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Kamloops hosting 2025 National Aboriginal Hockey Championships
May 13, 2024 - 10:35 AM

The 2025 National Aboriginal Hockey Championships is going to take place in Kamloops.
Kamloops, Kelowna focus of pilot program for wildfire, flooding evacuees
May 03, 2024 - 6:00 PM

A new program to help wildfire evacuees find hotel rooms in B.C. is starting out in Kamloops and Kelowna this summer.
Kelowna to host the Canadian Country Music awards in 2025
April 16, 2024 - 10:02 AM

The Canadian Country Music Association has announced Kelowna will host the 2025 Country Music Week and Canadian Country Music Association Awards.
Famous Martin Mars water bomber finds forever home
March 28, 2024 - 4:30 PM

The iconic Hawaii Martin Mars water bomber is going to be preserved at the British Columbia Aviation Museum.
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THOMPSON: Censorship, capitulation nothing new in American entertainment industry
OPINION Earlier this month, ABC - one of America’s major television networks - folded like a cheap suit when President Trump’s Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr threatened: “I m

Why some bars and most breweries close early in downtown Kelowna
It’s 10:30 p.m. and the night feels young inside one of Kelowna’s charming breweries, but your hope of painting the town red is dashed by last call. That’s a pretty common experience for folks who aren’t familiar wit

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

Kamloops lobby group says new housing rules lack rental protections
A Kamloops lobby group is calling on city hall to protect renters amid plans to densify urban neighbourhoods. New City of Kamloops plans "don't go far enough" to prioritize renters displaced by redevelopment, according to a Tr

Kamloops hosting 2025 National Aboriginal Hockey Championships