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Celebrate the winter solstice at Pen Henge in Penticton
December 20, 2023 - 6:00 PM

The official start of winter tomorrow will be marked by the winter solstice, an event that many people around the globe celebrate including those who will go up to Pen Henge to see the sun set behind its winter solstice stone.
Saturday is the winter solstice, the longest night of the year (kinda)
December 18, 2019 - 6:00 AM

Saturday, Dec. 21 marks the winter solstice in Kamloops and the Okanagan. At 11:19 Eastern Standard Time, or 8:19 Pacific Time, the Sun reaches its farthest southern point in the sky, marking the official beginning of winter.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo

Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

Manitoba government plans to lift ban on homegrown recreational cannabis
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is planning to end its ban on homegrown recreational cannabis — a move that would leave Quebec as the only province with such a restriction. "We're just allowing Manitobans to have the same

Kamloops council to expand tax exemptions for new rental builds
Developers have more land to choose from if they want to cut costs on new rental buildings in Kamloops. The City is looking to expand a tax exemption program to span massive swaths of Kamloops in order to encourage development. Previously r

Celebrate the winter solstice at Pen Henge in Penticton