Pride meets protest in Princeton’s downtown

The dual protest lasted approximately two hours, with between 10 and 20 people at each protest at any given time and the marchers then taking their signs for a walk on Bridge Street. Photo Andrea DeMeer
Marchers attend at school district office
The 13th annual Scarecrow Festival took place at Rutland Lions Park on Saturday, Sept. 23. (Jordy Cunningham/Capital News)

PHOTOS: 13th annual Scarecrow Festival in Kelowna kicks off the fall season
Const. Rick O’Brien, 51, of the Ridge Meadows RCMP was killed on Sept. 22 while executing a search warrant in Coquitlam. (Ridge Meadows RCMP/The News)

Charges laid in homicide of B.C. RCMP officer
BioSteel creditors list shows company owes millions to the who’s who of sports

BioSteel creditors list shows company owes millions to the who’s who of sports
Cheers! Countdown officially on for Penticton Beer Week Oct. 13 to 22

Cheers! Countdown officially on for Penticton Beer Week Oct. 13 to 22

Motional hosted their 10th annual Marathon of Sport to raise money for Special Olympics Canada on Saturday, Sept. 23. (Jordy Cunningham/Capital News)

PHOTOS: Motionball takes over Kelowna’s City Park to raise money for Special Olympics
West Kelowna author Andrew Buckley (left), with Penticton Wine Country Writers’ Festival directors Faye Arcand and Jim Jackson. (Logan Lockhart- Western News)

‘Growing organically’: Wine Country Writers’ Festival returns to Penticton
The second annual Show N Shine car show returned to downtown Kelowna on Saturday, Sept. 23. (Jordy Cunningham/Capital News)

PHOTOS: Hot rods, speedsters, and more on display at Kelowna’s Show N Shine
Marie Nobles on Sept. 23, 2023, at Tim Horton’s parking lot for the annual Rex Gill memorial ride. (Logan Lockhart- Western News)

‘We’re here for him’: Annual Rex Gill memorial ride returns to Penticton
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FILE - Amazon’s Prime Video streaming app on an iPad is seen in Baltimore on March 19, 2018. Amazon says that it will now start charging $2.99 per month in order for users in the U.S. to watch Prime Video ad free. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Amazon Prime Video users told to expect ads or extra charges

FILE - The sun sets beyond the downtown skyline of Kansas City, Mo., as the autumnal equinox marks the first day of fall Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013. During the equinox, the Earth’s axis and its orbit line up so that both hemispheres get an equal amount of sunlight. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Fall has arrived in B.C. and around the north: here’s how and why

Next Generation 9-1-1 will allow users to text emergencies in promising to revolutionize emergency dispatching. But it will also generate additional costs and UBCM delegates are calling on the province to introduce a call-answer levy on cellphones to help generate the necessary revenues. (Black Press Media file photo)

Next Generation 9-1-1 promises B.C. emergency dispatching revolution

The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police “E” Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. The four British Columbia firefighters who died in a highway crash this week all worked for a Kamloops-based contractor, whose owner says they were like family. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

4 ‘irreplaceable’ lives lost, B.C. families, firefighting contractor mourn

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A memorial has been set up at the Ridge Meadows RCMP detachment in Maple Ridge to honour Const. Rick O’Brien, who was killed on Sept. 22 while executing a search warrant in Coquitlam. (Brandon Tucker/The News)

PHOTOS: Community rallies to honour slain B.C. RCMP officer

A memorial is at the Maple Ridge detachment, with a GoFundMe also available

The Glen Lake wildfire in Peachland remains at 1,116.2 hectares, showing no growth for two straight days. (BC Wildfire Service)

Cooler temperatures, rain helping crews at Peachland wildfire

For the second consecutive night, the fire showed no growth

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B.C. Lions defensive end Sione Teuhema celebrates a sack during the Lions 37-29 win over the Edmonton Elks at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton on Friday. (Steven Chang, B.C. Lions photo)

THE MOJ: Lions clinch playoff berth win 37-29 win in Edmonton

B.C. Defence registers 7 sacks in the game

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B.C. Lions quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. (3) runs the ball as Edmonton Elks’ Jake Ceresna (94) looks on during first half CFL action in Edmonton on Friday, September 22, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracken

B.C. Lions clinch CFL playoff berth with 37-29 win over Edmonton Elks

Taquan Mizzell leads victors with pair of touchdowns

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Fifty per cent of participants said they expect to graduate with a minimum of $27,000 in debt

Author John Grisham appears at the opening night of “A Time To Kill” on Broadway in New York on Oct. 20, 2013, left, and author R.R. Martin appears in Toronto on March 12, 2012. Grisham and Martin are among 17 authors suing OpenAI for “systematic theft on a mass scale.” Their suit was filed Tuesday in New York and is the latest in a wave of legal action by writers concerned that AI programs are using their copyrighted works without permission. (AP Photo)

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The Armstrong quartet of Cari Graystone (from left), Chuck Graystone, Al Bauer and Donna Bauer are the winners of the 2023 Armstrong Rutabaga Bowling Challenge, hosted at and by the Armstrong branch of the Royal Canadian Legion. (Heather Black Photo)

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Annual Rutabaga Bowling draws more than 75 competitors to Armstrong Royal Canadian Legion

Vernon North Okanagan RCMP constables Chelsey Valotaire (left) and Amanda Taylor take to horseback while working at the 2023 Interior Provincial Exhibition in Armstrong. (RCMP photo)

PHOTOS: North Okanagan RCMP combine pleasure with work at IPE

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Paul Rodgers has released Midnight Rose, his first solo studio album in nearly 25 years. (www.paulrodgers.com))

Summerland musician Paul Rodgers releases new studio album

Midnight Rose was recorded in B.C. and features new original material

Wild Goat Surf, a movie filmed in Penticton, is set to premiere at the Vancouver International Film Festival on Friday, Sept. 29. (Caitlyn Sponheimer/Facebook)

Penticton-based film selected to premiere at Vancouver International Film Festival

The movie will also be shown at the Calgary International Film Festival

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Bruce Banman’s decision to leave BC United to join the Conservative Party of BC could affect provincial politics. (File photo)

EDITORIAL: New party has potential to alter B.C. politics

There are now four parties in the B.C. Legislature

    Pierre Poilievre speaks in Terrace in a bid to shift the Skeena-Bulkley Valley riding from its current status as a seat for the NDP. (Seth Forward/Northern View)

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          Drax is hosting a Community Pellet Sale, Sept. 15, Oct.13 and Nov. 17 at their Princeton Plant (301 Old Hedley Rd.). Photo courtesy Drax

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