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Splatsin First Nation launches lawsuit against B.C. government
October 14, 2015 - 9:00 PM

ENDERBY - A local First Nation has filed a lawsuit against the B.C. government accusing it of ignoring the band's jurisdiction over the welfare of its children.
The cause of that foul odour at Vernon's Polson Park
October 14, 2015 - 8:00 PM

VERNON - It should smell like the fresh outdoors, but instead Polson Park in Vernon has been wrinkling noses lately.
ELECTION 2015: Strategic voting group calls for Liberals to vote NDP in three Southern Interior ridings
October 14, 2015 - 4:30 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Stephen Harper says strategic voting doesn’t really exist but Just The Facts Canada Inc. says it does and it is using a full-page ad in the Globe & Mail newspaper to get the message out.
More questions about Vernon blue bin recycling program
October 14, 2015 - 2:30 PM

VERNON - Vernon city council is embarking on a blue bin fact-finding mission.
Cattle poaching problem continues in the North Okanagan
October 14, 2015 - 12:00 PM

VERNON - Another cow was found killed and left to rot over the weekend.
Boil water notice from 2012 lifted in North Okanagan
October 14, 2015 - 11:58 AM

NORTH OKANAGAN - Water users in the Okanagan Landing area can finally have water straight out of the tap.
ELECTION 2015: New polls paint different pictures in North Okanagan-Shuswap
October 14, 2015 - 10:30 AM

VERNON - Hot on the heels of a poll released by local citizens, two other groups have commissioned surveys and the findings show mixed results.
The pesky problem a Vernon politician says is causing bed bugs to spread like wildfire
October 14, 2015 - 8:30 AM

VERNON - A Vernon councillor is shocked at how common bed bugs are in the city, and he has at least one idea of how they’re spreading.
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JONESIE: When 'journalists' help themselves, they don't help anyone
OPINION Gaze with me for a moment at the soft navel of the dwindling news and media business of Kamloops and the Okanagan. Kelowna Now had a good get this week. At least until they did Kelowna Now things with it. They got t

Fun festivals for foodies in Okanagan, Kamloops
Foodies in Kamloops and the Okanagan might want to mark their calendars for some unique upcoming festivals in the region celebrating pickles, garlic, tomatoes and hot peppers. The inaugural Farmstrong Cider Pickle Festival in Armstrong ki

Massachusetts sheriff arrested on charges of pressuring cannabis company over stock purchase
BOSTON (AP) — A sheriff in one of Massachusetts' largest counties was charged Friday with allegedly pressuring a Boston-based cannabis firm to sell him stock in the company. Sheriff Steven Tompkins, 67, who oversees about 1,000 em

Kelowna year ahead of province's push for more homes to be built
A year into the province’s push to get cities to build more homes, Kelowna is already a year ahead. The City of Kelowna’s housing target report said there were 3,467 new homes built in the city since June 2024. The target set ou

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