News Items tag as: Shannon Ainslie

AI images creating unrealistic demands on Okanagan nail artist
March 25, 2025 - 7:00 AM

Artificial intelligence is quickly creeping into all facets of society and having an effect on small businesses, including a designer nail studio in the Okanagan.
'MAJOR FATIGUE': COVID-19 not over for former Vernon man, and he isn’t alone
March 24, 2025 - 6:00 AM

Nathan Harrison had an active healthy lifestyle growing up swimming, water skiing and snowboarding in Vernon, and continued enjoying recreational activities after moving to Revelstoke where he worked as a chef for years while raising his daughter.
iN PHOTOS: Kamloops' BC Wildlife Park releases fishers, makes one permanent resident
March 24, 2025 - 4:00 AM

The newest permanent resident at the BC Wildlife Park is a fisher named Buck that is currently off public display while it gets settled in to its new home.
iN VIDEO: Kamloops company gets funding for eco-friendly concrete creation
March 21, 2025 - 6:00 AM

A Kamloops company turning recycled glass into a cement ingredient was awarded $4.6M in federal government funding for a pilot project earlier this month.
iN PHOTOS: Wild animals go bottoms up in Kamloops, Okanagan
March 21, 2025 - 4:00 AM

There isn’t always a full moon in the sky but these wild animals are captured mooning the cameras on the ground at all times of the month in Kamloops and the Okanagan.
iN PHOTOS: Birds spotted building nests in Kamloops, Okanagan
March 19, 2025 - 6:00 AM

Nesting season is underway for many bird species in Kamloops and the Okanagan that are actively collecting materials and preparing nesting cavities to lay their eggs in.
How an Osoyoos duty-free shop owner is helping BC's economy during Trump's trade war
March 18, 2025 - 7:00 AM
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While Canadians have recently become focussed on sourcing local products and supporting local businesses in the wake of American President Donald Trump’s trade war, Cameron Bissonnette has been doing that for decades.
iN PHOTOS: A snowy farewell to winter in Okanagan, Kamloops
March 17, 2025 - 6:00 AM

The first day of spring is around the corner and winter is coming to an end in Kamloops and the Okanagan, and while our cities didn’t get a lot of the white stuff this year, a few snowfalls were captured on cameras over the past few months.
iN VIDEO: A trio of chunky chukars make comical dash near Kamloops
March 16, 2025 - 6:00 AM

Kamloops wildlife photographer Lyn MacDonald captured footage of three chunky chukars running across a road with their little feet flying on the outskirts of Kamloops earlier this week.
Trying to buy Canadian? Shoppers in Kamloops, Okanagan find it isn't easy
March 15, 2025 - 7:00 AM
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A trade war with President Donald Trump has Canadian shoppers trying to source locally made grocery products, but understanding product labels at major grocery outlets is complicated and some major grocery outlets are not forthcoming with information.
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THOMPSON: How a baseball game was about more than baseball
OPINION I’ve written about baseball a few times over the years. It is a sport I love, and played until head-first slides looked more like a week-long recovery than a good idea. I try to stay close even at my adv

Kelowna distillery to pay former employee $60,000 in unpaid wages
A Kelowna distillery failed in its bid to overturn a ruling that would have it pay more than $60,000 to a former employee in unpaid overtime. Forbidden Spirits appealed the decision last year, but it didn't have enough evidence to convi

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

West Kelowna, Kamloops fall behind BC government's 'unrealistic' housing targets
Both West Kelowna and Kamloops are failing to meet the province's housing targets, and politicians at the Okanagan city are frustrated. West Kelowna built 64 net new housing units over the past six months, and the BC government expects

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