News Items tag as: KLJUN2023

Medications for alcoholism lacking in BC despite being deadlier than opioids
August 07, 2023 - 6:00 AM

It may have taken a back seat to the overdose crisis, but more than three times as many people died of alcohol than opioids in BC in 2019.
Kelowna man ordered to demolish derelict house faces similar charges at second home
August 04, 2023 - 7:00 AM

Janusz Grelecki has a long history of accumulating massive amounts of what many people consider junk and piling it in and around the places he lives.
Wineries will help create the vision for Summerland wine village
August 01, 2023 - 7:05 AM
iNwine

Ryan Kennedy is a landlord with eight commercial units under construction in the middle of Summerland’s Bottleneck Drive.
iN PHOTOS: Luxury ranch near Beaverdell going to auction as 'Yellowstone North of 49'
August 01, 2023 - 6:00 AM
iNhome

The popularity of the Yellowstone TV series has sparked a growing interest not only in ranching but in luxury ranches.
Forget about paying those parking tickets from private BC companies
July 31, 2023 - 7:00 PM
iNwheels

There’s two sides to every parking ticket from private lots.
Gas prices jump in Kamloops, Okanagan; Kelowna spikes 17 cents per litre
July 31, 2023 - 11:16 AM
iNwheels

After steadily dropping by 17 cents per litre since mid-June, Kelowna gas prices had a major correction over the weekend, jumping back to where they had been on June 12 at $1.79.9.
IH eyes indoor safe inhalation sites as drug users drop needles
July 31, 2023 - 7:30 AM

Throughout BC's overdose crisis, the picture we form in our minds of who is dying has changed.
Smoky skies expected in Kamloops, sunshine in the Okanagan
July 31, 2023 - 7:00 AM

Wildfire smoke is expected in the South Thompson, including Kamloops, today, July 31, and tomorrow, according to a special air quality statement issued by Environment Canada.
Coldstream the safest town in Thompson-Okanagan; Penticton last again
July 27, 2023 - 6:00 PM

New crime data shows that Coldstream had the least crime in the Thompson-Okanagan region in 2022.
In-migration boosted Thompson-Okanagan population but housing supply lagging
July 27, 2023 - 5:00 PM
iNhome

The pace of population growth in the Thompson-Okanagan region continues at a blistering pace, increasing by 2% between mid-2021 and mid-2022, adding 12,536 people.
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THOMPSON: The latest grooming systems for men have gone too far
OPINION Like most folks, I have more stuff squirrelled away in my bathroom drawers and cabinet than I use. A recent inspection found a cologne someone gave me that I don’t like, a prescription drug that expired

Epic cherry season expected in Okanagan and Kamloops
The cherry season in the Southern Interior is set to be the biggest one in a long time thanks to favourable growing conditions, after extreme weather events damaged crops for the past three years. “It looks like it’s going to be

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

Why Kelowna's treatment of homeless encampments has changed over the years
The addition of fences, security guards, identification stamps and a lots of cops at the end of March changed the landscape at the homeless tent city along a section of the Okanagan Rail Trail in Kelowna. Some called it dystopian, others sa

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