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What the Supreme Court decision on marijuana means to a three-year-old Summerland girl
June 12, 2015 - 7:30 PM

KELOWNA – Kyla Williams' family is breathing a sigh of relief this week — they are no longer committing a crime just by giving the three-year-old Summerland girl the medicine she needs.
Be prepared for emergency wildfire evacuations
June 12, 2015 - 2:32 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – With an unusually dry and hot summer forecast for the Thompson-Okanagan this summer, regional districts are urging residents to get prepared in case emergency evacuations become necessary.
Here’s what a Vernon man said to Christy Clark about invasive mussels
June 12, 2015 - 1:27 PM

“IS B.C. NOT WORTH IT TO YOU?”
Vernon city council prepares decades ahead for future highway bypass
June 12, 2015 - 10:34 AM

VERNON - It wouldn’t be built, or required, for another 25 to 65 years, but Vernon council is starting to plan for a potential bypass around the city.
Two fires in two days at Vernon's Becker Park
June 12, 2015 - 10:16 AM

VERNON - Vernon firefighters took swift action dealing with two separate fires in Becker Park over the last couple of days.
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JONESIE: The lessons of free-range children long forgotten
OPINION When we were kids, we knew every inch of our neighbourhood. We ran around town till ten minutes before mom got home, which on weekends was often 2 a.m. Bad news for us when she got home early. We knew every vacant lot,

Popular spots to enjoy ramen in Okanagan, Kamloops
Fall is here and the weather is turning colder so many are turning to comfort foods in the Okanagan and Kamloops. A warm, hearty soup is a definite go-to during the chilly seasons and one particular style, ramen, is becoming more and more p

Growers and processors selected through a lottery for Kentucky's start-up medical cannabis program
Kentucky's start-up medical cannabis program should be positioned to ramp up quickly, but having products available for some patients at the outset will be a challenge, Gov. Andy Beshear says. Beshear's administration took a big ste

Kelowna trailer park residents face 'demoviction' from their affordable homes
Walking into Central Mobile Home Park in Kelowna you see well kept yards, towering evergreen trees, people walking their dogs and chatting with neighbours. The community of mostly seniors is slated to razed to make space for redevelopment but the

What the Supreme Court decision on marijuana means to a three-year-old Summerland girl