Dog pulled from drain pipe
Youth snatch, drag dog
Coq traffic backed up again
Poorest fall victim to opioids
Camping event a 'bad joke'
Teen found, man arrested
Uvalde police chief resigns 
Shooting at Denmark mall
Falling ice kills hikers
Minions on top of box office
Soaring fuel surcharges
Markets wrap brutal quarter
McKenzie, pen combine on 1-hitter, Guardians beat Yanks 2-0
Padres rally for 4 in 9th, beat Dodgers 4-2 to avoid sweep
Mets ace deGrom whiffs 5 of 6 batters in 1st rehab start
Taylor Swift stalker arrrested
Heard fighting verdict
R Kelly under suicide watch
Opinion News
Pressure of homelessness builds as poverty accelerates
What causes homelessness in Kelowna? I get asked that question a lot and there isn’t a straightforward answer. Many people point to mental health and...
Support grows for B.C. anti-corruption commissioner following report
More than three years have passed since the provincial government chose to establish the Commission of Inquiry into Money Laundering in British Columbia, also...
B.C. well-positioned to avoid recession, but risks looming
The past three months have brought a caravan of negative news about the global economy. Amid the war triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the...
Opinion: MP responds to criticism of his Private Members Bill
Re. Joe Killoran’s guest column Lawyer blasts Kamloops MP and RCMP boss over 'supposed' crime wave (Castanet, June 3) When I tabled my first...
Cullen Commission on B.C. money laundering just the starting point of a long road
The release Wednesday of the 1,804-page Cullen Commission report on money laundering in British Columbia landed like a block of cement. It is, however, really...
Air Miles grounded by giant grocery chain
The food we buy is always changing, so keeping customers engaged with brands is challenging Sobeys recently decided to dump Air Miles and start its own loyalty...
Medium-well and middle of the road for the majority of Canadians
One of the nastiest glances I ever received was from a research industry colleague after I had the temerity to order a steak “medium well” when we...
Recommendations, yes, apologies, no, in wake of heat dome tragedy
For almost all of the 619 victims of last June’s heat dome, the blazing temperature outdoors didn’t kill them. Solitude indoors did. Their...
Health Canada's new food labelling makes no sense
Grocery shoppers in Canada will soon be warned if a product has too much fat, sugar or sodium. But exemptions mean the new rules are illogical It looks like we...
Can nutrition choices help alleviate allergy symptoms?
While the warm weather has finally arrived in Kelowna, unfortunately, so has allergy season. Allergies can already be tough to manage, but did you know stress...
Opinion: Why B.C.'s premier and Surrey's mayor should step down now
From the heart in one case, from the head in another, I implore (Premier) John Horgan and (Surrey Mayor) Doug McCallum to step aside. The two significant...
Opinion: Lawyer blasts Kamloops MP and RCMP boss over 'supposed' crime wave
Recently, the residents of Kamloops were treated to the sight of their MP Frank Caputo, and their RCMP superintendent, Syd Lecky, sounding the alarm about a...
Russia ousts North Korea to claim title of least-liked country
Twice a year, Research Co. and Glacier Media ask Canadians about their impressions of 15 different countries. Since we started tracking this question in 2019,...
Open letter: Family doctors burned out, demoralized and calling for change
Open letter to: Premier John Horgan and Health Minister Dix, We the undersigned physicians at Rutland Medical Associates have decided we need to speak out on...
Developers must address needs of high-density downtowns now
The current narrative around urban living is that cities are shrinking as pandemic-related influences such as remote work and the desire for additional space...
Relevance of resurrecting abortion debate in Canada questioned
For the past few days, federal and provincial politicians in Canada have been paying a lot of attention to the United States. A draft opinion by the U.S....
Opinion: Some reasons why gas prices in B.C. are so much higher than in Alberta
Premier John Horgan’s excuse for not trying to curb gas price jumps is that the industry will just jack prices higher to take up the room left by any tax...
Buckle up for a wild real estate ride in the Okanagan
It’s going to be a wild ride — in a good way. Kelowna has been showing increasing promise as one of Canada's emerging economic hubs and one of...
Shift to electric vehicle acceptance is accelerating slowly in B.C.
One of the impending jokes of the current driving season is that the billboards advertising the price of gas will become calendars. It is now no longer...
Opinion: Doctor responds to vaccinated vs unvaccinated study
Re: Mixing with unvaccinated increases COVID-19 risk for vaccinated people, study finds A recent article published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal...