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Central Okanagan Search and Rescue and RCMP are on the third day of searching for a missing 79-year-old senior suffering from dementia. Search and rescue teams from across the province have joined the search for missing 79-year-old Allan Francescutti of Kelowna. His vehicle was found near Beaver Lak... [...]

With the Liberal government's ninth budget just tabled, I was cautiously optimistic we might see a change of direction to address inflationary food costs, high-interest rates impacting mortgage renewals and first-time home buyers trying to get into the market, and our ever growing national debt.... [...]

Twice-disbarred B.C. lawyer Hong Guo is understood to have left Canada for China and it's unclear when she will return — although a sentencing hearing for her contempt of court is tentatively scheduled for May 21. On March 22, a seventh independent tribunal of the Law Society of BC deter... [...]

King Charles III will resume his public duties next week following treatment for cancer, Buckingham Palace announced Friday. Charles took a break from public appearances almost three months ago to focus on his treatment for an undisclosed type of cancer. The palace said Charles would make a public v... [...]

Nearly 100 property owners from the Heritage Hills neighbourhood packed Okanagan Falls Elementary to hear from the Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen about whether they will take over the troubled utility systems in that area. At the Thursday night meeting, RDOS staff shared the results of an... [...]

A young killer whale swam under a bridge and out of a Vancouver Island lagoon on Friday, finishing her own weeks-long rescue operation to get to the open ocean. The Ehattesaht and Nuchatlaht First Nations say the team is "ecstatic," although the two-year-old whale still has to leave the [...]

Organizers of this year's Brewloops are hoping to see a return to form for the event and say they are trying to “recapture some of the magic” seen before the COVID-19 pandemic. Brewloops will see breweries, cideries and distilleries from across the province hit the 400-block of Vic... [...]

A new poll is showing the BC Conservatives ahead of the BC NDP for the first time. The poll published Friday by Mainstreet Research is a unique one and tested two scenarios. A group of responders were queried using the BC United brand while another group were asked the ballot [...]

The Thompson-Okanagan Lakers have made it into the semifinals of the Esso Cup. The Esso Cup is the Canadian national women's under-18 ice hockey club championship at Vernon's Kal Tire Place. On Thursday, the host Lakers downed Quebec's L'Intrépide de l'Outaouais 2-1 in a s... [...]

Join columnists Max Patel, Dylana Kneeshaw and Kristen Holliday as they lace up their running shoes to take part in RUNClub training for Boogie the Bridge. Follow their progress as they prepare for the big event, which will kick off on Sunday, April 28 in downtown Kamloops. Eight weeks [...]

Federal authorities have issued a recall warning for a series of food products distributed in British Columbia due to possible Listeria contamination. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the recall involves Juewei-branded meats and vegetables, ranging from beef, duck and pork, to potato, kelp a... [...]

Jerry Seinfeld has been responsible for more movies than you think. Yes, he co-wrote and lent his voice to 2007's “Bee Movie." But before that, “Seinfeld” — where going to the movies, with or without the aid of Moviefone, was nearly as regular a destination as the co... [...]

Six Thompson Rivers University (TRU) students celebrated on the podium at the Skills Canada BC competition on April 17, bringing home one bronze and five gold medals in their respective trades. Medal winners Giovanna Caputo, Alexis Nelson, Matthew Lavigne, Cody Rempel, Cole Allan and Wyatt Daniel O... [...]

Today's Bug of the Week is one of the most popular multi-legged critters in the Okanagan and are often the topic of conversation on social media. In fact, the praying mantis is so popular it was recently being hatched in local schools. Ootheca pods, which hold up to 50 baby [...]

Three separate power outages are affecting residents around the Shuswap. Approximately 4000 residents have been in the dark since 4:00 a.m. this morning. There is an outage affecting Lee Creek to Scotch Creek in the North Shuswap and another outage stretching across the Celista area. BC Hydro is sti... [...]

More than 1,700 homes and businesses are in the dark amid a large power outage in Merritt and parts of Nicola Valley — an area that also includes sections of the Coquihalla Highway and the Okanagan Connector. BC Hydro is reporting the outage started at 7:15 a.m., impacting most of [...]

As more Canadians find themselves struggling to afford or find housing, the country's smallest province is the only one that can point to legislation recognizing housing as a human right. The Canadian Press asked every province whether it agrees with the federal housing advocate that shelter is ... [...]

Defense lawyers in Donald Trump's hush money trial are digging Friday into assertions of the former publisher of the National Enquirer and his efforts to protect Trump from negative stories during the 2016 election. David Pecker returned to the witness stand for the fourth day as defense attor... [...]

The Moody Blues keyboardist Mike Pinder has died aged 82. His passing comes months after the death of the other surviving original member of the group Denny Laine – and was confirmed by the band's current guitarist John Lodge and Mike's family, who said on Friday (26.04.24) he die... [...]

A court in Romania's capital on Friday ruled that a trial can start in the case of influencer Andrew Tate, who is charged with human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women. The Bucharest Tribunal ruled that prosecutors' case file against Tate met the lega... [...]