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Top Stories for March 16, 2023

Source says suspect who killed two Edmonton officers was 16, also shot his mother

Source says suspect who killed two Edmonton officers was 16, also shot his mother

Edmonton 5:15 pm - 48,295 views

UPDATE 5:15 p.m. A police source says a suspect who shot and killed two Edmonton police officers was 16 years old and that he also shot and wounded his mother....

Mother left 'devastated' after conviction of son's killer overturned

Mother left 'devastated' after conviction of son's killer overturned

Kelowna 4:00 am - 37,485 views

“Devastated.” That's how Annie Hutton describes her feelings after the man convicted of murdering her son successfully appealed his conviction...

Is B.C. in store for another hot summer?

Is B.C. in store for another hot summer?

Thompson-Okanagan 4:00 am - 30,738 views

The Farmer Almanac’s long-range forecast is predicting another hot summer for most of Canada, while in B.C., it is calling for seasonal but dry weather....

Man dies in Salmon Arm hospital following violent incident in which he was struck by vehicle

Man dies in Salmon Arm hospital following violent incident in which he was struck by vehicle

Salmon Arm 2:45 pm - 26,990 views

A man has died in hospital following a dispute that turned violent in Salmon Arm. Salmon Arm RCMP say officers responded at 4:25 p.m. March 6 to a disturbance...

Lake Country Fire Department rescues dog stuck on ice on Wood Lake

Lake Country Fire Department rescues dog stuck on ice on Wood Lake

Lake Country 4:32 pm - 21,301 views

UPDATE: 4:32 p.m. The Lake Country Fire Department has rescued a dog that was trapped on thin ice out on Wood Lake. The dog was spotted by the fire department...

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Do you think former governor general David Johnston is the right person to oversee investigations into foreign interference in Canadian elections?

Do you think former governor general David Johnston is the right person to oversee investigations into foreign interference in Canadian elections?

Poll 6:30 pm - 19,371 views

Former governor general David Johnston is the "eminent Canadian," as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau put it, who will oversee investigations into...

Pornhub owner MindGeek purchased by private equity firm

Pornhub owner MindGeek purchased by private equity firm

Business 12:47 pm - 18,762 views

Private equity firm Ethical Capital Partners (ECP) is acquiring MindGeek, the owner of Pornhub. The terms of the transaction are not being publicly disclosed....

Former Kelowna piano teacher faces trial for alleged child sex crimes

Former Kelowna piano teacher faces trial for alleged child sex crimes

Kelowna 4:36 pm - 18,706 views

A piano teacher who's charged with sexually assaulting one of his child students appeared in Kelowna court Thursday morning for the beginning of his trial....

Kelowna International Airport expects 130,000 passengers during the spring break rush

Kelowna International Airport expects 130,000 passengers during the spring break rush

Kelowna 4:00 am - 16,832 views

The spring break rush has begun at Kelowna International Airport. YLW expects 130,000 passengers to pass through the terminal from now until April 3. “For...

Big banks create $30B rescue package for First Republic

Big banks create $30B rescue package for First Republic

Business 1:39 pm - 16,623 views

Eleven of the biggest banks in the country announced a $30 billion rescue package for First Republic Bank on Thursday, in an effort to prevent the...

Mother enraged as killer claims BC murder victim Amanda Zhao might be alive

Mother enraged as killer claims BC murder victim Amanda Zhao might be alive

BC 6:17 am - 16,601 views

In 2002, Yang Baoying flew from China to Vancouver to identify her daughter Amanda Zhao’s body. The 21-year-old English student’s remains had been...

Guards union says second pigeon with a backpack found in B.C. prison

Guards union says second pigeon with a backpack found in B.C. prison

Abbotsford 3:35 pm - 16,075 views

A pigeon wearing a tiny empty backpack has been captured inside a federal prison in British Columbia, in what a union official says was likely another plan by...

Province granted injunction to keep man away from West Kelowna offices

Province granted injunction to keep man away from West Kelowna offices

West Kelowna 6:43 pm - 15,998 views

The provincial government has succeeded in getting a court order to keep a repeat offender from its social services office in West Kelowna. Late last year, the...

Accused in 2021 Shuswap murder released on bail

Accused in 2021 Shuswap murder released on bail

Scotch Creek 4:00 am - 15,326 views

The man accused in a 2021 Shuswap murder has been granted bail. Paul Vincent Binder is charged with second-degree murder in the death of John Vance, 32, who...

