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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 fourth week of March 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you...

$145,000 fine for Kelowna orchardist previously involved in tractor death
A Kelowna company that grows, processes and exports cherries was fined last year following a fatal tractor incident has again been fined after a tractor driver was seriously injured. According to a recently published Feb. 6 WorkSafeBC

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

Okanagan’s first ‘net-zero’ home is insulated with hemp
In an effort to make construction more sustainable a Kelowna developer has built a home insulated with hemp. The 5-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom, 2,430 square foot home at 278 Summer Wood Drive in the Echo Ridge development in Kelowna meets the pro

'It's the Wild West': How AI is creating new frontiers for crime in Canada
VANCOUVER - There's deepfake pornography. Voice impersonation. Romance scams that turn into financial fraud. Canadian police patrolling corners of the dark web are well aware of the comm
March 29, 2025 8:00 AM
iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the fourth week of March 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you
March 25, 2025 12:00 PM
iN PHOTOS: A bit about prickly porcupines in Kamloops, Okanagan
It isn’t uncommon to come across a porcupine in the forests, grasslands or rockier slopes in Kamloops and the Okanagan, and the creatures are pretty fascinating. With stocky bodies, ti
March 26, 2025 4:00 AM
Neptune's auroras are captured in great detail by NASA's Webb telescope
WASHINGTON (AP) — Neptune's glowing auroras are captured in the best detail yet by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. Hints of auroras were first faintly detected in ultraviole
March 29, 2025 6:00 PM
Heavy police presence at home in downtown Kelowna
There's a large police presence outside of a home in downtown Kelowna, but RCMP are tight-lipped about what is going on. Heavily-armed members of the RCMP emergency response team could b
March 28, 2025 2:02 PM

Science in steel boxes: how research teams hitched a ride with navy to Antarctica
HALIFAX - Scientists who went aboard a Royal Canadian Navy mission to Antarctica say the trip demonstrated how porta
March 29, 2025 9:00 PM
Largest-ever Fisheries Act penalty will pay for First Nations-led ecosystem recovery in BC
A restoration project is underway in southeastern B.C. to repair
March 29, 2025 7:00 PM
Neptune's auroras are captured in great detail by NASA's Webb telescope
WASHINGTON (AP) — Neptune's glowing auroras are captured in the best detail yet by NASA's James Webb S
March 29, 2025 6:00 PM
Poilievre, Singh focus on affordability, Carney visits his Ottawa riding
OTTAWA - Affordability measures dominated the promises on the federal election trail on Saturday, with the NDP focused
March 29, 2025 5:09 PM
As Ramadan ends, a new cookbook sheds light on Pakistan’s varied cuisine
When Maryam Jillani was growing up in Islamabad, the last day of Ramadan was about more than breaking a month-long f
March 29, 2025 3:00 PM

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