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Calling on wildlife photographers to enter BC SPCA contest
July 04, 2024 - 3:42 PM

The 16th annual BC SPCA wildlife photography contest is underway and looking for submissions.
The Latest | First day of Trump's hush money trial adjourns with no jurors selected
April 15, 2024 - 2:25 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — The first day of Donald Trump 's historic hush money trial ended Monday after hours of pretrial motions and an initial jury selection process that saw dozens of prospective jurors excused after they said they could not be fair or impartial. The court ultimately adjourned without any jurors being seated, with the selection process resuming on Tuesday.
Communities can't recycle or trash disposable e-cigarettes. So what happens to them?
October 21, 2023 - 9:00 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — With the growing popularity of disposable e-cigarettes, communities across the U.S. are confronting a new vaping problem: how to safely get rid of millions of small, battery-powered devices that are considered hazardous waste.
Tennis ball wasteland? Game grapples with a fuzzy yellow recycling problem
September 10, 2023 - 9:00 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — Tennis has a fuzzy yellow problem most players don’t think about when they open can after can of fresh balls, or when umpires at U.S. Open matches make their frequent requests for “new balls please.”
Time to try growing some vegetable or flower transplants
March 31, 2021 - 5:30 AM
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If you’ve never grown your own transplants for your garden, perhaps this is the year to do it. It’s economical, it allows you to grow varieties you might not be able to buy as transplants, it’s satisfying and it’s easy.
Early winter blast struck end-of-harvest blow to Okanagan apple growers
October 30, 2020 - 6:30 AM
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The early season snow followed by a blast of Arctic air in the southern Interior last weekend has wreaked havoc on apple and grape crops bringing an abrupt end to the harvest.
Penticton's top bureaucrat says city targeting 'behaviour not people' in security crackdown
July 18, 2018 - 1:30 PM

PENTICTON - Homelessness has become a major problem in Penticton as people with nowhere to go find themselves forced to sleep wherever they can, says the city's chief administrative officer.
Don Rickles, king of insult comedy, dies at 90
April 07, 2017 - 5:45 AM

LOS ANGELES - Don Rickles, the big-mouthed, bald-headed "Mr. Warmth" whose verbal assaults endeared him to audiences and peers and made him the acknowledged grandmaster of insult comedy, died Thursday. He was 90.
College students aiming to make puck for blind hockey players
August 03, 2015 - 6:00 AM

TORONTO - A pair of Ontario college students is facing a tough crowd as they try to design an audible hockey puck that can be used by visually impaired players.
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THOMPSON: Department of War name change comes with hefty bill for American taxpayers
OPINION Last month, President Donald Trump decided he liked the sound of Department of War a lot more than Department of Defense. It was - like so many Trump impulses - a move that did little to change reality other t

Why some bars and most breweries close early in downtown Kelowna
It’s 10:30 p.m. and the night feels young inside one of Kelowna’s charming breweries, but your hope of painting the town red is dashed by last call. That’s a pretty common experience for folks who aren’t familiar wit

Why Okanagan cannabis shops aren't dominating the black market
Law abiding cannabis companies in the Okanagan deal with the government taking its piece of the pie at every turn, while trying to compete with a black market that's still going strong. Cannabis in B.C. gets taxed at several points betw

The story behind the Shuswap's familiar and historic Trickle Inn
A large, charming white house with green trim has been a familiar site for people travelling through the Shuswap for decades. Perched on side of the Trans-Canada Highway in Tappen, the house was a family home for the Carlin family for sever

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Province fined $800,000 for sloppy traffic control at BC music festival
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iN PHOTOS: Vacant old Star Theatre in Armstrong brought back to life
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For $25 this Kamloops woman will end your relationship properly
A controversial new service in Kamloops will handle that messy breakup for you, for a fee. While Sar Ahsher Bank doesn't have any customers yet, she's already getting all kinds
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iN VIDEO: Terrorized victim in Kamloops road rage incident still shaken as TikTok goes viral
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iN VIDEO: You can buy an island in the Southern Interior for $600,000
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Two of three remaining properties near Kelowna’s newest waterfront park are for sale
There are only three privately owned properties preventing the creation of a major waterfront park north of Mission Creek along Okanagan Lake in Kelowna, but the city has yet to enter into negotia
December 24, 2023 7:00 AM
New Jersey approves seven facilities for recreational cannabis sales
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey regulators gave a green light Monday to seven facilities that already sell medical marijuana to also sell recreational cannabis, although it's not clear e
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Okanagan Hobbit House offering visitors a peek inside of Middle Earth
OSOYOOS - You don’t need to travel all the way to middle earth to enjoy a slice of the mythical world J.R.R. Tolkien created in his Lord of the Rings series. There’s a cozy littl
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