Prosecutor: Black man smothered to death at mental hospital

Prosecutor: Black man smothered to death at mental hospital

United States 12:59 pm - 14,861 views

Security camera footage from a state mental hospital shows a Black Virginia man who was handcuffed and shackled being pinned to the ground by seven deputies who...

Why 'vegetarians only' ads are part of B.C.'s rental market menu

Why 'vegetarians only' ads are part of B.C.'s rental market menu

BC 1:14 pm - 13,478 views

Looking for a place to live in B.C. can be a strange ordeal, with would-be renters forced to navigate things like small space “luxury rentals,”...

Kelowna seniors complete six-marathon major series

Kelowna seniors complete six-marathon major series

Kelowna 4:51 pm - 13,200 views

Three Kelowna marathon runners recently returned home from Tokyo after completing all six races of the Abbott World Marathon Majors, with one of them setting a...

US releases video of Russian jet dumping fuel on its drone

US releases video of Russian jet dumping fuel on its drone

Black Sea 6:57 am - 13,075 views

The Pentagon on Thursday released footage of what it said was a Russian aircraft pouring fuel on a U.S. Air Force surveillance drone and clipping the...

Question of if Kelowna Springs should be park or industrial will again be debated by council

Question of if Kelowna Springs should be park or industrial will again be debated by council

Kelowna 2:13 pm - 12,999 views

Parkland or industrial. That's the question Kelowna city council will again ponder when the future land use of Kelowna Springs Golf Course comes up for...

B.C. Mounties announce results of organized crime drug investigations

B.C. Mounties announce results of organized crime drug investigations

BC 4:32 pm - 12,546 views

RCMP in British Columbia say they've disrupted major organized crime groups that are flooding the streets with toxic drugs in two separate investigations...

Day parole for Kamloops voyeur who hid 'spy cam' to catch teen naked

Day parole for Kamloops voyeur who hid 'spy cam' to catch teen naked

Kamloops 4:00 am - 11,925 views

A Kamloops man sentenced to more than two years in prison after hiding “spy cameras” in his bathroom to catch his roommate’s teenaged daughter...

Urgent need for more and different types of housing in North Okanagan

Urgent need for more and different types of housing in North Okanagan

North Okanagan 11:55 am - 11,554 views

The North Okanagan has reached "crisis level" on housing, and there is an urgent need for more and different types of housing. Added density through...

Princeton mayor calls for changes after semi-truck strikes school bus with kids inside

Princeton mayor calls for changes after semi-truck strikes school bus with kids inside

Princeton 11:25 am - 10,986 views

Princeton's Mayor is adding his voice to a call for dash cams to be installed in all transport trucks after a loaded semi-truck struck a school bus early...

Crime and safety still number one issue for Kelowna council

Crime and safety still number one issue for Kelowna council

Kelowna 4:00 am - 10,079 views

Not much has changed in Kelowna over the past four years, certainly not in the eyes of its residents or elected officials. Crime and safety once again tops city...

What to know about David Johnston, the new special rapporteur on foreign interference

What to know about David Johnston, the new special rapporteur on foreign interference

Canada 11:57 am - 9,934 views

Former governor general David Johnston is the "eminent Canadian," as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau put it, who will oversee investigations into...

West Kelowna crews to start watermain flushing March 21

West Kelowna crews to start watermain flushing March 21

West Kelowna 7:00 pm - 9,648 views

In a few day, West Kelowna city crews will begin watermain flushing in neighbourhoods in the Rose Valley water service area. The project will start Tuesday,...

NFL player armed in shooting but fired no shots: prosecutor

NFL player armed in shooting but fired no shots: prosecutor

NFL 6:48 pm - 9,645 views

Cincinnati Bengals running back Joe Mixon was armed with a legal weapon when a teenage boy was shot near the player's home earlier this month but he did not...

Health Canada issues warning over kids medicine advertised on Facebook

Health Canada issues warning over kids medicine advertised on Facebook

BC 11:49 am - 9,266 views

Health Canada is warning parents not to give their children two cough syrups that are being advertised on Facebook. The government authority said today that...

Coquitlam company fined $19,000 for years of refusing recycling regulations

Coquitlam company fined $19,000 for years of refusing recycling regulations

Coquitlam 10:01 am - 9,122 views

Coquitlam's KMS Tools & Equipment Ltd. has been fined $19,000 by the province for refusing to comply with recycling regulations. Following repeated...

