News Items tag as: KLJAN2022

Kelowna man well known for counter-protesting pandemic measures hangs up his signs
March 14, 2022 - 10:27 AM

David Crawford, a health care professional known for counter-protesting pandemic measures with his “Darwin please hurry” signs is retiring from duty.
Hefty hydro bills for Lake Country residents reflective of 2021 cold snap
February 22, 2022 - 6:00 AM

Some Lake Country residents have been scratching their heads as their hydro bills have doubled.
Popular Okanagan brunch spot, The Jammery, opening new location
February 13, 2022 - 12:00 PM
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- This story was originally published Feb. 6, 2022.
Westbank gets a permanent artisan market
February 05, 2022 - 4:31 PM

A new artisan shop is sharing a pizza shop’s space, enticing customers to shop local.
No arrests yet in old or new Central Okanagan cemetery thefts
February 02, 2022 - 2:30 PM

Kelowna RCMP have yet to nab any suspects from three cemetery thefts in 2019 or a similar one earlier this month.
Home support for Kamloops, Okanagan seniors 'a zoo' with new scheduling system: Senior
February 01, 2022 - 7:30 AM

Home support services offered by the Interior Health Authority are designed to keep seniors safely living in their own homes as they age.
Union says barriers are preventing new hires from being Okanagan bus drivers
February 01, 2022 - 6:00 AM

With a bus driver shortage causing route reductions in the Central Okanagan, the Kelowna union presidents says barriers need to be removed for more to be hired.
Lunar New Year celebrations begin at new Kelowna Buddhist temple
January 31, 2022 - 6:00 PM

Chuc Mung Nam Moi.
More than 1,000 people in B.C. hospitals with COVID
January 31, 2022 - 4:09 PM

For the first time ever, the number people in hospital in B.C. with a positive COVID test has passed the 1,000 mark.
Get ready for quick blast of winter in Okanagan, Kamloops
January 31, 2022 - 10:40 AM

An Arctic front is expected to strike deep into the Okanagan starting around noon tomorrow, Feb. 1.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2025. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones

Why butchers are making a comeback in B.C.
Being a butcher is much more than standing in a freezer and hacking meat with a knife, and a butchery instructor in Kamloops says the craft is rising in popularity. Corey Davison is an assistant teaching professor in the retail meat process

UBCO, TRU study finds cannabis use helps in recovery from hard drugs
A new study from UBC Okanagan and Thompson Rivers University has found that cannabis use can offer benefits to people undergoing treatment for substance use. People living in a residential recovery facility were given supervised amounts of

Vernon homeowners to see whopping 10% tax increase
Homeowners in Vernon are set for the highest property tax increase in years with an almost 10% jump when compared to last year. With little debate, Vernon council approved the 9.91% increase – a rate four times that of inflation.

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