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Canada's sport system 'broken' and in need of change: report
September 01, 2025 - 6:00 PM

A new national report on how abuse and maltreatment are handled in sport says "Canadian sport has lost its way" and the federal government must act to better protect athletes across the country.
Luck needed to buy Canada's World Cup game tickets, but odds improve the more you pay
July 29, 2025 - 9:00 PM

Canada Soccer's revamped fan membership program relaunched Tuesday, opening the door to its ticket allotment for Canada's games at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
A soccer mystery: Why mighty China fails at the world's biggest sport
June 07, 2025 - 9:00 PM

In April, Chinese President Xi Jinping visited a company that makes humanoid robots. There he floated an idea to fix the country's woeful men's soccer team.
A soccer-loving nun from Brazil tops list of world's oldest living person at nearly 117
January 11, 2025 - 3:00 PM

MIAMI (AP) — A soccer-loving nun from Brazil is believed to have become the world's oldest living person at nearly 117 following the recent death of a woman from Japan.
Vancouver Whitecaps fire head coach Vanni Sartini after three-plus seasons in charge
November 25, 2024 - 3:35 PM

VANCOUVER - Head coach Vanni Sartini paid the price Monday for the Vancouver Whitecaps' mediocre results this past season and subsequent first-round playoff exit.
The Latest: Hurricane Milton takes aim near Tampa Bay, Florida, once again a Category 5 storm
October 08, 2024 - 8:11 PM

Hurricane Milton remains a ferocious storm that could land a once-in-a-century direct hit on Tampa and St. Petersburg, engulfing the populous region with towering storm surges and turning debris from Helene’s devastation 12 days ago into projectiles.
The year in review: Influential people who died in 2023
January 01, 2024 - 1:00 PM

Yevgeny Prigozhin rose from being an ex-con and hot dog vendor to winning lucrative Kremlin contracts and heading a formidable mercenary army. But it all came to a sudden end when the private plane carrying him and others mysteriously exploded over Russia.
iN VIDEO: Kelowna man joins Jeremy Renner renovating buses for needy children
May 12, 2023 - 6:00 AM

Jeremy Renner may be a huge movie star but, aided by his Kelowna buddy Rory Milliken, he’s turning his passion for buying big trucks and buses into huge bonuses for organizations working with children in need.
Baseball will be a year-round sport in Penticton with new training facility
September 11, 2022 - 12:30 PM

South Okanagan baseball players will be able to take their game to the next level once a new indoor training facility opens its doors in Penticton.
Online 'one-stop shop' launches in Kamloops for families looking to register for sports
February 17, 2022 - 11:00 AM

The Kamloops Sports Council has launched a website to coordinate sports and events into one easy-to-use platform.
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New $1.2M renovation lets beverage makers experiment in Penticton
Drink makers are going to be able to head to the newly renovated lab at Okanagan College's Penticton campus to work on innovative beverages. Okanagan College has spent $1.2 million to renovate its Beverage Technology Access Centre with

Penticton 'potio' weed lounge going strong despite stifling regulations
A cozy, clean patio with picnic tables where Penticton’s potheads can gather outside a dispensary to get stoned is a surprisingly rare space. As of February 2024 cannabis shops in BC could have outdoor lounges for people to smoke, but

Rent slowly getting cheaper in Kelowna as condo stock increases
Rent prices are slowly but steadily trending downwards in Kelowna, and the huge volume of condos might help speed up that descent into affordability. Kelowna’s average asking price to rent a one-bedroom apartment is $1,953, down 1.3 p

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Why you don’t have to be quiet in a public library in Kamloops, Okanagan anymore
Stepping into a public library is a lot different than it used to be. There was a time when public libraries were quiet spaces that smelled of a thousand old books, where librarians would ho
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Kelowna Porsche driver deliberately hit pedestrian, then smashed into business
There was no reason given why convicted drug dealer Nigel Myron Holubitsky used his Porsche SUV to hit Austin Peterson and then, with the man on the hood of his vehicle, smash into a Kelowna busin
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'He's so far gone:' Kelowna woman fights for addicted brother
In the last five years, Dana Ruether's brother has only recognized her on about five occasions. He's deep in a severe fentanyl addiction and very unwell. But when her kids are
September 15, 2025 6:00 AM
Kamloops area hospital district sidesteps IH to recruit doctors
Thompson region officials aren't waiting on Interior Health to bring new doctors to the area. It starts with a recruitment drive for the Kamloops area as the Thompson Regional Hospital D
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How a steam train came to rest in Kamloops Lake almost 100 years ago
A steam train has been sitting in the murky depths of Kamloops Lake for more than 90 years and will likely remain there forever. In 1934, CNR steam train 2727 hit a rock and plunged into the
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Rent slowly getting cheaper in Kelowna as condo stock increases
Rent prices are slowly but steadily trending downwards in Kelowna, and the huge volume of condos might help speed up that descent into affordability. Kelowna’s average asking price to
September 16, 2025 4:00 AM
Feds won't release reports justifying foreign worker jobs in Okanagan, Kamloops
An employer who wants to hire a temporary foreign worker has to prove Canadians aren't applying for the job, but the reports justifying the cross-border search aren't publicly available.
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iN PHOTOS: Kelowna’s skyline then and now
Highrises keep sprouting out of the ground in Kelowna. With more and more people moving to the city the trend doesn’t show any sign of changing. BC Stats expects the Central Okanagan p
September 17, 2025 4:00 AM
Kelowna RCMP seize thousands in cash and drugs during traffic stops
Kelowna RCMP found drug traffickers in traffic stops over the weekend. Police were “engaged in targeted enforcement efforts” around Kelowna and managed to seize drugs and cash du
September 15, 2025 4:18 PM
Penticton city council votes down infrastructure levy
Penticton city council decided against changing the way it puts aside money for essentials like water mains, roads, fire halls and other infrastructure. The idea was to change the amount of
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