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iN PHOTOS: Creative captures of railway bridges in Kamloops, Okanagan
June 14, 2024 - 2:30 PM

The trestle bridges, swing bridges and lift bridges along the rail lines in Kamloops and the Okanagan have interesting histories and can be unique subjects of photography.
West Kelowna nomads decide it’s safer to stay in Mexican wilderness than return to Canada
March 29, 2020 - 3:00 PM

Out in the Mexican wilderness, Braden Taylor and Lyndsay Fillier say there’s less risk of being exposed to COVID-19.
Once mighty Kelowna Kinsmen Club trying to rise from the ashes
March 25, 2019 - 6:30 PM

KELOWNA - There was a day when service clubs were about the only choice for people wanting to give back to their communities. Today, with so many options to choose from, the former stalwarts of the community have fallen on hard times.
A century later, mystery of Parliament Hill fire still unsolved
January 31, 2016 - 9:00 PM

OTTAWA - It's difficult to imagine the scale of the trauma, the wartime anxiety, the shock, the anger, that would have engulfed the nation 100 years ago when the seat of the federal government went down in flames.
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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 second week of January 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jo

iN PHOTOS: Heated domes provide one-of-a-kind Okanagan winter dining experience
The dining domes at a West Kelowna winery offer customers a unique and extravagant experience during the cold and dreary winter months in the Okanagan. With fluffy brown and white blankets draped over cushioned chairs, tables draped with bl

Authorities suspect gang members involved in 7 killings at marijuana grow
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say they suspect gang members of Laotian descent were involved in the 2020 shooting deaths of seven people at an illegal marijuana growing operation in a small, rural Southern California town. Rive

How Trump tariff threat and foreign buyers ban impacts Okanagan real estate market
American tariff threats are already impacting the Canadian economy, and the foreign buyer ban means the real estate market will look different than it did the last time the loonie dropped so low compared to the U.S. dollar. In the past, Ame

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Top News - Penticton, South Okanagan & Similkameen Areas

iN PHOTOS: Creative captures of railway bridges in Kamloops, Okanagan

West Kelowna nomads decide it’s safer to stay in Mexican wilderness than return to Canada

Once mighty Kelowna Kinsmen Club trying to rise from the ashes

A century later, mystery of Parliament Hill fire still unsolved

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