Yukon First Nation declares state of emergency over opioids 'terrorizing' community

Yukon First Nation declares state of emergency over opioids 'terrorizing' community

Yukon 8:47 pm - 9,042 views

A small Yukon First Nation says it's dealing with an "opioid emergency" that is terrorizing citizens and families with violence, crime, overdoses...

Canada will hold special ceremony to mark May 6 coronation of King Charles: Trudeau

Canada will hold special ceremony to mark May 6 coronation of King Charles: Trudeau

Canada 7:34 am - 8,420 views

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will hold a special ceremony marking the coronation of King Charles on May 6. The ceremony in Ottawa will be one of...

Group calling for local control of Kelowna Regional Transit operations set to meet with local politicians

Group calling for local control of Kelowna Regional Transit operations set to meet with local politicians

Kelowna 11:19 am - 8,322 views

A young woman who has launched a petition calling for a local, public operator to take over Kelowna Regional Transit is encouraged to hear BC Transit has only...

B.C. arm of powerful Chinese state-owned conglomerate closes office, gallery

B.C. arm of powerful Chinese state-owned conglomerate closes office, gallery

Richmond 11:48 am - 8,053 views

A subsidiary of China Poly Group, one of China’s biggest state-owned enterprises, has quietly closed its North American office in Richmond and art gallery...

Rutland apartment building would include 106 rentals and two large murals

Rutland apartment building would include 106 rentals and two large murals

Kelowna 12:54 pm - 7,738 views

Alberta’s Lakeview Homes has submitted a development permit application for a five-storey apartment on Robson Road in Rutland. The project, which would...

Poland plans to grant Ukraine's request for fighter jets

Poland plans to grant Ukraine's request for fighter jets

Ukraine 6:07 am - 7,653 views

Poland’s president says his country plans to give Ukraine a dozen MiG-29 fighter jets, becoming the first NATO member country to fulfill the Ukrainian...

Nanaimo shooting victim remains in coma in hospital

Nanaimo shooting victim remains in coma in hospital

Nanaimo 10:05 am - 7,518 views

The owner of a mechanic shop injured in a shooting in Nanaimo was scheduled for more surgery on Wednesday and could face months of recovery, his father-in-law...

Vernon RCMP seek suspect in business assault

Vernon RCMP seek suspect in business assault

Vernon 8:40 am - 7,354 views

Vernon RCMP are seeking the public's help in identifying a suspect in an assault at a local business. Police say officers responded about 2:20 a.m. Feb. 21...

UN-backed inquiry accuses Russia of war crimes in Ukraine

UN-backed inquiry accuses Russia of war crimes in Ukraine

Russia 6:43 am - 6,771 views

Russian attacks against civilians in Ukraine, including systematic torture and killing in occupied regions, amount to war crimes and possibly crimes against...

'It's a big problem': Vancouver firefighters respond to 46 fires over weekend

'It's a big problem': Vancouver firefighters respond to 46 fires over weekend

Vancouver 9:25 am - 6,648 views

The Vancouver Fire Rescue Services says over 50 fires have broke out across the city in the past few days and the overwhelming majority caused damage....

'Troubling case to deal with': Infamous Penticton prolific offender sentenced for thefts, mischief

'Troubling case to deal with': Infamous Penticton prolific offender sentenced for thefts, mischief

Penticton 2:28 pm - 6,632 views

Arguably one of Penticton’s most infamous repeat thieves was sentenced for two thefts and one act of mischief on Thursday morning, and handed a jail...

Penticton council decides communications department is worth its hefty budget

Penticton council decides communications department is worth its hefty budget

Penticton 4:00 am - 6,558 views

Penticton city council, for the most part, thinks its communications department is worth the money it costs to operate. At Wednesday's budget deliberation,...

Questioning why grocery prices are so high

Questioning why grocery prices are so high

Dan in Ottawa 11:00 am - 6,548 views

Why does Canada have such runaway food inflation when we grow so much food? It’s a common question. There are a couple of main reasons, such as rising...

Okanagan College students take second place at competition

Okanagan College students take second place at competition

Kelowna 9:00 pm - 6,367 views

A trio of Okanagan College students stand with the best in the world after placing second in the Royal Roads’ University Design Thinking Challenge. The...

Survey: 49% of influencers tempted to not declare all their income

Survey: 49% of influencers tempted to not declare all their income

Business 9:43 am - 6,226 views

If you received a free trip or new clothes for posting a certain photo or blog in 2022, then you need to report it on your tax form this year. Social media...

