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Interior Health butting out tobacco sales to minors; 7 stores fined this month
Interior Health is catching businesses red-handed selling tobacco products to people under 19. Seven fines…
B.C. landlord fined $20K for ‘invalid’ eviction notices
A New Westminster landlord was fined $20,500 for serving, then repealing, eviction notices to tenants.…
Search for best Euchre team in the Okanagan is on
A Euchre tournament is about to kick off in Kelowna where the best pair of…
Bride fires Kamloops wedding planner, then sues
A bride has lost a legal challenge against a Kamloops wedding planner after she fired…
Pope Francis hospitalized with respiratory infection
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis was hospitalized with a respiratory infection Wednesday after experiencing…
Interior Health has closed Oliver’s ER for 20 hours this week
The emergency department at the hospital in Oliver was closed again overnight, the second such…
Parents frustrated as Vernon daycare announces closure
Parents at a Vernon daycare are now scrambling to find childcare after the sudden announcement…
TRENDING NOW: Poor pup baffled by tasty treat on TV
Here's a sign the resolution on modern televisions is very, very life-like. This poor doggie…
The Lunch Bucket reopening for the season on Coquihalla Highway
You'll no longer have to go hungry when traveling the desolate stretch of the Coquihalla…
Japanese surfer nears 90 and talks of catching waves at 100
FUJISAWA, Japan (AP) — A busy company owner for the early part of his life,…
Litigious B.C. movers lose in court after overcharging $2,300
A B.C. moving company that overcharged a customer $2,300 has been ordered to pay the…
Cracked concrete in Kelowna parkade makes stairwell look like a crime scene
Using one of the stairways in Kelowna’s Library Parkade can be a little daunting these…
Construction of cycling trail connection through wineries in West Kelowna set to begin
Construction is expected to start this week on a 2.4 kilometre, $4.2 million multi-use trail…
RCMP arrest five people near natural gas pipeline construction site in northern B.C.
The RCMP say five people have been arrested at two camps in the area where…
iN PHOTOS: After a century of damage, Okanagan nation caretakers restoring Trout Creek
During the eighth annual syilx siw?k? (Water) Forum, attendees visited a local creek which is…
Vernon pizza maker bringing flavours from Montreal hometown
Vernon resident Brian Hooles is making Montreal-style pizzas using ingredients and flavours from his hometown…
B.C. nurse suspended for two months for breaching regulator’s conditions
A B.C. nurse, who was previously facing criminal charges, has been suspended for two months…
B.C. immigration lawyer who forged medical notes loses licence
A B.C. immigration lawyer who was sentenced to 22 months in jail for forging medical…
Donald Trump indicted; 1st ex-president charged with crime
NEW YORK (AP) — A Manhattan grand jury has voted to indict Donald Trump on…
COSAR member started fire to keep hikers warm during rescue
The Central Okanagan Search and Rescue team was called in to save a woman on…
Long time Kelowna businesses facing extinction with eviction notices
A dozen businesses in the Dilworth shopping centre are being forced out as of July…
Child missing after six migrants found dead in river in Akwesasne, near U.S. border
QUEBEC – Authorities in the Mohawk Territory of Akwesasne say an infant is missing after…
Will B.C.’s shift to clean transportation take rural communities along for the ride?
The B.C. government needs to ensure rural and Indigenous communities are not left in the…
No criminality in death of woman whose body was found in Kelowna park
A woman, likely in her mid-30’s, was found dead near the Mission Creek Park yesterday.…