News Items tag as: alcohol

Visitors can sip on booze while watching Music in the Park in Kamloops
July 01, 2025 - 11:00 AM
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Music in the park is kicking off for the summer in various districts in Kamloops and the Okanagan, and this year viewers in the Tournament Capital will be allowed to bring their own booze.
American booze pulled from BC Liquor Stores available at independent outlets
March 07, 2025 - 6:00 PM
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Two BC Liquor Stores in Kamloops were bustling this week as employees pulled American booze off the shelves including Jack Daniel’s American bourbon whisky, Tito’s vodka from Texas and Jim Beam Kentucky bourbon.
Kamloops couple joins non-alcoholic beverage trend with new mocktail business
January 07, 2024 - 6:00 AM
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Kamloops residents can now easily access, experience, and enjoy a wide variety of non-alcoholic beverages thanks to a couple who saw a gap in the market and worked to fill it.
Medications for alcoholism lacking in BC despite being deadlier than opioids
August 07, 2023 - 6:00 AM

It may have taken a back seat to the overdose crisis, but more than three times as many people died of alcohol than opioids in BC in 2019.
B.C.'s alcohol 'spike' during COVID starting to wane
January 23, 2023 - 6:00 AM
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It is true that Canadians drank more alcohol during COVID than before but the reality for B.C. residents is that amounted to an average of about 11 more drinks in a year.
Easy access to booze helped boost COVID pandemic drinking in Interior Health: study
December 16, 2021 - 1:00 PM
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The Interior Health region had the highest per capita alcohol consumption rate in B.C. during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new University of Victoria study.
Drinking? Arrive Home Safely!
January 01, 2020 - 12:00 AM

Alcohol and the holiday season are a cultural match, but before going out, we need to make arrangements to arrive home safely after the party is over.
Self harm among Okanagan youth higher than rest of province
December 05, 2014 - 10:42 AM

OKANAGAN – The results of a province-wide survey on the health of B.C. adolescents shows that young people in the Okanagan are more likely to participate in activities that risk their health than teens in the rest of the province.
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THOMPSON: Don't speak ill of the dead; speak the truth
OPINION I’ve always heard folks say, “Don’t speak ill of the dead.” Presumably, the reasoning is that they’re no longer here to defend their comments or actions. Sorry, but sometimes we h

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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