Death rate for people with schizophrenia tripled during B.C. heat dome, finds study

Death rate for people with schizophrenia tripled during B.C. heat dome, finds study

BC 8:46 pm - 6,224 views

British Columbians living with schizophrenia saw a three-fold increase in deaths during the 2021 heat dome, a new study has found. Roughly 740 people are...

Street sweepers roll onto West Kelowna streets starting March 20

Street sweepers roll onto West Kelowna streets starting March 20

West Kelowna 11:28 am - 5,965 views

Spring street sweeping on residential roads is set to get underway Monday in West Kelowna. Crews will start in the Gellatly Bay, Glen Canyon and Goats Peak...

Virgin Orbit pausing all work, reportedly furloughs staff

Virgin Orbit pausing all work, reportedly furloughs staff

Business 6:12 am - 5,949 views

Virgin Orbit said Thursday it is pausing all operations amid reports that the company is furloughing almost all its staff as part of a bid to seek a funding...

Final opportunity to own at Movala, the Okanagan’s best beachside community

Final opportunity to own at Movala, the Okanagan’s best beachside community

Sponsored Content 12:01 am - 5,782 views

Whether you’re seeking a one-of-a-kind summer escape, a desirable rental property or a high-end residence in a coveted destination, you’ll want to...

Government finds that Canadian Human Rights Commission discriminated against workers

Government finds that Canadian Human Rights Commission discriminated against workers

Canada 6:35 pm - 5,615 views

A central government agency has found discrimination against workers within a Canadian institution specifically designed to root it out. The Treasury Board...

Researcher calls for more wild horse protections after 17 shot dead near Kamloops

Researcher calls for more wild horse protections after 17 shot dead near Kamloops

Kamloops 6:35 am - 5,497 views

A biologist and wild horse researcher is calling for stronger federal and provincial protections for the animals after 17 carcasses were found in near Kamloops....

Massive City Gardens development on track despite challenges, developers say

Massive City Gardens development on track despite challenges, developers say

Kamloops 4:00 am - 5,467 views

A year after ground was broken on the ambitious project, the Kelson Group’s $200-million City Gardens development in downtown Kamloops remains on track to...

Some Canadian employers offer egg freezing as part of expanded fertility benefits

Some Canadian employers offer egg freezing as part of expanded fertility benefits

Business 11:37 am - 5,373 views

Tonya Johnson, 39, is single, happy and freezing her eggs to buy a little more time before she starts a family. The procedure is costly — as much as...

Failed fare check leads to discovery of loaded handgun at Burnaby SkyTrain station: police

Failed fare check leads to discovery of loaded handgun at Burnaby SkyTrain station: police

Burnaby 11:47 am - 5,363 views

A 23-year-old man allegedly caught with a loaded handgun at a Burnaby SkyTrain station after he failed to pay his transit fare is in jail and awaiting a bail...

Coldstream house fire started in bedroom, cause remains unknown

Coldstream house fire started in bedroom, cause remains unknown

Coldstream 9:53 am - 5,362 views

The District of Coldstream says the exact cause of last week’s house fire on Torrent Drive is still unknown. The fire was battled by 20 firefighters last...

Childcare centre campaign at Vernon's Okanagan College campus gets $500,000 launch

Childcare centre campaign at Vernon's Okanagan College campus gets $500,000 launch

Vernon 4:00 pm - 5,346 views

Okanagan College Foundation kicked off its Sunflower Childcare Centre campaign with a half-million-dollar boost. The $1.25-million campaign will help build an...

Alberta earthquake felt in Dawson Creek Thursday morning

Alberta earthquake felt in Dawson Creek Thursday morning

Dawson Creek 11:06 am - 4,984 views

A pair of earthquakes and aftershocks originating near Reno, AB was felt in Dawson Creek this morning. Earthquakes Canada lists the events between 4.1 and 4.6....

Suspect charged with first-degree murder in 2017 Victoria death

Suspect charged with first-degree murder in 2017 Victoria death

Victoria 9:47 am - 4,894 views

Joseph “Bob” Gelineau, of Victoria, has been charged with first-degree murder and indignity to human remains in relation to the death of Richard...

Be careful what you read when it comes to development

Be careful what you read when it comes to development

Wilson on Water Street 6:00 pm - 4,689 views

Often, when you read about a new proposed development, you’re not reading something anyone other than the developer has reviewed. What you’re...

