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Stop people from giving food to Penticton homeless people? Politicians 'surprised' by public reaction to idea
October 21, 2018 - 12:00 PM

PENTICTON - Two South Okanagan regional directors are trying to walk back controversial comments this week after openly discussing if they could use health regulations to stop people from giving food to homeless people.
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iN DISCUSSION: When traffic fines just aren't enough
This is where cold facts yield to the hottest of takes. Here you'll find reader responses to stories, letters to the editor and newsletter editorials, or letters to the editor for the week. They may have been edited slightly for readability.

Okanagan apples returning to market amid adversity
A year after the BC Tree Fruit Cooperative closed down, orchardists in the Okanagan are quietly optimistic about this year's apple harvest. It's been a bumper year for cherries , and peaches and apricots are back on track . And no

Smells of weed. Roars of airplanes. Loud crowds. It's all part of the US Open's chaos
NEW YORK (AP) — There are some tennis players, such as Frances Tiafoe or Madison Keys or Ben Shelton, who can't wait for the U.S. Open to come around each year, with its boisterous crowds, its bold-faced names in the stands, its music a

Quashing rumours floating around off-grid community of Frederick on Kamloops Lake
A curious little community 20 kilometres into the mountains from Kamloops is entirely off-the-grid and has been the subject of ridiculous rumours. Located at the end of several kilometres of dirt road and over a CN railway track, Frederick

B.C. public service workers overwhelmingly approve strike, union gives 72-hour notice
British Columbia public service workers have voted overwhelmingly to approve strike action that could begin as soon as
August 29, 2025 4:14 PM
Former Kelowna bookkeeper sentenced to seven years in jail for fraud
Nearly a decade after a woman defrauded two Kelowna companies of more than a half-million dollars she was sentenced
August 29, 2025 3:55 PM
Wildfires increase as lightning hits hot, dry areas of southern B.C.
The number of wildfires has ticked up in British Columbia as a hot, sunny week ended with thunderstorms and lightning i
August 29, 2025 3:49 PM
U.S. federal appeals court rules some of Trump's tariffs illegal
WASHINGTON — A United States federal appeals court ruled on Friday that many of U.S President Donald Trump's tariffs ar
August 29, 2025 3:42 PM
Two bodies were missed at B.C. death scene. Was treatment of coroners to blame?
VANCOUVER — When police attended a single-room occupancy building in East Vancouver three years ago, they found the bod
August 29, 2025 3:32 PM

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