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Lytton doctor under investigation for causing 'vaccine hesitancy'
October 08, 2021 - 7:30 AM

A Lytton doctor has had emergency room privileges revoked and is under investigation by health authorities for promoting "vaccine hesitancy” among patients and in the community at large.
UPDATE: Missing Kelowna man located
October 06, 2021 - 8:10 AM

UPDATE: 8:07 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021
University student forced to live in Kamloops nuisance hotel due to housing crunch
October 06, 2021 - 7:30 AM
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A Thompson Rivers University student says it has been “mentally and physically exhausting” trying to find a place to live amid the Kamloops housing crunch.
Tracking taxpayer dollars spent on expenses by Kelowna council harder than you'd think
October 04, 2021 - 6:31 AM

Every year, municipalities and regional districts publish reports on how much mayors, councillors and directors are paid and how much they rack up in expenses.
Man who filmed cougar-machete video has no regrets
October 01, 2021 - 7:00 AM

The man who filmed the brutal death of a cougar that was attacking a golden retriever said the cat appeared to be hungry and desperate.
Indigenous language learning an act of decolonization: WFN councillor
September 30, 2021 - 6:00 PM

A Westbank First Nation councillor says learning nsyilxcen, the traditional language of the syilx people, is a crucial step toward decolonization.
No mask mandate for younger grades at Kamloops, Kelowna schools despite high rate of potential COVID exposures
September 30, 2021 - 4:30 PM

Despite having more schools potentially exposed to COVID-19 than most other districts in B.C., the Central Okanagan and Kamloops-Thompson school boards are not bringing in mask mandates for children as young as kindergarten age.
Police looking for witnesses after numerous people assaulted in Kelowna mall
September 30, 2021 - 12:03 PM

A Kelowna man is facing charges after allegedly assaulting a group of people with a weapon at Orchard Park mall yesterday, and some unintended victims were transported to hospital.
Some sunshine ahead of the weekend in Kamloops, Okanagan
September 30, 2021 - 8:42 AM

While today could see showers throughout the Thompson-Okanagan region, Friday is forecast to be a rare sunny day.
Not all Kamloops, Okanagan workers treated equally on National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
September 30, 2021 - 7:30 AM

The first National Day of Truth and Reconciliation on Thursday gives many government and institutional workers a paid day off to reflect on the tragic impact residential schools had on First Nations in Canada.
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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

Dispute between Vernon neighbours over tree pruning ends with legal challenge
A neighbourly dispute about overhanging tree branches has left a Vernon senior housing society in the red after it failed in its legal challenge to get its neighbour to pay for pruning. According to a May 27 BC Civil Resolution Tribunal dec

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