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Guard your food, wasps are looking to invade your barbecue in Kamloops, Okanagan
September 10, 2023 - 7:00 AM
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If you’re noticing more wasps at your backyard barbecue it’s because they're hungry and looking to steal a bite of your meat.
Why wasps are such a nuisance this time of year
September 03, 2022 - 3:19 PM

With September comes the last pleasant summer days and evenings to enjoy meals outdoors.
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$145,000 fine for Kelowna orchardist previously involved in tractor death
A Kelowna company that grows, processes and exports cherries was fined last year following a fatal tractor incident has again been fined after a tractor driver was seriously injured. According to a recently published Feb. 6 WorkSafeBC

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

Kelowna has more hate crime than Kamloops as incidents increase across Canada
Police reported hate crimes have been rising steadily in Canada over the past...
March 26, 2025 7:00 PM
Trump announces 25 per cent tariff on all auto imports to the U.S.
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an...
March 26, 2025 6:05 PM
$145,000 fine for Kelowna orchardist previously involved in tractor death
A Kelowna company that grows, processes and exports cherries was...
March 26, 2025 6:00 PM
Party leaders reach out to seniors, autoworkers as campaigns focus on Ontario, Quebec
OTTAWA - Federal party leaders aimed their pitches at seniors, low-income...
March 26, 2025 5:55 PM
Police name serial killer victim as Ashlee Shingoose, Kinew promises landfill search
WINNIPEG - For years, she was known as Mashkode Bizhiki'ikwe, or Buffalo...
March 26, 2025 5:36 PM

Guard your food, wasps are looking to invade your barbecue in Kamloops, Okanagan