News Items tag as: KMOCT2023

BC builder that ripped off senior sued for $400K from other unhappy clients
October 21, 2024 - 7:00 AM

In an effort to be able to afford a place to live in the notoriously expensive housing market of the Lower Mainland, BC teacher Kara Vanderwoude decided to buy a tiny house.
Why an Okanagan family is moving back to Vancouver to find childcare
December 01, 2023 - 7:30 AM

The state of childcare in the Okanagan seems to have reached a crisis point and parents are being put in near-impossible situations.
Man seriously injured in early morning Kamloops assault
November 22, 2023 - 11:21 AM

The Kamloops RCMP is investigating an assault with weapon that sent a man to the hospital early this morning.
Out-of-province boat ban gaining support in the Thompson-Okanagan
November 20, 2023 - 7:00 AM

Calls for a moratorium on out-of-province boats in BC to protect local waterways from invasive and destructive mussels appears to be gaining traction.
Housing crisis in Okanagan impacting humans and their pets
November 18, 2023 - 6:00 PM
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Many people are facing hardships due to the housing crisis in the Okanagan and pets are feeling the effects.
Kamloops woman using $1M lotto win to invest in bucket list
November 14, 2023 - 2:48 PM

A Kamloops resident is a $1 million richer thanks to a lottery win, and she'll be using the windfall to tick items off her bucket list.
Kamloops residents to subsidize temporary Noble Creek irrigation
November 09, 2023 - 6:00 PM

Kamloops residents are going to subsidize a water system for Westsyde farmers as the city looks to set up a temporary pump for next growing season.
Police looking for man who assaulted Kamloops restaurant worker
November 09, 2023 - 4:55 PM

Kamloops RCMP are looking to the public to help identify a man who assaulted a restaurant employee.
Avian flu is back on the rise in BC
November 08, 2023 - 12:00 PM

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed several BC poultry farms, including one in the Thompson-Okanagan, have been infected by avian influenza.
Four-year sentence for manslaughter in Kamloops motel stabbing
November 07, 2023 - 11:25 AM

A Kamloops man will spend roughly three more years in jail for a killing outside a local motel in 2020.
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THOMPSON: Censorship, capitulation nothing new in American entertainment industry
OPINION Earlier this month, ABC - one of America’s major television networks - folded like a cheap suit when President Trump’s Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr threatened: “I m

Why some bars and most breweries close early in downtown Kelowna
It’s 10:30 p.m. and the night feels young inside one of Kelowna’s charming breweries, but your hope of painting the town red is dashed by last call. That’s a pretty common experience for folks who aren’t familiar wit

BCGEU strike highlights struggle for Okanagan pot shops
The BC General Employees Union strike continues and with BC Liquor Distribution Branch workers on the picket line it’s leaving cannabis retailers in a tough spot. The distribution branch handles almost all of the province’s cann

Big increase in homeless populations in Penticton, Vernon, Salmon Arm
Homelessness in Penticton has almost doubled over the last seven years, while Vernon also saw an increase of more than 20% in the same time period. The number of people in Penticton without a home has increased by 80% since 2018, with 194 n

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