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Alberta to use notwithstanding clause on its three transgender laws: memo
September 18, 2025 - 8:25 PM

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has directed officials to invoke the Charter's notwithstanding clause in amending three laws that affect transgender people, says a leaked government memo obtained by The Canadian Press.
Kamloops hospital renovations extended another year
September 18, 2025 - 7:00 PM

Renovations at Royal Inland Hospital went way over budget last year, and that work is expected to last another two years.
Freeland called back to testify on BC Ferries' deal with Chinese shipyard
September 18, 2025 - 6:45 PM

Former transport minister Chrystia Freeland is being called back to a committee to testify after emails suggested the ministry was given weeks of notice that BC Ferries was buying four new vessels from a Chinese shipyard.
Tractor with no roll bar nets Okanagan orchard WorkSafeBC fine
September 18, 2025 - 6:00 PM
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An Okanagan orchard has been fined $2,500 for not having a roll bar on a tractor and the driver wasn't wearing their seatbelt.
B.C. Conservative Sturko is 'deeply concerned' about fake membership allegations
September 18, 2025 - 3:34 PM

VICTORIA — A Conservative MLA says she is "deeply concerned" about allegations of improper membership sign ups that were forwarded to her and others by the party's executive, ahead of final voting on John Rustad's leadership.
No tsunami threat to B.C. after 7.8-magnitude quake off Russia
September 18, 2025 - 2:13 PM

VANCOUVER — Authorities have announced there was no tsunami risk to British Columbia's coast after a brief scare triggered by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake near Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, in the same area hit in July by one of the biggest quakes ever recorded.
B.C. wildfire season extending into fall until stormier weather arrives
September 18, 2025 - 2:12 PM

VICTORIA — The BC Wildfire Service says fire season is expected to continue into the fall in British Columbia as risks for new blazes remain for much of the province.
Two suspects arrested after series of suspicious grass fires in West Kelowna
September 18, 2025 - 1:55 PM

West Kelowna RCMP arrested two men connected with two different grass fires in the area, but there are four other fires still under investigation.
B.C. chief raises concerns about Teck-Anglo merger's effect on First Nations
September 18, 2025 - 1:46 PM

OLIVER — A First Nations chief in the southern British Columbia Interior says he's concerned the proposed merger between Teck Resources Ltd. and Anglo American PLC will ignore Indigenous rights and title.
Kimmel's future hangs in balance after ABC suspends his late-night show over Charlie Kirk comments
September 18, 2025 - 1:35 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Jimmy Kimmel’s television future hung in the balance Thursday after ABC suspended his late-night show following the host’s comments about

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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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One arrest following suspicious death in Kelowna home
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Penticton city council votes down infrastructure levy
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