News Items tag as: alcohol

Visitors can sip on booze while watching Music in the Park in Kamloops
July 01, 2025 - 11:00 AM
iNwine

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
iNwine

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
iNwine

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
iNwine

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
iNhome

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.
More ...

iN DISCUSSION: When the law can't keep up with technology
This is where cold facts yield to the hottest of takes. Here you'll find reader responses to stories, letters to the editor and newsletter editorials, or letters to the editor for the week. They may have been edited slightly for readability.

Supply of locally grown turkeys limited in Okanagan, Kamloops this year
Anyone wanting a fresh, free range turkey for Thanksgiving or Christmas this year might want to get their orders in with local farmers while supplies last. Karen Smith of North Valley Farm in Salmon Arm is fielding orders for her birds, wit

iN NUMBERS: Now that weed is legal BC teens are smoking less
Getting stoned has never been more permitted in Canada, which means it has never been less cool for young people. Teenagers in BC are smoking less pot than they used to. If you really want to discourage your teen from smoking weed, light up

Central Okanagan real estate sales still lagging after busiest August in 4 years
Real estate sales in the Central Okanagan are still 25% below the decade average, but it was still the busiest August in four years. The Rennie Advance real estate analysis report shows that single-family home sales were up 9% over August 2

News Items tag as: alcohol

Visitors can sip on booze while watching Music in the Park in Kamloops

American booze pulled from BC Liquor Stores available at independent outlets

Kamloops couple joins non-alcoholic beverage trend with new mocktail business

Medications for alcoholism lacking in BC despite being deadlier than opioids

B.C.'s alcohol 'spike' during COVID starting to wane

Easy access to booze helped boost COVID pandemic drinking in Interior Health: study

Drinking? Arrive Home Safely!

Self harm among Okanagan youth higher than rest of province

Kamloops

Kelowna

Penticton

Vernon