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Uber approved to operate ride hailing service in Kelowna
After months of waiting, Uber’s purchase of the ReRyde licence for Kelowna has been approved…
Massive 2017 Elephant Hill wildfire results in losses of $1B per year
An Indigenous-led report into a massive wildfire nearly six years ago that destroyed more than…
Celebrity bidding war for Ottawa Senators could be a boon for franchise
While some hockey fans may be surprised by multiple celebrities facing off for a minority…
Kelowna wants to spend nearly $300M on recreation facilities including Parkinson rebuild
The City of Kelowna is about to launch an ambitious recreation construction program totalling $287.5…
Hundreds ordered out of riverside mobile homes in flood-hit Cache Creek
Cache Creek Mayor John Ranta says flooding in the B.C. Interior town is already the…
TRENDING NOW: Beatboxer blows away BGT judges with Golden Buzzer performance
French beatboxer and looper MB14 blew away Simon Cowell and the other judges on Britain's…
BC emergency departments on ‘red alert’: Doctors association
BC doctors are sounding the alarm as patients in emergency departments across the province are…
Kamloops bylaw department on the way to ‘peace officer’ status
Kamloops has plans to give its bylaw officers more power and authority to arrest people,…
Westwold property owner loses land, barn and bridge in rising river
A property owner in Westwold is losing land and structures after the Salmon River crested…
Motorcyclist killed on Shuswap Road east of Kamloops
Two motorcyclists crashed on Shuswap Road east of Kamloops this weekend and one died as…
After 25 years, Kelowna hostel to be replaced with apartment building
After 25 years in a big old house on Pandosy Street, the Kelowna International Hostel…
Spring heat wave to hit southern Interior this weekend
A spring heat wave expect to begin Friday in the southern Interior has prompted a…
BC pharmacist on hook $15,000 for not giving Tang with opioids
A B.C. pharmacist who let a colleague take their opioid treatment in water instead of…
Alaskans poaching Canadian salmon top concern for fisheries minister
American fishing boats catching threatened Canadian salmon was flagged as a top concern for federal…
Former Kelowna trucker awarded $300K after being tasered by cops
CONTENT ADVISORY A former Kelowna truck driver, who was tasered by two RCMP officers after…
UPDATE: Missing Kamloops man located
UPDATE: May 11, 2023 Kamloops RCMP say a missing 32-year-old man has been located and…
UPDATE: Officers ‘ambushed’ in shooting east of Ottawa that left sergeant dead
An Ontario Provincial Police officer who died early Thursday was "ambushed and shot" along with…
Senior dies after being swept into creek in West Kelowna
A 68-year-old woman has died after falling into a creek this morning in West Kelowna.…
Coyote killed after attacking child in Metro Vancouver park
PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. – A coyote has attacked a two-year-old child in the Metro Vancouver…
‘Chonkosaurus,’ plump Chicago snapping turtle captured on video, goes viral
CHICAGO (AP) — Footage of a plump snapping turtle relaxing along a Chicago waterway has…
New Hampshire Senate rejects marijuana legalization bill, leaving state an outlier in New England
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire Senate rejected a marijuana legalization bill Thursday, leaving…
Overnight temperatures to bring relief during B.C. and Alberta heat wave
Alberta and British Columbia are bracing for an unseasonable heat wave with daytime highs soaring…
BC housing prices slowly recovering but still well below last year
The housing boom of 2022 has left real estate prices well below last year’s records,…
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Claw machines are notoriously difficult. It's not always easy to grab that plush toy and…