The residents of an unhoused encampment at Penticton’s Fairview Road can breathe a little easier after the provincial government’s application for an injunction was put over. March 23 was scheduled to be the start of an estimated three-day hearing over the Ministry of Transportation and Transit’s application, which claims that the residents of the encampment […]

A Kelowna realtor has been fined $5,000 for interfering with firefighting operations while flying a drone over a wildfire zone in 2023. Derek Leippi was found guilty under section 56.2D of the BC Wildfire Act for interfering with helicopter actioning the McDougall Creek wildfire near Lake Okanagan Resort. On Aug. 27, 2023, Leippi was in

A film about neoliberalism and its contribution to global inequality is being screened by Cinema Politica at a free event at the end of the month. “The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism (& how it came to control your life)” is based on a book of the same title by journalist George Monbiot

The BC Cadet Honour Band is preparing for another free concert tour around British Columbia, performing four concerts from March 24 to 27. The band features 51 of the top Royal Canadian Sea, Army, and Air Cadet musicians who represent 27 cadet corps and squadrons from 16 different communities from across the province. The Honour

One person is dead following an avalanche in a remote area near the Klehini River, Pleasant Camp, close to the B.C./U.S. border. RCMP received a Garmin SOS alert on March 22 at about 3:26 p.m., approximately 500 km from Atlin. Information indicated that an avalanche had taken place, and one person was unconscious and CPR