CNN travel names Vancouver Island one of world's most beautiful places

CNN travel names Vancouver Island one of world's most beautiful places

Vancouver Island 9:22 am - 4,625 views

Vancouver Island has once again made international headlines as a top travel destination. CNN Travel this month named the Island as among the 25 most beautiful...

Centennial Drive residents upset over no-notice street parking change

Centennial Drive residents upset over no-notice street parking change

Vernon 4:00 am - 4,589 views

Residents of Vernon's Centennial Drive are up in arms over a wave of recent parking tickets. Residents of the Aberdeen Heights building say parking signage...

Beloved Gibsons peacock dies in wake of dog attack

Beloved Gibsons peacock dies in wake of dog attack

Gibsons 9:33 am - 4,535 views

A feathered friend to many is being mourned in Gibsons. On Sunday, Janine Young and her husband found Kyle the peacock dead outside near their home. They...

NDP praises David Johnston as Tories, Bloc bemoan interference watchdog appointment

NDP praises David Johnston as Tories, Bloc bemoan interference watchdog appointment

Canada 11:11 am - 4,269 views

Opposition parties continue to call for a public inquiry into foreign interference, but the NDP is welcoming Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's choice of a...

Fantasy vs. Sci-fi poetry competition hits BNA next week

Fantasy vs. Sci-fi poetry competition hits BNA next week

Kelowna 8:00 pm - 4,238 views

A sci-fi poetry slam is coming to Kelowna next week. For the past six years, the Inspired Word Cafe has offered a different take on the poetry slam, which is a...

Fishing and hunting guides angling for banner year and increased interest in outdoor activities

Fishing and hunting guides angling for banner year and increased interest in outdoor activities

BC 11:07 am - 4,192 views

Three years after border closures clobbered B.C.’s tourism industry, hunting and fishing guides and lodges in B.C. say they are hoping for a banner year...

Penticton bike lane heading for Skaha Lake after council mixup

Penticton bike lane heading for Skaha Lake after council mixup

Penticton 3:55 pm - 4,140 views

The lake-to-lake bike lane looks likely to be finished after all. A final leg of Penticton's contentious bike path has made it into the municipality's...

Alberni Street closed between Westminster Avenue and Vernon Avenue to complete Sheraton Hotel construction

Alberni Street closed between Westminster Avenue and Vernon Avenue to complete Sheraton Hotel construction

Penticton 3:53 pm - 4,137 views

The new six-storey hotel in Penticton's north end is nearing completion, with the final round of construction closing off a section of Alberni Street on...

Documents show Kamloops mayor made significant changes to standing committees

Documents show Kamloops mayor made significant changes to standing committees

Kamloops 5:24 pm - 4,024 views

Kamloops Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson has made significant changes to council’s standing committee appointments, removing some councillors from their roles as...

Vancouver councillor supports foreign interference probe at municipal level

Vancouver councillor supports foreign interference probe at municipal level

Vancouver 2:44 pm - 3,973 views

Vancouver Coun. Lenny Zhou says he is in full support of a foreign interference probe for elections at all levels of Canada's governments after he was named...

Vernon burlesque show Saturday night at Status Nightclub

Vernon burlesque show Saturday night at Status Nightclub

Vernon 5:00 pm - 3,959 views

Femme Fatale makes its Vernon debut Saturday night at Status Nightclub. The one night only burlesque show by the Kelowna troupe is titled Spring Fling. Femme...

Stalker found not guilty of arson at North Vancouver home of victim's family

Stalker found not guilty of arson at North Vancouver home of victim's family

North Vancouver 12:57 pm - 3,918 views

A 40-year-old man has been found not guilty of deliberately setting fire to a house in North Vancouver where a woman had fled to escape his unwanted attention....

Yellen tells Congress US banking system 'remains sound'

Yellen tells Congress US banking system 'remains sound'

Business 9:06 am - 3,797 views

A week after the second-largest bank collapse in U.S. history, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday that the...

Penticton will see 9.5 per cent tax hike as per 2023 budget

Penticton will see 9.5 per cent tax hike as per 2023 budget

Penticton 5:51 pm - 3,265 views

After contention, a lengthy discussion and a narrow vote by council, Penticton finally has a 2023 budget plan. Deliberations took place over three days this...

Companies come together to donate new roof on Vernon Hospice

Companies come together to donate new roof on Vernon Hospice

Vernon 3:06 pm - 3,177 views

Work has begun on replacing the roof at Vernon's Hospice House. Community Roofing committed in October to put a new roof on the 27th Avenue facility, and...

