News Items tag as: Local Journalism Initiative

A 250-year plan is in the works to protect Okanagan-Similkameen watersheds
May 03, 2025 - 2:30 PM
BC agency overseeing oil and gas is about to get more powerful. Here’s why you should care
May 03, 2025 - 11:00 AM
Time takes its toll on South Okanagan jail house built in 1896
May 03, 2025 - 11:00 AM

A fundraising campaign is underway in Oliver and the surrounding area to restore the historic Fairview Jail building — one of the oldest remaining structures of its kind in the Okanagan Valley.
Penticton RCMP officer cleared of wrongdoing in fatal shooting
April 30, 2025 - 12:00 PM

A Penticton RCMP officer has been cleared of any wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of a knife-wielding man near Penticton Regional Hospital last October.
Many mental health calls in BC don’t require cops, program shows
April 27, 2025 - 9:00 AM
BC NDP to introduce prompt-payment legislation for construction
April 26, 2025 - 9:00 AM
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Penticton company building 60 tiny homes for Kelowna's homeless
April 23, 2025 - 12:00 PM
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One of Penticton’s longstanding construction contractors has landed the contract to build 60 “tiny homes” to house the homeless in Kelowna.
What happened in Vanderhoof after the sawmill closed
April 20, 2025 - 7:00 PM
How will the federal parties help BC forest workers?
April 20, 2025 - 4:00 PM
Garth Mullins on surviving decades of the war on drugs
April 19, 2025 - 7:00 PM
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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 week of April 28. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at

Vernon brewpub fined after being caught in sting operation
A Vernon brewpub has been fined $7,000 after it was caught in a government sting operation serving a 17-year-old a speciality beer. According to an April 29, BC Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch decision, Silverstar Brewing Company sold

Cayman Islands votes for Parliament seats and holds a referendum on possessing marijuana
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The Cayman Islands are holding general elections on Wednesday, with voters choosing candidates from a record three parties vying for seats in Parliament. Two parties were created ahead of the elections: th

BC driver arrested with 33 kilos of weed in minivan
A man driving a minivan with far more weed than is allowed for personal use, was nabbed by RCMP on the Trans-Canada near Yale last month. The 33-year-old Surrey man was arrested after BC Highway Patrol officers found 33 kilograms of weed in