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iN PHOTOS: The BC lab keeping you safe from food poisoning
The petri dish shimmers with colour, flashing a rich, emerald-green iridescence under the fluorescent lights…
RCMP crackdown on drug traffickers dealing to Kelowna’s homeless population
Several arrests have been made and a quantity of illegal drugs seized after RCMP targeted…
Kamloops man buying new truck after $500,000 lotto win
A Kamloops man won $500,000 with a Lotto Max ticket last month. Cory Turner matched…
‘Unprepared and disoriented’: New findings on menopause impacts in BC
The first large Canadian study on menopause, which looked at a range of symptoms, what…
iN PHOTOS: Okanagan pet portraitist creates emotional works of art
A West Kelowna artist has found her artistic niche by creating pet portraits. Valerie Duerden-Vallieren,…
Sorrento man killed in head-on crash with semi in Shuswap
A 40-year-old Sorrento man was killed Wednesday in a head-on collision with a tractor trailer.…
Retired RCMP officer convicted of killing his wife in Penticton up for parole
The family of a woman brutally killed by a retired RCMP officer in Penticton is…
Suspects get away after early morning police chase through Kamloops
When police tried to pull over a truck and trailer early Friday morning in Kamloops…
House of Commons debate over Kelowna housing data reveals the art of the spin
Housing data for Kelowna sparked an exchange between a local Member of Parliament and the federal…
Syilx mother and daughter’s documentary ‘Horse Woman’ about more than horses
A North Okanagan mother and daughter are celebrating the release of their documentary about the…
Kelowna woman loses legal fight after misdiagnosis at Kelowna ER
A Kelowna woman who was misdiagnosed during a visit to the emergency room at Kelowna…
South Okanagan woman charged with attempted murder
A 28-year-old Oliver woman has been charged with attempted murder. Denise Ibeth Lalonde Velazquez failed…
UPDATE: Missing Vernon woman located
UPDATE: Nov. 27, 2024 RCMP say a missing 29-year-old Vernon woman has been located and…
Meet Doug the beaver the watershed recovery engineer working near Kamloops
At the heart of Skeetchestn territory is the Deadman Watershed, a living landscape of roughly…
UN manifesto pitches preservation of critical microscopic creatures
Plankton, the key ingredient of the primordial ocean soup that allows all life to flourish,…
Goats, not glyphosate: Critics see alternatives to Coastal GasLink’s herbicide plans
Backpacks full of chemical herbicides or goats and wildflowers? As TC Energy prepares its plans…
Canada’s concern about illegal shark finning by fishing fleets in the North Pacific surging
A cruel, wasteful and illegal practice called shark finning is occurring — over and over…
Penticton anti-vaxxer loses fight against BCGEU
A Penticton anti-vaxxer has lost a fight with her union after she argued her support…
UPDATE: Missing Vernon man located
UPDATE: Dec. 6, 2024 RCMP say a missing 33-year-old Vernon man has been located, and…
Chopping down your own Christmas tree this year? Not so fast…
Now that December is here, and people have started decorating for Christmas, a reminder to…
UBC med students are offering free coaching on staying healthy
Medical students at the University of British Columbia are offering free, online preventive-health coaching sessions…
New catch-and-release guidelines in BC will buoy up salmon survival
Sport fishers and scientists are launching a bid to improve salmon survival by changing recommended…
‘Mild and a bit dull’: Odds of white Christmas in Okanagan, Kamloops low
Dreams of a white Christmas in Kamloops and the Okanagan will likely go unfulfilled this…
BC clinics supporting reproductive rights face closures
Options for Sexual Health says it will have to close most of its operations unless…