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Massive quake rocks Myanmar and Thailand. Hundreds feared dead
March 28, 2025 - 8:57 PM

BANGKOK (AP) — A powerful earthquake rocked Myanmar on Friday, causing extensive damage across a wide swath of one of the world’s poorest countries and prompting officials to warn that the initial death toll — above 140 — was likely to grow in the days ahead. In neighboring Thailand, at least six died in Bangkok, where a high-rise under construction collapsed.
The Latest: Congress passes immigrant detention bill, sending Trump the first law he can sign
January 22, 2025 - 7:06 PM

Donald Trump is remaking the traditional boundaries of Washington, unleashing unprecedented executive orders and daring anyone to stop him.
Critics of six-storey apartment building in Kamloops consider legal action
January 03, 2025 - 7:00 PM
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Opposition to a Kamloops apartment development isn't slowing down as city council approval looms.
Middle East latest: Ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon begins
November 26, 2024 - 8:53 PM

A ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militants began early Wednesday morning, after Beirut residents endured the most intense day of Israeli strikes since the war began.
From showgirl feathers to shimmering chandeliers, casino kitsch finds new life
October 26, 2024 - 3:00 PM

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Crystal chandeliers that once glimmered above a swanky lounge, bright blue costume feathers that cloaked shimmying showgirls, and fake palm trees that evoked a desert oasis are just some the artifacts making their way from the latest casino graveyards of Las Vegas into Sin City history.
'Dangerous': Vernon intersection where teen was killed scares many
August 23, 2024 - 6:00 PM
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There are no flowers or a plaque to commemorate the spot where 15-year-old Lynza Henke was hit by a truck last month, just roaring traffic passing through an intersection many see as dangerous.
'Banksy woz ere.' London Zoo is the latest to remove street artist's animal mural for protection
August 18, 2024 - 9:00 PM

LONDON (AP) — The gorilla and other animals that appeared to have escaped from the London Zoo in Banksy's most recent work have been taken into safekeeping.
Israel-Hamas war latest: Netanyahu signals cease-fire deal could be shaping up as deaths top 39,000
July 23, 2024 - 1:07 PM

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has signaled that a cease-fire deal that would free dozens of hostages in Gaza could be taking shape. Netanyahu is in Washington, where he is to address Congress.
iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
June 18, 2024 - 12:00 PM

Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of June 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability.
Penticton woman injured protecting dog from aggressive mother deer
June 17, 2024 - 6:00 PM

Jackie Hooper was walking her young dog through the middle of town when she got attacked by a mother deer and ended up with bruises and a mild concussion.
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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 April 2025. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones

No fine for Kelowna brewery that sold beer to undercover minor
A Kelowna brewery successfully avoided a fine for selling beer to an undercover minor, but it did fire the employee. The province's liquor regulator decided against handing down a $7,000 fine after an 18-year-old bought a six-pack from

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

Real estate sales down while housing inventory up in Central Okanagan
After an uptick in the fall, real estate sales in the Central Okanagan were almost a third below their long-run average last month, while housing inventory hit its highest level in more than a decade. According to BC real estate report The

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A Kamloops first aid company has been ordered to pay $22,000 in unpaid wages and been fined $3,000 after a former employee took legal action. According to a recently published Feb. 5 BC Empl
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UBCO forum to take a look at future of right-wing politics in Canada
A group of students from UBC Okanagan has set up a forum this week to look at how right-wing politics in Canada is evolving. Amar Khaira is the vice president of UBCO’s Philosophy, Pol
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Police dogs help find drugs and illegal tobacco in Okanagan
BC Highway Patrol cracked down on impaired driving, drugs and illegal tobacco in the Okanagan in an operation two weeks ago. Police handed out 35 tickets to commercial drivers, caught 18 imp
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Forget about paying those parking tickets from private BC companies
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All eyes are on Trump today as trade war continues to dominate election campaign
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Former North Okanagan resident convicted of revenge porn now guilty of harassment
A former North Okanagan resident just released from prison after being convicted for revenge porn for sharing nude photos of his ex-girlfriend, was back in front of a judge at the Vernon courthous
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