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Monstrous 100-pound melons once grew in the Okanagan, what happened to them?
May 15, 2022 - 8:35 AM

Colourless, tasteless, 100-pound zucca melons once dotted the landscape of the South Okanagan, the only place in Canada where they were grown.
Rick Mercer hosting Just For Laughs Festival when it stops in Okanagan
May 14, 2022 - 5:23 PM

One of Canada’s favourite political comedians will be the host of Just For Laughs Comedy Tour when it stops into the South Okanagan this week.
Penticton woman advocating for safer residential roads after cat gets hit by truck and dies
May 14, 2022 - 4:33 PM

A Penticton woman who watched as her cat was killed after it was run over by a truck is hoping the tragedy will result in safer traffic throughout the city's residential neighbourhoods.
Ice cream parlour born in Penticton’s Peach has ripened into Cherry on Top
May 14, 2022 - 1:38 PM

The sweet delicacies that came out of the Penticton Peach for the past six years will be getting served up at a different part of the beach this summer.
City council to consider adding 112 homes in hills above Penticton
May 13, 2022 - 3:00 PM

Over 100 rural homes will be built in the hills above Penticton if city council approves a new proposal at next week’s council meeting.
Penticton mayor is betting the Vees will win the BCHL
May 12, 2022 - 6:30 PM

Penticton Mayor John Vassilaki will have to wear enemy colours to an upcoming council meeting if his local hockey team doesn’t win the BCHL championship.
RCMP investigating Penticton car dealership fire as arson
May 12, 2022 - 3:42 PM

Two suspects have been arrested in connection to a destructive blaze at a Penticton car dealership yesterday and RCMP are calling the probe into the fire an arson investigation.
UPDATE: Three alarm fire at Penticton car dealership does significant damage
May 11, 2022 - 10:53 AM

Two firefighter suffered minor injuries from a major fire that broke out at the Toyota dealership in Penticton this morning.
Okanagan heritage farm using high-tech audio device to track and record birds
May 08, 2022 - 3:32 PM

A Keremeos heritage farm is keeping track of birds that are visiting its site using a fancy audio recording device.
Mother's Day in Kamloops, Okanagan busy with train rides, horse rides, yoga and wine
May 08, 2022 - 9:25 AM

Mother’s Day is extra special in Kamloops and the Okanagan thanks to the numerous local businesses celebrating the occasion.
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The moon will be eclipsed over Kamloops, Okanagan tonight
- This article was first published May 7, 2022. There will be a lunar eclipse on May 15 when the moon falls into the earth’s cone-shaped shadow, and it will be happening at a reasonable hour for skywatchers in Kamloops and the Oka

Kelowna’s Doc Willoughby’s pub to reopen as Bernie’s for dinner and a movie
One of Kelowna’s longest standing pubs is now closed but is slated to re-open in June with a new name and a new movie-centred theme. Doc Willoughby’s was a fixture on Bernard Avenue in downtown Kelowna since it opened in 1999.

Cartels in Oregon are morphing their pot-growing ops: police
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Foreign drug cartels that established illegal outdoor marijuana farms in Oregon last year are adapting as pressure on them begins to mount, law enforcement officials said Thursday. New challenges are emerging as a t

Why Kelowna may be heading toward a downtown highrise overbuild
The most visible sign that Kelowna is the fastest growing major metropolitan area in Canada with the third-fastest growing downtown core is the plethora of highrises that are not only under construction but in the works. There are 25 highri

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