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iN VIDEO: Quail family goes for a stroll in sunny Penticton
June 12, 2025 - 7:00 PM

What appears to be two quail parents with a brood of busy chicks were caught going for a stroll on a Penticton city sidewalk on a sunny day in June.
iN PHOTOS: Wildlife parents dote on their young in Kamloops, Okanagan
June 11, 2025 - 4:00 AM

As summer quickly approaches, wildlife parents in Kamloops and the Okanagan are leading their growing young around to eat in urban and forested areas.
BC woman sexually abused by stepdad awarded $900,000
June 08, 2025 - 6:00 AM

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iN VIDEO: Kamloops steam train rolls outside for first time in years
June 07, 2025 - 12:00 PM
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Kamloops’s only steam locomotive was rolled outside of its shop at the heritage railway station this week for the first time in almost six years for testing and maintenance work.
Penticton MLA circumventing city to get residents say on controversial homeless camp
June 04, 2025 - 7:00 AM

The mayor of Penticton and Penticton-Summerland’s MLA had a bone to pick with each other last week over a controversial homeless encampment in the city, now a town hall meeting is planned where local residents can have their say.
iN VIDEO: Heartwarming recovery, release of orphaned ducklings in Summerland
June 01, 2025 - 4:00 AM

It's a tough time of year for ducklings. Not only do they face natural predators, the cars and trucks on our roads and highways are lethal for the small bundles of feathers.
TD financial advisor in BC accused of swiping $150,000 of client's cash
May 31, 2025 - 4:00 PM

A TD Bank financial advisor stands accused of transferring $150,000 of a client's money into her own bank accounts.
iN VIDEO: Steam train whistles, huffs and puffs on trestle bridge in Summerland
May 29, 2025 - 4:00 AM

Earlier this week, Summerland resident Char-lynn Bubar captured a video of the iconic Kettle Valley steam train after it paused on the Trout Creek trestle bridge before sounding its haunting whistle and chug-chug-chugging forward with puffs of steam billowing out.
iN VIDEO: Coyote pups yip and yowl in Summerland
May 25, 2025 - 4:00 AM

South Okanagan wildlife photographer Jodi Forster was on one of her usual hikes along the Summerland Bench recently when she recorded the sounds of coyote pups.
BC Conservatives attack MLA Tara Armstrong and fellow Independents
May 16, 2025 - 7:00 PM

The BC Conservatives are out for Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream MLA Tara Armstrong and two other MLAs formerly on their team for not joining their effort to bring down the NDP.
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iN DISCUSSION: ICBC's no fault system criticized
This is where cold facts yield to the hottest of takes. Here you'll find reader responses to stories and newsletter editorials, or letters to the editor for the week of June 23. They may have been edited slightly for readability. The op

iN NUMBERS: Beer, wine and spirits in Kamloops, Okanagan
Everyone loves to go on about how great the wine is in the Okanagan, but good ol’ beer and liquor is too often overlooked. Here are some numbers for wine, beer and spirits in Kamloops and the Okanagan: 8,830: Acres of viney

Texas governor calls for special session after vetoing a bill to ban THC-infused goods
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed a bill that would have banned consumable hemp products containing THC ingredients in the state, but said he's open to lawmakers passing a new effort to regulate what has become a boomin

Kelowna strata management firm fined $15K for not doing any managing
A Kelowna strata management company is on the hook $15,000 after it failed to do anything for a property it was managing. According to a June 2 BC Financial Services Authority decision, property manager Robert Tomislav Zivkovic provided &qu

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iN VIDEO: Lightning storm electrifies sky over Kamloops
When a thunder and lightning storm hit Kamloops Sunday night and Ryan Armand was ready with his camera to capture the action. “The storm was intense with what seemed like loonie-sized
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