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Number of hectares burned in Kamloops Fire Centre nearly triple over last year
September 03, 2015 - 6:30 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - With 455 wildfires already on the books in the Kamloops Fire Centre, this season is shaping up to come in well above 10-year averages, but no where near the 2009 numbers.
Brother and sister facing identical charges in Penticton homicide case
September 03, 2015 - 5:11 PM

PENTICTON - A brother and sister accused of murder are now facing identical charges.
Penticton's economic development office heading into a busy fall season
September 03, 2015 - 4:30 PM

PENTICTON - This fall promises to be a busy time for Penticton’s Economic Development office.
Two people in hospital after motorcycle accident on Highway 97 in Kaleden
September 03, 2015 - 3:14 PM

KALEDEN – Two people were transported to hospital following a motor vehicle accident on Highway 97 near Kaleden this afternoon, Sept. 3.
Whooping cough still a concern as school approaches
September 03, 2015 - 2:30 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - With the first day of school approaching, parents should remember a recent spike in potentially fatal whooping cough has only just began to drop.
New executive director for Chamber of Commerce
September 03, 2015 - 1:05 PM

PENTICTON - The Penticton and Wine Country Chamber of Commerce has a new executive director.
Okanagan episode of Amazing Race Canada to air next week
September 03, 2015 - 11:30 AM

SUMMERLAND – Fans of the Amazing Race Canada will see some familiar sights next week.
Drivers beware: Increased enforcement of school zones next week
September 03, 2015 - 10:30 AM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - RCMP are sending a message to the province’s drivers reminding them September is back to school time.
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No fine for Kelowna brewery that sold beer to undercover minor
A Kelowna brewery successfully avoided a fine for selling beer to an undercover minor, but it did fire the employee. The province's liquor regulator decided against handing down a $7,000 fine after an 18-year-old bought a six-pack from

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

Don't demolish old Kelowna homes to make way for development, recycle or move them
As Kelowna’s population grows the city is trying to densify housing and that means replacing single-family homes, but a business has proposed that those homes can be repurposed rather than destroyed. Renewal Development and Light Hous

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