Succession planning for volunteer boards

Succession planning for volunteer boards

Volunteer Matters 4:00 am - 3,120 views

Does your board have a succession plan in place? I had the pleasure of running a workshop this past weekend for the not-for-profit organizations in the Regional...

Mounties issue reminder to lock up vehicles after spike in opportunity thefts

Mounties issue reminder to lock up vehicles after spike in opportunity thefts

Kamloops 2:12 pm - 2,996 views

Kamloops Mounties are reminding the public to make sure their vehicles are locked up after a rash of recent opportunity thefts. In a news release, Kamloops RCMP...

Rare 16th century instrument focus of talk, performance in Vernon

Rare 16th century instrument focus of talk, performance in Vernon

Vernon 6:00 pm - 2,828 views

You can hear a rare classical instrument at the Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre next week. The North Okanagan Community Concert Association...

Western Canada Theatre giving away tickets to Grease, free dinner

Western Canada Theatre giving away tickets to Grease, free dinner

Contest alert! 9:00 am - 2,742 views

Western Canada Theatre is giving Castanet Kamloops readers the chance to win dinner and a show. The theatre company is giving away two tickets to the upcoming...

Victoria group lends a helping hand to Ukraine, setting up prosthetic clinics

Victoria group lends a helping hand to Ukraine, setting up prosthetic clinics

Victoria 11:39 am - 2,618 views

Nick Dechev was startled when an air raid siren blared in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv last month. The resident of Victoria, B.C., was in Lviv setting up...

Canadian Sport School Hockey League Championships in Penticton showcases the best up-and-coming players

Canadian Sport School Hockey League Championships in Penticton showcases the best up-and-coming players

Penticton 4:00 am - 2,591 views

Up-and-coming hockey players have taken over Penticton as a part of the Canadian Sport School Hockey League Western Championships. From March 6-19, the city...

OSNS leader steps down after 10 years of helping families

OSNS leader steps down after 10 years of helping families

Penticton 11:34 am - 2,581 views

For Manisha Willms, the biggest takeaway from 10 years as OSNS executive director are the smiles of the children playing just outside her office door each day....

De-Loops Designated Drivers will get you home safe

De-Loops Designated Drivers will get you home safe

Sponsored Content 6:00 am - 2,565 views

Tanya Dormuth is passionate about helping people get home safely. The Kamloops business owner, who works in healthcare during the day, owns and operates...

Penticton Speedway Foundation changes name, but keeps on feeding hungry kids

Penticton Speedway Foundation changes name, but keeps on feeding hungry kids

Penticton 7:00 pm - 2,429 views

A local organization dedicated to making sure every Penticton kid has nutritious food in school recently donated $13,000 to the other local schools part of SD67...

Fortune Drive traffic shifted to two east lanes as utility work begins

Fortune Drive traffic shifted to two east lanes as utility work begins

Kamloops 1:31 pm - 2,058 views

Traffic along a section of Fortune Drive will go down to one lane in each direction for the next couple of months as crews begin utility work along the street....

Shift in requirements means no government funds for CAP Team this summer

Shift in requirements means no government funds for CAP Team this summer

Kamloops 4:00 am - 1,991 views

The Kamloops Central Business Improvement Association has learned its Customer Care and Patrol team won’t be receiving key government funding to hire...

Vernon Winter Carnival hands out Community Awards

Vernon Winter Carnival hands out Community Awards

Vernon 9:20 am - 1,991 views

Vernon Winter Carnival has put the wraps on another celebration by handing out its Community Awards. The awards were handed out Wednesday night at the Elks Hall...

Connecting business, readers - Castanet wins chamber award for professional business

Connecting business, readers - Castanet wins chamber award for professional business

Vernon 4:00 am - 1,814 views

When local business owners connect with Castanet’s proven sales team, it’s a first step in reaching their advertising goals. “Part of my day...

Headgates Spillway Project is nearing completion, so water quality advisory has been rescinded

Headgates Spillway Project is nearing completion, so water quality advisory has been rescinded

Vernon 4:40 pm - 1,669 views

The Headgates Spillway Project is nearing completion, so the Regional District of North Okanagan has rescinded a water quality advisory issued last year. Since...

Comedian Andrew Grose to perform in Salmon Arm

Comedian Andrew Grose to perform in Salmon Arm

Salmon Arm 6:00 pm - 1,582 views

Train Wreck Comedy is returning to the Salmar Classic Theatre in Salmon Arm, with comedian Andrew Grose set to perform. “The Salmar Classic is one of the...