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Documentary series on devastating 2023 BC wildfire season set for release
March 24, 2025 - 5:00 PM

A five-part documentary series will take viewers on a journey to discover what it means to be a first responder to modern mega-wildfires and will show the resilience of the communities affected.
Kelowna director's film makes the local big screen
March 21, 2025 - 6:00 PM

A Kelowna director's movie, The Island Between Tides, is making its way to BC theatres this spring.
Burton Cummings to headline ROOTSandBLUES this summer
March 20, 2025 - 6:00 PM

Musician Burton Cummings, lead singer and songwriter of Canadian rock Group The Guess Who will be the headliner for the ROOTSandBLUES music festival this year.
Controversial Russian band Pussy Riot returns to Kelowna
March 20, 2025 - 11:03 AM

Russian feminist and protest performance art group Pussy Riot returns the stage at Revelry this year to perform Riot Days.
Where to celebrate St. Patrick's Day in Okanagan, Kamloops
March 13, 2025 - 7:00 PM

With St. Patrick's Day on Monday, a weekend of celebrations are planned in the Okanagan and Kamloops.
Okanagan landscape painter puts memories, emotion into his work
March 09, 2025 - 7:00 AM

West Kelowna's Robert E. Wood uses his childhood memories of growing up in the Okanagan to inform his work as a landscape artist.
iN PHOTOS: Kelowna artist spoiled by Okanagan's diverse landscape
March 05, 2025 - 6:00 AM

The diversity of the landscapes in the Okanagan — mountains, forests and deserts — means landscape artists are never bored as they capture the beauty.
Modern-day Miss Penticton about empowering young woman not walking a runway
March 01, 2025 - 6:00 AM

The modern-day Miss Penticton pageant has come a long way from its origin in 1948 and is now a development program with a focus on empowering young women.
Okanagan women's masters rink representing BC at national championship
February 28, 2025 - 7:00 PM

An Okanagan rink will be travelling to Ontario at the end of March to represent B.C., at the Canadian Masters Women’s Curling Championships.
Kelowna's Top Talent finalists set to take stage
February 26, 2025 - 4:30 PM

The finale of a Kelowna talent show goes Friday with five finalists vying for the coveted title and $1,000 in cash.
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THOMPSON: How a baseball game was about more than baseball
OPINION I’ve written about baseball a few times over the years. It is a sport I love, and played until head-first slides looked more like a week-long recovery than a good idea. I try to stay close even at my adv

Kelowna distillery to pay former employee $60,000 in unpaid wages
A Kelowna distillery failed in its bid to overturn a ruling that would have it pay more than $60,000 to a former employee in unpaid overtime. Forbidden Spirits appealed the decision last year, but it didn't have enough evidence to convi

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

West Kelowna, Kamloops fall behind BC government's 'unrealistic' housing targets
Both West Kelowna and Kamloops are failing to meet the province's housing targets, and politicians at the Okanagan city are frustrated. West Kelowna built 64 net new housing units over the past six months, and the BC government expects

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