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The latest round in a “battle” that has been going on since 1837 has seen Noah overtake Oliver as the most popular baby name in B.C. Noah was the top name for British Columbia babies in 2022 and 2023, before being overtaken by Oliver in 2024. However, “Noah” staged a comeback in 2025, with 198 […]

A pair of five-week-old kittens found huddled together on a blanket on an Osoyoos porch are recovering in a foster home after being brought to the BC SPCA. The resident of the Osoyoos home who found the kittens on Dec. 11 took them to the BC SPCA South Okanagan/ Similkameen in Penticton, where they were

The minimum piece-rates for farm workers who hand pick crops is increasing. Based on last year’s annual inflation rate, the B.C. government is raising the minimum piece rate for hand-harvest crops by 2.6 per cent. The changes will apply to 15 agricultural crops that need to be hand-harvested. These include: peaches, apricots, brussels sprouts, daffodils,

Special presents were handed out at Christmas Haven this year, specifically for children and youth, thanks to a local high school student who wanted to make a difference. Brooklyn Nicholson, a Grade 12 student at Westview Secondary School, handed out 144 special gift packs – 70 for teens and another 74 for children – at

Biologists from the University of Victoria discovered that even closely related fish species make unique and distinctive sounds, and they determined that it’s possible to differentiate between the sounds of different species. Using passive acoustics, researchers identified unique sounds for eight Vancouver Island fish species. They then developed a machine learning model that can predict