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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.
Where to celebrate St. Patrick's Day in Okanagan, Kamloops
March 13, 2025 - 7:00 PM

With St. Patrick's Day on Monday, a weekend of celebrations are planned in the Okanagan and Kamloops.
iN VIDEO: After years of winter damage, optimistic outlook for peach crop at Vernon orchard
March 13, 2025 - 6:00 AM
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Peach trees at Davison Orchards in Vernon are looking healthy without any bud damage coming out of the winter months after suffering major cold weather damage for three years in a row.
Okanagan distillers quenching thirst for bourbon during trade war with US
March 11, 2025 - 6:00 PM
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A couple of distilleries in the Okanagan are working to meet an increase in demand for their bourbon-based whiskey as American brands are being pulled from BC Liquor Store shelves.
Latest nominee in race for Conservative candidacy in North Okanagan riding announced
March 10, 2025 - 6:00 PM

The latest nominee in the race to become the Conservative candidate in the new federal riding of Vernon-Lake Country-Monashee has been announced.
RCMP on hunt for accused in massive Okanagan guns and drugs bust
March 10, 2025 - 10:57 AM

A man is wanted by Vernon RCMP after a huge drug and gun bust brought numerous charges against him.
Knife-wielding man arrested after making threats at Vernon rec centre
March 07, 2025 - 3:19 PM

A man was arrested after making threats at the Vernon rec centre yesterday.
Man stabbed trying to break up a fight in Vernon
March 07, 2025 - 2:43 PM

A bystander witnessed a man yelling at a woman in Vernon Thursday afternoon and the couple stabbed him.
iN VIDEO: Wide range of animals use North Okanagan backyard wildlife corridor
March 06, 2025 - 6:00 AM

Coldstream resident Laurie Patterson set up cameras around her home and property two years ago and compiled some fantastic clips of wildlife captured using a wildlife corridor that runs through her backyard and up into the surrounding hills.
One dead in semi truck crash on Trans-Canada in Salmon Arm
March 05, 2025 - 3:32 PM

A man died after crashing into a semi truck on the highway in Salmon Arm.
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LETTER: 'Be Kind. Be Calm. Be Safe.': COVID five years in
OPINION Be Kind. Be Calm. Be Safe. Those memorable words spoken during the COVID pandemic by BC’s Provincial Heath Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry resonated far beyond by boundaries of the province she so effect

Trying to buy Canadian? Shoppers in Kamloops, Okanagan find it isn't easy
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 informa

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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