Okanagan Latest News
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Cats seen falling from moving B.C. travel trailer prompts police response, 20 rescued“Local animal rescue volunteers spent hours in the dark, and in the cold, to ensure the cats received the care they required,” said Chase RCMP.Canada1 hour
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Kelowna man who fatally stabbed fiancée back behind bars after near drowningA Kelowna, B.C., man who stabbed his fiancée to death in 2014 when she tried to extricate herself from their toxic relationship is now back behind bars.Crime2 hours
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B.C. lays out roadmap for million job openings forecast in next decadeThree-quarters of the forecast job openings will need post-secondary training, but the province stresses many don't need a traditional university degree.Economy3 hours
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Feel-good Friday: Global BC’s highlights of the weekSome Royal surprises this week and an activist running across B.C. to spread his love of music are just a few of the good news stories of the week.Trending4 hours
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BC Ferries begins process of replacing aging fleet with new hybrid vesselsBC Ferries said it has begun the process of procuring seven new vessels that will replace six C-class ships.Canada8 hours
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Evacuation order downgraded to alert following threat of rockslide in PentictonA rockslide evacuated 25 homes in the Pleasant Valley Mobile Home Park on Tuesday. As of 6 p.m. Thursday, the residents have been given the green light to return home.EnvironmentNov 23
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‘It was scary’: B.C. man hurt at Cirque du Soleil show wants to highlight hidden disabilities'It was scary because if they slipped or anything, they could have fallen into my stomach area. I could have ended up in the hospital. My legs are already very weak.'HealthNov 23
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New VPD contract would make officers the highest paid in CanadaIf ratified a new collective agreement with members will make the Vancouver Police Department the top-paying police agency in the country.PoliticsNov 23
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Draft policy could be a game-changer for B.C. old-growth protection, conservationist saysA leading B.C. conservationist says a draft policy on ecosystem health could shift the way the province manages forests away from viewing the economic value of trees first.EnvironmentNov 23
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Penticton property owners facing 5% tax hike in 2024Initially, the tax hike was pegged at 8.7 per cent for 2024, but was knocked down three percentage points during deliberations.PoliticsNov 23
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South Okanagan residents react to B.C. speculation tax expansionTwo South Okanagan communities are among the 13 new municipalities joining the province’s speculation tax.EconomyNov 23
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Kelowna announces lobbyist registry, with public accessThe city's lobbyist registry policy came into effect in September. It's available online and is updated each weekday.PoliticsNov 23
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Timber company claims $698K owed for work on West Kelowna city hall projectA timber company working on the overdue and over-budget West Kelowna city hall project has filed a civil suit, claiming they're owed hundreds of thousands of dollars on the projectCanadaNov 23
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B.C. minister’s ‘big and shiny’ memo ends up in Opposition’s handsA B.C. cabinet minister says a memo she mistakenly dropped contained notes she sent for herself about a "big and shiny" affordability measure for the next budget.PoliticsNov 23
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3 dead, 3 missing in Alaska landslideAround 54 homes are cut off from town by the landslide, and roughly 35 to 45 people have chosen to stay in that area.U.S. NewsNov 23
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B.C. woman pens letter to Adrian Dix after receiving ‘live-saving’ cancer treatment in U.S.Kristin Logan was spurred to write the letter after she was diagnosed with cancer and went to receive life-saving treatment in the U.S.HealthNov 23
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‘Culture through entrepreneurship’: Beauty bootcamp highlights Indigenous innovationA chemistry company took Indigenous businesses through a beauty bootcamp and has paired several up with student chemists to help them expand their offerings.CanadaNov 23
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Union of B.C. Municipalities asks provincial government to pull homeless billBill 45 was introduced last week and if passed into law will apply to local governments seeking court injunctions to remove or regulate homeless encampments.PoliticsNov 23
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Sound of gunfire possible, military says, ahead of urban training in VancouverThe Vancouver-based light infantry unit of the Canadian Army is asking residents to not be alarmed if they hear automatic gunfire this weekend around the site of a former brewery.CanadaNov 23
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Okanagan Humane Society seeing rise in calls after SPCA branch closure in Vernon'This is something we are seeing more and more in our communities: animals being abandoned, left behind, or dumped,' Romany Runnalls said.CanadaNov 23
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Younger B.C. generations spending less on groceries, more on app deliveriesGen Zs and Millennials combined spent nearly nine times more than Baby Boomers on food delivery using Vancity credit cards last year.CanadaNov 23
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BC Transit says real-time bus tracking upgrades in Kelowna now completeUsers can now use either mobile devices and desktop services to see real-time location, its predicted arrival time and how full the bus is.CanadaNov 23
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Okanagan weather: Stabilizing temperatures for last weekend of NovemberTemperatures will stabilize, and should be slightly above the seasonal average, in the Okanagan weather forecast heading into the final weekend of November.WeatherNov 23
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Evacuation order lifted for Penticton homes threatened by unstable boulderResidents of a mobile home park in Penticton, B.C., must wait another day to learn when they might be allowed to return to their homes.EnvironmentNov 23
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Colorado Avalanche pull away from Vancouver Canucks in third period for 5-2 winThe Vancouver Canucks lost Wednesday night against the Colorado Avalanche 5-2.SportsNov 23