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Stuff to do indoors this winter in the Thompson-Okanagan
December 03, 2023 - 8:00 AM

Snow and freezing temperatures aren’t for everyone. Luckily, there’s a range of activities to take part in this winter that don’t require a thermal layer.
iN MAPS: The best festive holiday light displays in Penticton
December 02, 2023 - 6:00 AM

'Tis the season to be jolly and go for a tour around the community to take in the Christmas lights and festive decorations at these holiday houses and displays in Penticton.
iN PHOTOS: Plans coming together to give historic Kaleden Hotel a facelift
November 28, 2023 - 6:00 AM

The Regional District of Okanagan-Smilkameen is preparing to upgrade the remnants of the Kaleden Hotel to preserve its history and create more uses for the space.
Massive increases coming to taxes, utilities fees in Osoyoos
November 25, 2023 - 3:30 PM

Osoyoos pushed its infrastructure to the limit, and now taxpayers are paying the price.
Okanagan pizza restaurant, employee sued by sexually abused young employee
November 24, 2023 - 7:00 PM

A former employee of a Penticton pizza shop is taking her abuser and her former employer to court years after she was sexually exploited on the job.
Osoyoos residents are in for massive tax hikes
November 23, 2023 - 12:50 PM

Osoyoos residents are getting hit with massive tax increases, totalling more than $1,500 per year for some residents.
BC expands spec tax to include Kamloops and most of the Okanagan
November 22, 2023 - 1:19 PM
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The province's tax on housing speculators just got a massive expansion and now covers most of the Okanagan and Kamloops.
UPDATE: Work begins to stabilize rockslide threat at Penticton mobile home park
November 22, 2023 - 8:35 AM

A geotechnical assessment of an unstable slope threatening a Penticton mobile home park has been completed and work to stabilize the slope is underway.
City evacuates 25 homes at Penticton mobile home park due to potential rockslide
November 21, 2023 - 3:02 PM

The residents of 25 homes in a Penticton mobile home park were evacuated earlier today due to the threat of a rockslide.
Summerland winery group transitions to renewable natural gas
November 20, 2023 - 6:00 PM
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Okanagan’s Crush Pad Winery group have made the switch to 100% renewable natural gas.
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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 first week of November 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jo

Popular spots to enjoy ramen in Okanagan, Kamloops
Fall is here and the weather is turning colder so many are turning to comfort foods in the Okanagan and Kamloops. A warm, hearty soup is a definite go-to during the chilly seasons and one particular style, ramen, is becoming more and more p

Study says city policies drastically increase housing costs in Kamloops, Okanagan
A research paper explored how municipal government policies increase the cost of housing in B.C., and it showed that 40 per cent of a home’s cost in Kamloops and the Okanagan was due to the “zoning effect”. While at Simon

Kelowna trailer park residents face 'demoviction' from their affordable homes
Walking into Central Mobile Home Park in Kelowna you see well kept yards, towering evergreen trees, people walking their dogs and chatting with neighbours. The community of mostly seniors is slated to razed to make space for redevelopment but the

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