Kamloops

Police said the scam is popping up around the country.

A Summerland man with no prior criminal record has been sentenced to six months in jail after assaulting another man with a walking stick and smashing the windshield of his vehicle nearly four years ago.

Summerland Mayor Doug Holmes drew a few laughs at a recent council meeting when he quipped that allowing cannabis consumption at the annual Christmas Light Up celebration would give a whole new meaning to “light up.”

“I drove by it to work in the morning and saw it and thought it was really weird."

The longest-running free family festival in Western Canada returns with five days of free family fun, with most of the festivities centred around Okanagan Lake Park in downtown Penticton.

"They didn't just take my money, they took my future."

There were 3,000 people in 100 different communities in B.C. who answered questions on a survey about what makes them want to leave the province.

Nature lovers and homeowners in Kamloops and the Okanagan are finding countless fascinating species from the tiny jumping spiders to the giant house spider.

The office was empty on the afternoon of Aug. 5, and OneBC’s chief of staff Tim Thielmann declined to say when exactly it opened.

“I encourage everyone to dress up in their best western swag and come kick up their heels."

"It’s clear this enforcement was necessary."

The four brothers have spent years battling over millions of dollars of real estate.