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Kelowna has more hate crime than Kamloops as incidents increase across Canada
March 26, 2025 - 7:00 PM
Police reported hate crimes have been rising steadily in Canada over the past several years, and Kamloops had significantly fewer than Kelowna, according to a Statistics Canada report issued, March 25.
Fewer jobs available, unemployment on the rise in Thompson-Okanagan
March 19, 2025 - 7:00 AM
Statistics Canada says job vacancies have been on the decline and unemployment on the rise in the Thompson-Okanagan region.
Kamloops' unemployment rate rises while Kelowna’s drops
February 10, 2025 - 6:00 PM
All eyes are on the economy because of the American tariff threats, but Kamloops missed out on some of the good news coming out of the job market.
Kelowna's unemployment rate spiked at the end of 2024
January 14, 2025 - 6:00 AM
The unemployment rate in Kelowna spiked at the end of 2024, but the full picture isn't so simple.
More seniors are renting alone in Kelowna and Kamloops
December 22, 2024 - 2:30 PM
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When many people think about renters who live alone they often think of single 20-somethings starting a career, but seniors are increasingly are renting and living alone in Kelowna and Kamloops.
Kamloops had a higher murder rate than Kelowna in 2023: StatsCan
December 11, 2024 - 7:00 PM
Newly released Statistics Canada data shows Kamloops had a higher murder rate than Kelowna in 2023, but homicide rates were down across the country.
Why building permit values are down dramatically in Kelowna
November 14, 2024 - 7:00 PM
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Building permit values in Kelowna have gone down dramatically since last year, but that’s in part because of only a handful of major projects last year.
Comparing crime rates for 2023 in Kamloops, Okanagan
July 26, 2024 - 6:00 AM
What we know about crime in Kamloops and the Okanagan has shifted following the release of the latest crime data from Statistics Canada.
Kelowna unseated as Canada’s crime capital; Kamloops takes over
July 25, 2024 - 12:21 PM
Kelowna is no longer the crime capital of Canada after a measurable decrease in crime, according to the latest data from Statistics Canada.
Kamloops jobless numbers continue downward trend
July 09, 2018 - 1:42 PM
KAMLOOPS - The unemployment rate in Kamloops is trending downwards, bucking the upward trend provincially and nationally.
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Why butchers are making a comeback in B.C.
Being a butcher is much more than standing in a freezer and hacking meat with a knife, and a butchery instructor in Kamloops says the craft is rising in popularity. Corey Davison is an assistant teaching professor in the retail meat process
Marijuana holiday 4/20 coincides with Easter and Passover this year. Here's what to know
Marijuana culture's high holiday, known as 4/20, fell this year on Easter Sunday, as well as the last day of Passover, meaning cannabis fans celebrated in some unusual ways, including an “Easter nug hunt” in Los Angeles, kosher-st
Penticton company building 60 tiny homes for Kelowna's homeless
One of Penticton’s longstanding construction contractors has landed the contract to build 60 “tiny homes” to house the homeless in Kelowna. Greyback Construction Ltd. landed the contract with the City of Kelowna and BC Hou
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Catholic faithful pay their final respects to Pope Francis as public viewing begins
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Thousands of people began filing through St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their final respects to Pope F
April 23, 2025 7:01 PM
No jail time for Kelowna fraudster who swindled $38,000 from work
A Kelowna fraudster will have to pay $1,600 a month or he's going to jail. In what lawyers described as a
April 23, 2025 6:00 PM
Conservatives, Liberals called out over lack of 'prudence' in platforms
OTTAWA - Pierre Poilievre is defending the Conservative campaign platform's heavy reliance on economic growth in a peri
April 23, 2025 4:57 PM
Trump floats automobile tariff increase for Canada
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that at some point the automobile tariffs slapped on Canadia
April 23, 2025 4:55 PM
Kamloops mayor skips meeting with housing minister; cites council strife
Kamloops mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson decided to forgo a meeting today with BC's housing and municipal affairs minis
April 23, 2025 4:45 PM
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