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Some Okanagan restaurants having tough time repaying CEBA loans
March 30, 2024 - 7:00 PM
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With CEBA repayments due, Okanagan businesses could be worse off than other areas of British Columbia.
HIDDEN EXPENSES: Salmon Arm family struggles after daughter's life-threatening diagnosis
March 29, 2024 - 7:00 AM

For Jerica Armitage, a mother and hospital staffing clerk from Salmon Arm, the hidden expenses of British Columbia’s medical system added an unexpected pressure to her daughter’s diagnosis.
Just three prescribed burns will prepare Okanagan for wildfire season
March 29, 2024 - 6:00 AM

Only three controlled burns will take place in the Okanagan this spring in an effort to reduce fire fuel and prepare for the wildfire season ahead.
Kamloops RCMP release photos related to arson investigation
March 26, 2024 - 4:48 PM

Kamloops RCMP have released new images related to an arson investigation in Brocklehurst.
Suspect arrested for threatening security guard with a knife in downtown Kelowna
March 26, 2024 - 4:21 PM

RCMP arrested 49-year-old man for trying to attack a security guard with a knife in downtown Kelowna.
How property owners can help prevent the spread of invasive rats in BC
March 26, 2024 - 10:30 AM

The Columbia Shuswap Invasive Species Society is advocating for Thompson-Okanagan area residents to stop the spread of these invasive rodents.
Injured porcupine rescued by Vernon dog walker
March 26, 2024 - 7:30 AM

Porcupines spend the majority of their time high in the trees, away from predators.
BC's hidden health care expenses: 'I either come up with this money to save my life or I die'
March 25, 2024 - 6:00 AM

Unlike the United States, Canada boasts free and accessible healthcare for all of its citizens but money still stands in the way between life and death.
Driverless buses on Okanagan Rail Trail in Kelowna being studied
March 24, 2024 - 3:30 PM
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The prospect of futuristic autonomous transport has been in the cards for the Okanagan Rail Trail in Kelowna since 2022.
Expect patchy spring wildflowers in areas burned by wildfire in Okanagan
March 24, 2024 - 8:00 AM

Spring in the valley is often accompanied by a yellow sea of Okanagan sunflowers. But after the devastating wildfires last summer, can residents expect to see the return of some of the regions most recognizable wildflowers?
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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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