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Thousands of Thompson-Okanagan renters mired in affordable housing crisis, new index says
September 11, 2015 - 9:00 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - About a quarter of all renters in the Thompson-Okanagan are facing an affordable housing crisis, according to a new study.
Crash near Salmon Arm sends three to hospital
September 11, 2015 - 10:39 AM

SALMON ARM - A two vehicle crash west of Salmon Arm Thursday afternoon shut down the highway for several hours and sent three people to hospital.
Near-record heat this weekend in the Okanagan
September 11, 2015 - 9:30 AM

OKANAGAN - After a week of near-normal high temperatures the mercury is expected to again hit the 30 Celsius mark throughout the region this weekend.
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GEORGE: Why we should care about sustainability
OPINION Earth Day is one of the times when I post my favourite definition of sustainability on Facebook. I feel that it is important to remind people that the lives we lead are about as far from being sustainable as

B.C.'s condo-flipping crackdown law targets tax evasion to keep down prices
VICTORIA - British Columbia's government is moving to ease the province's housing crisis by cracking down on
April 24, 2018 9:00 PM
Booze, butts and the bottle bully: Living homeless on Kelowna's Kirschner Road
KELOWNA - Dan is on the job, although you might not know it from looking at him. Standing by his bottle-filled
April 24, 2018 8:00 PM
Rising frustrations over homeless issues in Vernon's downtown boil over with violent incident
VERNON - A Vernon businessman says he brandished a baton in self defence during a late night confrontation outside h
April 24, 2018 6:30 PM
Local inmates join fight to protect South Okanagan from flooding
OLIVER - It’s all hands on deck in the South Okanagan as even inmates at Okanagan Correctional Centre are assi
April 24, 2018 5:15 PM
Dangerous offender in B.C. loses appeal for day or full parole
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - The Parole Board of Canada's appeal division has upheld a decision to deny parole to a sexual
April 24, 2018 4:45 PM

Thousands of Thompson-Okanagan renters mired in affordable housing crisis, new index says