mostly foreign land barons who transformed the Coldstream/Vernon area from cattle and hay to fruit in the early part of the 20th Century.
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March 05, 2023 - 8:00 AM
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At Shanghai vigil, bold shout for change preceded crackdown
December 03, 2022 - 11:29 AM

SHANGHAI (AP) — The mourners in Shanghai lit candles and placed flowers. Someone scrawled “Urumqi, 11.24, Rest in Peace” in red on cardboard — referring to the deadly apartment fire in China’s western city of Urumqi that sparked anger over perceptions the country's strict COVID-19 measures played a role in the disaster.
Fire on Kelowna Costco roof doused before firefighters arrive
September 06, 2022 - 3:05 PM

Contractors suppressed a fire when gasoline ignited on the roof at Kelowna's Costco.
Okanagan’s massive T. rex sculpture creator enters contest for $25,000 USD
April 17, 2022 - 2:30 PM

A Chilliwack artist who's creating a massive metal Tyrannosaurus rex sculpture, to be located in Penticton, is vying for $25,000 USD in an online contest.
Crews search for the missing after devastating tornadoes
December 12, 2021 - 1:01 PM

MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — Rescuers in an increasingly bleak search picked through the tornado-splintered ruins of Kentucky homes and businesses Sunday, including a candle factory that was bustling with night-shift employees when it was flattened, as the governor warned that the state's death toll from the outbreak could top 100.
Kentucky hardest hit as storms leave dozens dead in 5 states
December 11, 2021 - 9:03 PM

MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — A monstrous tornado, carving a track that could rival the longest on record, ripped through the middle of the U.S. in a stormfront that killed dozens and tore apart a candle factory, crushed a nursing home, derailed a train and smashed an Amazon warehouse.
No easy answers to make new B.C., Kelowna homes more affordable: CHBA
October 28, 2021 - 7:00 AM
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Dramatic changes to the way new housing is built is needed if it’s going to become more affordable, the new president of the Canadian Home Builders' Association of the Central Okanagan says.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo

Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

Manitoba government plans to lift ban on homegrown recreational cannabis
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is planning to end its ban on homegrown recreational cannabis — a move that would leave Quebec as the only province with such a restriction. "We're just allowing Manitobans to have the same

Kamloops council to expand tax exemptions for new rental builds
Developers have more land to choose from if they want to cut costs on new rental buildings in Kamloops. The City is looking to expand a tax exemption program to span massive swaths of Kamloops in order to encourage development. Previously r

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New Kamloops homeless drop-in centre, soup kitchen needed within weeks, not months
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Kamloops mayor considers selling business, home to avoid conflicts, pay legal bills
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BC Conservatives hold upper hand against BC United: poll
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Efforts to find a missing 79-year-old Kelowna man have escalated today as police officers, aircraft, police dogs, drones and search and rescue volunteers have joined the search. Alan Frances
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