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Hospitals in Interior Health region well over capacity
Following the Christmas holiday season, occupancy at hospitals in the Interior Health region have been…
Winter blues in Kamloops or the Okanagan? You’re not alone
Long, dark nights. Scarce sunshine. Christmas bills rolling in. Failed New Year’s resolutions. These are…
Housing prices stronger in Okanagan, Kamloops than rest of B.C.
While housing prices fell 11.5% across B.C. in December versus a year earlier, the picture…
Gloomy real estate market hasn’t stopped million dollar condo sales in Kelowna
The dramatic slowdown in the Okanagan’s real estate market doesn’t mean it’s all doom and…
Why Kamloops is sunnier than the Okanagan
People living in the Okanagan Valley are very familiar with those dark gloomy days where…
The 2022 Kamloops, Kelowna real estate roller coaster ride
There’s no question that home buyers and sellers had a rough ride in 2022. The…
Expect delays, closures on Trans-Canada in Kicking Horse Canyon for months
Construction is underway on the fourth and final phase of the Kicking Horse Canyon upgrade…
Why there’s no longer ice racing on Duck Lake in the Okanagan
As Okanagan Valley lakes go, Duck Lake is not one of the biggest or better…
What you need to know before buying your first home in Kamloops or the Okanagan
Sky high real estate prices over the last few years have kept many first-time home…
Cheaper to rent a home than own one in Kamloops and most of Okanagan
Across Canada, homeowners spend $300 more per month in shelter costs than renters. That ratio…
iN PHOTOS: Kelowna photographer turns lens to city lights
Neil Thacker is best known as a landscape and nature photographer but decided a couple…
IN TRAFFIC: Mountain highways in the Thompson Okanagan are slippery today
DriveBC says there are slippery sections on the Coquihalla Highway from 6 km south of…
Lake Country taxes to jump by at least 10% this year
Growth and inflation have triggered the need to increase property taxes substantially in the District…
iN TRAFFIC: Fog and some slippery sections on Thompson-Okanagan highways
Fog will make driving difficult on many highways this morning, Jan. 17, and through mountain…
Dozens of Kelowna tenants being evicted for being ‘beacons for social disorder’
The City of Kelowna is well into its third year of cracking down on the…
UPDATE: ‘Unfolding incident’ at Coldstream home resolved
Vernon North Okanagan RCMP set up a perimeter around a home in the 8500 block…
Birders flock to Kelowna to get photo of rarely seen species
When Kelowna birder Chris Charlesworth was told by a friend that a bird rarely seen…
Rent for Kelowna one-bedroom apartment dips below $2,000
While rents across Canada increased by 1% in December versus November, Kelowna’s rents actually fell…
How Drag Story Time became a thing at Kelowna’s downtown library
Libraries everywhere work hard to encourage children to discover the joys of reading books. That’s…
Kelowna multi-millionaire loses appeal against highrise neighbour
Charles Fipke made his fortune in diamonds and is one of Kelowna’s richest citizens. But…
Kelowna ‘freedom rally’ racked up 200 unpaid tickets before being taken to court
In the past two-and-a-half years, the organizers of the weekly ‘freedom rallies’ at Stuart Park…
Okanagan ski hills still cleaning up after 1-in-50-year ‘rime snow’ attack
Ski hills are used to getting lots of snow, but the heavy, wet rime snow…
B.C.’s alcohol ‘spike’ during COVID starting to wane
It is true that Canadians drank more alcohol during COVID than before but the reality…
It might look like it, but winter isn’t over yet in Okanagan and Kamloops
While sub-zero temperatures have been rare so far this year in the Okanagan and Kamloops,…