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Peachland widow wins legal fights after ICBC refuse to pay
November 23, 2024 - 12:30 PM
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A Peachland widow has won a legal fight with ICBC after the insurer refused to accept that her partner's death was the result of a motorcycle accident.
Impaired drivers beware, RCMP running roadchecks all summer in Southern Interior
June 13, 2024 - 7:00 PM

If you plan to get behind the wheel of a vehicle after a few drinks or tokes this summer, be advised police throughout the Southern BC Interior will be watching for you.
'Absolute insult': Lumby mayor suing ICBC after hitting deer with classic campervan
May 30, 2024 - 12:00 PM

Lumby Mayor Kevin Acton barely saw the wounded deer jump in front of him when driving on Highway 97 in Vernon last summer.
Former Penticton woman gets $1.8M for accident before ICBC's no fault insurance
May 03, 2024 - 7:00 AM
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A former Penticton woman struggling to recover from a horrific motorcycle crash has been awarded $1.8 million in damages.
What to do when the ICBC say you're at fault, but you aren't
February 19, 2024 - 1:00 PM
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You've been in a car accident and you've heard about the new no-fault insurance in BC but you have no idea what that means or how it will impact your claim.
More than 2,500 personalized licence plate requests rejected by ICBC in 2023
January 25, 2024 - 11:30 AM
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There are guidelines to what's permitted on a personalized licence plate and ICBC has revealed a list of slogans that did not meet them.
Top ten excuses BC RCMP officers get from driver's with no insurance
January 22, 2024 - 2:30 PM

After a massive string of fines for drivers without insurance in the Kootenays, the BC RCMP's Highway Patrol has compiled the top ten terrible excuses it gets from drivers without insurance.
Overwhelming majority of drivers in Southern Interior use winter tires: survey
January 15, 2024 - 11:41 AM
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Most drivers in Southern Interior use winter tires, according to an ICBC survey.
West Kelowna getting its own ICBC licencing office
December 14, 2023 - 11:05 AM

West Kelowna residents will no longer have to cross the bridge into Kelowna to access ICBC licencing services.
DON'T BE A STATISTIC: Counter attack road checks begin in Kamloops, Okanagan this weekend
November 30, 2023 - 1:34 PM

Police will be ramping up enforcement of impaired driving laws during the annual Counter Attack road checks throughout the province next month.
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A look back at the glory days of celery production in the Okanagan
Celery isn’t grown commercially locally these days, but once upon a time there were acres of it growing in the Okanagan. Kelowna resident Domenic Rampone’s family immigrated from northern Italy to Kelowna in 1893 where they grew

North Thompson woman refused home insurance over cannabis plants loses human rights case
A North Thompson woman has lost a legal battle against more than a dozen insurance companies after she was refused coverage because she grew medical cannabis on her property. According to a May 2 BC Human Rights Tribunal decision, form

New Kamloops supportive housing site comes with $30M price tag
A new North Kamloops supportive housing project is slated for move-in by 2028. BC Housing is looking for contractors to build the 54-unit building and attached a $30.5 million price tag. That's according to procurement documents,

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