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Kids play for those who can’t at Apex Winter Classic
Competition was fierce at this past weekend's Apex Winter Classic hockey tournament and once again…
Students to show their chops at reopened TRU meat market
Thompson Rivers University is slowly reopening its retail meat store after a three-year hiatus. It's…
B.C. school district gets second try to fire teacher accused of having sex with student
A B.C. school district that was forced to rehire a teacher accused of having sex…
Good things expected in Okanagan real estate market as interest rates begin to stabilize
The quarter point increase in the key interest rate by the Bank of Canada today…
Kamloops hotel industry healthier than Kelowna’s following pandemic
Kamloops hotels were close to full occupancy last summer and more rooms were occupied by…
iN TRAFFIC: Cold snap coming for B.C. Interior
Temperatures are expected to plummet tomorrow, bringing winter back to January. Environment Canada has issued…
Home Depot gave personal data to Facebook without customer consent
OTTAWA – Retailer Home Depot shared details from electronic receipts with Meta, which operates the…
Canadian Tire moving to old Kelowna Costco site
An application went to the City of Kelowna yesterday, Jan. 25, to relocate Canadian Tire…
Kamloops RCMP ask for help to find missing man
Kamloops RCMP say a 57-year-old man was reported missing on Sunday. Glen Hobson was last…
Students feel ‘betrayed’ by Okanagan College’s handling of data breach
It was bad enough that a cyberattack disrupted classes at Okanagan College’s campuses two weeks…
IDENTITY THEFT: Okanagan College warns students personal information may have been hacked
Okanagan College is warning all its students that their personal information, including social insurance numbers,…
Cybercriminals are after everyone, not just big organizations like Okanagan College: expert
A cyberattack knocked Okanagan College offline for more than a week. It is just now…
Okanagan College’s computer system slowly coming back to life
After a week of having its phone and computer systems shut down throughout the region,…
Okanagan College crippled by cyberattack
Phone, email and all other internet services at Okanagan College crashed on Monday and the…
Untrained disassembly, poor communication linked to fatal Kamloops ammonia release
VANCOUVER – The independent body that oversees the safety of technical systems and equipment in…
Driver killed in head-on crash with semi on Highway 97 in Peachland
West Kelowna RCMP are appealing to the public for help in tracking down a vehicle…
Kelowna ER nurse left Indigenous person ‘pulseless and unresponsive’
A Kelowna emergency room nurse who left a "pulseless and unresponsive" Indigenous person in the…
South Okanagan astrophotographer captures amazing photos of green comet
A green-tailed comet is close enough to earth for Osoyoos photographer Debra Ceravolo to snap…
COVID-19 misinformation contributed to 2,800 Canadian deaths
A new report says misinformation about COVID-19 contributed to more than 2,800 Canadian deaths and…
TRENDING NOW: Student finds loophole in no laptop rule
In hindsight, this seems like an obvious loophole. An instructor forbade the use of laptops…
The construction disaster that changed B.C.
Mike Davis’s last outing with his dad was a bike ride to the worksite where…
Kelowna child development centre fighting closure by provincial government
Kelowna’s Starbright Children’s Development Centre has been helping preschool children with special needs for 57…
Okanagan College hijackers identified; promise four days until data dump
An international criminal gang that specializes in cyberattacks on educational institutions appears to be holding…
Judge slams payday loan company’s dirty tricks against Shuswap couple
A payday loan company that charged a Shuswap couple 45 per cent interest on a…