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'I lost everything': Court hears from man who suffered severe head injury in Penticton beach assault
February 23, 2021 - 3:18 PM

The sentencing hearing for the man accused of a violent assault on Penticton’s Okanagan Lake Beach that put a man in a coma with a severe head injury began in Penticton Supreme court today.
Kelowna homeless shelter is building community while hunkered down during pandemic
December 13, 2020 - 8:00 AM

The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected marginalized populations, but at Kelowna’s Gospel Mission there appears to be a silver lining.
Trick or Treat? Experts divided on letting kids go out on Halloween due to COVID risk
October 31, 2020 - 5:30 AM

As COVID-19 case numbers continue to creep up in much of the country, some parents are feeling spooked about letting their children trick-or-treat on Halloween.
Trick or Treat? Experts divided on letting kids go out on Halloween due to COVID risk
October 14, 2020 - 9:00 PM

As COVID-19 case numbers continue to creep up in parts of the country, some parents are feeling spooked about letting their children trick-or-treat on Halloween.
It’s a 'natural evolution' for Kelowna, Kamloops to take on social issues
October 02, 2020 - 7:30 AM

Traditionally, cities like Kelowna and Kamloops have looked after local issues such as roads, sewers and garbage collection but have left things like mental health, addictions, street issues and even crime to higher levels of government.
After 80 complaints, owner of derelict Vernon property hasn't got a single fine
August 27, 2020 - 7:00 AM

One year after the RCMP raided a known downtown Vernon drug house, the City continues to receive dozens of complaints about the property although the owner has yet to be fined.
Homeless at 'double risk' of getting, spreading coronavirus
March 07, 2020 - 5:00 PM

SALEM, Ore. - They often don't have places to wash their hands, struggle with health problems and crowd together in grimy camps.
Death toll from Tennessee tornadoes climbs to at least 24
March 03, 2020 - 5:53 PM

NASHVILLE - Rescuers searched through shattered Tennessee neighbourhoods for bodies Tuesday, less than a day after tornadoes ripped across Nashville and other parts of the state as families slept. At least 24 people were killed, some in their beds, authorities said.
Daily cleanup of Kelowna's Leon Avenue homeless camp ruffles feathers on both sides
November 06, 2019 - 5:00 PM

At 9 a.m. every weekday morning there’s a friendly, yet hostile routine in the 200 block of Leon Avenue in downtown Kelowna.
Investigation: Lead in some Canadian water worse than Flint
November 04, 2019 - 7:30 AM

MONTREAL - Hundreds of thousands of Canadians have been unwittingly exposed to high levels of lead in their drinking water, with contamination in several cities consistently higher than they ever were in Flint, Michigan, according to an investigation that tested drinking water in hundreds of homes and reviewed thousands more previously undisclosed results.
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JONESIE: TNRD spending isn't the real issue
OPINION Nice to see shock and a swift reaction in Kamloops when residents learned how their hard-earned money was being spent by staff at the Thompson-Nicola Regional District. If you tuned it out because those

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