Local Journalism Initiative
Penticton immigrant family avoid deportation at last minute
For an immigrant family from Penticton what began as a week of fear and uncertainty…
Penticton para-swimmers set three Canadian records
Two Penticton swim club para-athletes made a big splash on the national front, setting three…
Home Depot pulls Inuksuk garden statue over cultural appropriation concerns
Home Depot is removing an Inuksuk garden ornament from its store shelves after an Inuk…
‘We’re running for our ancestors’: Syilx Unity Run connects community to the land
More than 100 syilx Youth, Elders and community members gathered at the Syilx Nation Indian…
Time running out for Penticton immigrant family
Time is quickly running out for a young Penticton family who last month were ordered…
For teens who drink and do drugs, here’s how to reduce the harm
About 40 per cent of Canadian teenagers drank alcohol in the last year and one…
A day in the life of a BC paramedic
We know their wailing sirens and the look of the large, flashy ambulance racing down…
Mining companies snapping up claims on Indigenous land in B.C. ignore consultation at own peril
Reconciliation isn’t the only thing threatened when mining exploration companies fail to get consent from…
Hackers targeted Canada’s gas infrastructure. How do renewables fit into cybersecurity?
News of pro-Russia hackers allegedly gaining access to Canada’s gas infrastructure brought cybersecurity concerns to…
Moe the Moose saved from wildfire in B.C. Peace
A baby moose named Moe that got stuck in the Stoddart Creek wildfire last week…
‘Birders, not blockaders’ ask B.C. to protect old-growth to save marbled murrelets
Birders and biologists are banding together to urge the B.C. government to protect ancient forests…
What was B.C.’s Coast Salish woolly dog, and can we bring it back?
If you had been wandering the Coast Salish territories of British Columbia some 4,000 years…
PUNCHED ON THE JOB: When B.C. gig workers are denied basic safety support
Aman Sood was supposed to drive the man in the yellow construction vest to McCallum…
Will BC towns’ bylaws undermine drug decriminalization pilot?
B.C.’s three-year pilot drug decriminalization program is aimed at reducing the barriers and stigma that…
Former Penticton woman resumes her 4,270 km healing journey
It’s with a renewed sense of conviction former Penticton resident Alyssa Kroeker has resumed her…