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Vehicle thief handed nine months jail for stolen truck, ATVs
July 07, 2015 - 9:00 PM

KAMLOOPS - A 22-year-old with a taste for stolen vehicles will spend the next four-and-a-half months in jail after pleading guilty to possessing a stolen pickup truck and two all terrain vehicles last spring.
The power of information during electrical failure
July 07, 2015 - 8:00 PM

WHO HAS IT, WHO DOESN'T
Upgrading your high school courses will now cost you
July 07, 2015 - 6:30 PM

KAMLOOPS – Graduated adults looking to upgrade their high school courses, often to boost the GPA before applying to university, will now have to pay for those upgrades.
NHL beach party this Friday at Kal Lake
July 07, 2015 - 3:00 PM

VERNON - Get ready to have a beach day with some of your favourite National Hockey League players past and present in a fundraiser event for the Vernon Jubilee Hospital Foundation this weekend.
B.C. firefighters getting help from Ontario
July 07, 2015 - 2:33 PM

BRITISH COLUMBIA - Crews fighting the nearly 200 wildfires raging across the province will get some help from our neighbours out east.
Residents of burned out Sahali apartments might not return for months
July 07, 2015 - 2:09 PM

KAMLOOPS - The cause of a fire that left one unit uninhabitable at an apartment building on Whiteshield Crescent South remains unknown, but an assistant fire chief says it’s ‘remarkable’ they were able to save the building given its construction.
Smoky skies advisory issued for entire Thompson-Okanagan region
July 07, 2015 - 12:55 PM

THOMPSON OKANAGAN – If the visible smoke in the sky wasn't enough to warn you, a smoky skies advisory has now been issued for a large portion of the Southern Interior.
New trades program in the works for Thompson Rivers University
July 07, 2015 - 12:19 PM

KAMLOOPS – Thompson Rivers University is preparing to expand its trades program to include instrumentation engineering, thanks in part to $2 million in federal funding.
Anti-bullying program legit, but RCMP not involved
July 07, 2015 - 12:03 PM

"THE TELEMARKETERS ARE QUITE PUSHY IN THEIR ATTEMPTS TO GET PEOPLE TO SUPPORT THE (ANTI-BULLYING) CAMPAIGN"
Blue piano replacement in the works following vandalism
July 07, 2015 - 10:30 AM

KAMLOOPS – Within days of being vandalised beyond repair, the outpouring of love for the blue piano of downtown Kamloops has surprised the general manager of a downtown association.
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New $1.2M renovation lets beverage makers experiment in Penticton
Drink makers are going to be able to head to the newly renovated lab at Okanagan College's Penticton campus to work on innovative beverages. Okanagan College has spent $1.2 million to renovate its Beverage Technology Access Centre with

Penticton 'potio' weed lounge going strong despite stifling regulations
A cozy, clean patio with picnic tables where Penticton’s potheads can gather outside a dispensary to get stoned is a surprisingly rare space. As of February 2024 cannabis shops in BC could have outdoor lounges for people to smoke, but

Okanagan appraisal firm wins trademark dispute with rival company
An Okanagan real estate appraisal company has won the right to trademark its name despite opposition from a rival firm. According to an Aug. 6 Canadian Intellectual Property Office decision, Okanagan Appraisals had been granted the right to

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