News Items tag as: PNAPR2025

iN VIDEO: It's South Okanagan sheep shearing time
May 01, 2025 - 4:00 AM

Sheep shearing season is well underway in B.C. and a master at the craft, Pieter Demooy, is making his way through the South Okanagan one farm at a time armed with shearing tools and lots of elbow grease.
How a Southern Interior credit union merger preserves an alternative to big banks
April 29, 2025 - 4:00 AM

Three credit unions in Shuswap and the Okanagan are merging and it’s a sign of the shift in these local financial institutions that serve as an alternative to big five national banks.
Conservative Helena Konanz wins in Similkameen-South Okanagan-West Kootenay
April 28, 2025 - 9:31 PM

Former Penticton city councillor and Conservative candidate Helena Konanz has won in the new riding of Similkameen-South Okanagan-West Kootenay.
Jailed South Okanagan fentanyl dealer gets more prison time for drug dealing
April 27, 2025 - 7:00 PM

A South Okanagan fentanyl dealer currently doing five years in jail for firearms offences, has had another 18 months tacked onto his sentence after being convicted of drug dealing.
iN VIDEO: Live webcam set up over osprey nest in South Okanagan
April 27, 2025 - 4:00 PM

A live webcam was turned on over the nest of an osprey pair on top of a FortisBC power pole in Osoyoos recently.
Election 2025: New Similkameen-South Okanagan-West Kootenay riding could turn blue
April 27, 2025 - 4:00 AM

Election day is approaching and the Conservative Party is projected to win by a landslide in the Similkameen-South Okanagan-West Kootenay electoral district, a region that has been an NDP stronghold since 2015 under MP Richard Cannings.
Three southern Interior credit unions set to merge
April 25, 2025 - 12:00 PM

Three credit unions in the Okanagan are set to merge after getting approval from the provincial government.
iN PHOTOS: Migrating sandhill cranes stop to rest in Okanagan, Kamloops
April 25, 2025 - 4:00 AM

Sandhill cranes have been making stops at lakes in Kamloops and the Okanagan this month on their annual migration to nesting sites in the north.
Okanagan researcher creating system to reuse wine industry waste
April 24, 2025 - 6:00 PM
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A group of researchers are trying to create a system where the waste from the beverage industry across the Okanagan can be turned into something more.
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh coming to Penticton to support local candidate
April 24, 2025 - 4:22 PM

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is making a campaign stop in Penticton on Sunday to support Similkameen-South Okanagan-West Kootenay candidate Linda Sankey.
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iN DISCUSSION: Hot takes on cold facts
This is where cold facts yield to the hottest of takes. Here you'll find reader responses to stories and newsletter editorials, or letters to the editor for the week of May 12. They may have been edited slightly for readability. Th

Spam buns, worm poutine and pork tongue on the menu for Calgary Stampede
CALGARY - The Calgary Stampede menu this year is set to include a heaping of pickle flavours and something for those with a cast-iron stomach. There will be pork tongue, fiery dill Coke, deep-fried pickle Oreos and tzatziki-twisted pickles,

Thailand vows to tighten control on cannabis after smuggling cases involving tourists soar
BANGKOK (AP) — Thai officials on Wednesday said they planned to tighten regulations on cannabis sales after cases of tourists attempting to smuggle the drug out of the country soared in recent months. Thailand became the first country

Clearwater woman argues to get her dog back — but not her 10 cats
A North Thompson woman has managed to get her dog back after it was seized by the BC SPCA but not her 10 cats. According to an April 11 BC Farm Industry Review Board decision, Kristi Gerigk had two dogs and 10 cats seized in February when s

News Items tag as: PNAPR2025

iN VIDEO: It's South Okanagan sheep shearing time

How a Southern Interior credit union merger preserves an alternative to big banks

Conservative Helena Konanz wins in Similkameen-South Okanagan-West Kootenay

Jailed South Okanagan fentanyl dealer gets more prison time for drug dealing

iN VIDEO: Live webcam set up over osprey nest in South Okanagan

Election 2025: New Similkameen-South Okanagan-West Kootenay riding could turn blue

Three southern Interior credit unions set to merge

iN PHOTOS: Migrating sandhill cranes stop to rest in Okanagan, Kamloops

Okanagan researcher creating system to reuse wine industry waste

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh coming to Penticton to support local candidate

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