News Items tag as: long weekend

Break out the marshmallows, campers, it's a rare long weekend without a fire ban
August 30, 2024 - 6:00 AM

Campfire bans have been lifted just in time in the Thompson-Okanagan area for the labour day long weekend — only the third time in 11 years you could have a campfire at the end of August.
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LETTER: Tara Armstrong’s disparaging rhetoric has no place in leadership
OPINION Dear Editor, Tara Armstrong’s decision to leave the BC Conservative Party is her own, but her continued use of derogatory language to attack her perceived opponents — especially the majority

iN VIDEO: After years of winter damage, optimistic outlook for peach crop at Vernon orchard
Peach trees at Davison Orchards in Vernon are looking healthy without any bud damage coming out of the winter months after suffering major cold weather damage for three years in a row. The orchard grows several varietals of apples, pears an

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

West Kelowna, Kamloops fall behind BC government's 'unrealistic' housing targets
Both West Kelowna and Kamloops are failing to meet the province's housing targets, and politicians at the Okanagan city are frustrated. West Kelowna built 64 net new housing units over the past six months, and the BC government expects

'Get ready for a wild ride': Weather Network issues Canada's spring forecast
Canada's recent flirtation with balmy temperatures will give way to spring's characteristically volatile wea
March 13, 2025 9:00 PM
Some Trudeau cabinet ministers out as Carney prepares to reveal a shorter bench
OTTAWA - Mark Carney will be sworn in officially as prime minister and reveal the makeup of his first cabinet Friday mo
March 13, 2025 7:49 PM
Where to celebrate St. Patrick's Day in Okanagan, Kamloops
With St. Patrick's Day on Monday, a weekend of celebrations are planned in the Okanagan and Kamloops. From
March 13, 2025 7:00 PM
Canadian officials say meeting with U.S. commerce secretary was constructive
WASHINGTON - Canadian officials said a Thursday meeting with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick was constructive an
March 13, 2025 6:58 PM
West Kelowna, Kamloops fall behind BC government's 'unrealistic' housing targets
Both West Kelowna and Kamloops are failing to meet the province's housing targets, and politicians at the Okanag
March 13, 2025 6:00 PM

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