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Teen entrepreneur makes rings out of antlers in Lake Country
August 16, 2025 - 4:00 AM

Lake Country teen Rocklin Broad is turning donated antlers into unique-looking rings he's selling on his website and at local markets.
iN PHOTOS: Frightful facts about the praying mantis in Okanagan, Kamloops
August 15, 2025 - 4:00 AM

Mantids are being spotted in Kamloops and the Okanagan lately, and the creatures are not only fascinating looking, they also have eyebrow-raising behaviours.
iN VIDEO: Sheep slurps up watermelon to beat the heat in Kamloops
August 14, 2025 - 7:00 PM

Animals can get heat stroke and die from heat exhaustion when summer temperatures sky-rocket but the owner of a busy farm sanctuary in Kamloops knows how to keep her animals cool.
iN PHOTOS: A week of celestial wonders captured in Okanagan, Kamloops
August 13, 2025 - 4:00 AM

Night skies over Kamloops and the Okanagan were aglow this past week, with the full Sturgeon Moon reaching full illumination, the northern lights making a dazzling appearance and the year’s biggest meteor shower reaching peak activity.
iN VIDEO: Bobcat makes appearance at Penticton home
August 12, 2025 - 7:00 PM

Sine Newbold was sitting out by her fire pit at her home in Penticton recently when a bobcat came around the corner of her house.
Kamloops woman discovers heat wave hack for fruit leather
August 12, 2025 - 6:00 PM
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Kamloops resident Ida Beni has been driving to work in a car that smells like an apricot this week, but she doesn’t mind.
Vernon paddleboarder victim of hit and run on Kal Lake
August 11, 2025 - 5:15 PM

A Vernon woman was injured and mentally shaken up after getting hit by a speedboat while paddleboarding with a friend on Kalamalka Lake Sunday evening.
iN PHOTOS: Wonky vegetables emerge in Kamloops, Okanagan
August 11, 2025 - 4:00 AM

It's the season for harvesting vegetable gardens in the Okanagan and Kamloops, and some gardeners are pulling up wonky looking specimens.
Why Russian olive trees are controversial in the Okanagan and Kamloops
August 10, 2025 - 9:00 AM

The Russian olive tree is admired for its silvery leaves, yellow fragrant flowers and fleshy fruit that look like olives.
Mystery of missing stone angel from Coldstream cemetery solved
August 10, 2025 - 6:00 AM

Coldstream resident Cher Turanski was in tears for several days after the grave marker on her mother’s plot in Coldstream Municipal Cemetery went missing over the August long weekend.
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La Terrazza owner charged with defrauding Penticton winery
The business partner of a Penticton winery has been charged with defrauding the business. Restaurateur and business partner Giulio Miceli is scheduled to appear in a Penticton courthouse, Aug. 13, facing a single charge of defrauding the Pl

What to know about Trump's potential change in federal marijuana policy
President Donald Trump is taking a new look at reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug in a move that could nudge the federal government closer to an approach already embraced in many states. Trump said Monday that he hopes to deci

OKIB 'deeply concerned' Splatsin building houses in Vernon warehouse
A housing initiative from the Splatsin First Nation that will see pre-fabricated houses built in a warehouse in Vernon has been met with ire by the Okanagan Indian Band, which takes issue that the warehouse is located on the unceded territory of

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