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Late summer and fall is a time for harvest in Canada. The city of Penticton, B.C. has the Peach Festival. Morden, Man. has the Corn and Apple Festival. Nova Scotia has Chowderfest. There are also other food festivals held across the country. How much do you know about Canadian foods and food production? Put your knowledge to the test with these 10 questions. Good luck.

The streak is over for the B.C. Lions. Quarterback Davis Alexander threw for 297 yards and a touchdown, lifting the Montreal Alouettes to a 37-30 win over the visiting Lions in CFL action Friday at Percival Molson Memorial Stadium. A big third quarter propelled the Als (10-2) to their home triumph, as they ended a five-game win streak for the Lions, who slipped to 6-6 on the year.

The B.C. Conservative Party’s implosion over the past few weeks has rocked the provincial political landscape. Defections, firings, and resignations have happened so quickly that it’s been hard to keep up. So here is a review: Over the first two months of Kerry-Lynne Findlay’s tenure following her May 30 leadership race win, a raft of party and caucus officials were fired or resigned.

Okanagan mayors will be bringing their calls for a mandatory care facility directly to the Province’s ministers at the upcoming Union of B.C. Municipalities. Kelowna Mayor Tom Dyas, West Kelowna Mayor Gord Milsom, Penticton Mayor Julius Bloomfield, Vernon Mayor Victor Cumming, Oliver Mayor Martin Johansen and Mary Wilbur of the Osoyoos Indian Band spoke to media outside the Okanagan Correctional Centre (OCC) in Oliver to utilize it for mandatory care for those in the grips of addiction.

One of the three youth charged in the 2021 death of a young Penticton man has pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter. The youth appeared in Supreme Court in Kelowna the morning of Sept. 4 to enter the guilty plea and is expected back in court Nov. 16. Under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, information that could identify those who were minors at the time of an alleged offence is banned from publication. The plea is for their involvement in the death of 22-year-old Taig Savage.

The Kootenay Gallery of Art will be opened a new textile art exhibit on Sept. 3. Reflections of Ourselves by Tracey Lawko examines who are we as Canadians. In a country of more than 40 million people, some with roots here since time immemorial and others newly arrived, questions of identity, belonging, and community are more relevant than ever. Reflections of Ourselves is a growing textile art installation that explores these questions through the metaphor of a tree.

A man found guilty of Castlegar drug trafficking offences has been sentenced to two years of house arrest followed by two years of probation. Andrew Cancela (41) was found guilty on Jan. 23, 2026 after a trial on four counts: possession of cocaine for the purposes of trafficking, possession of ketamine, possession of psilocybin and failing to comply with a release order by being in possession of drug paraphernalia suitable for the sale of drugs.

The Capitol Theatre is holding auditions for their 37th annual winter production on Sep. 13. This year, the production will be King Arthur, which will be performed from Dec. 3 to Dec. 6. Kyla Hurst, box office manager for the theatre, picked the production and is excited for people to get to know it. “It is just a beautiful classic story with some silliness injected into it, which works for this performance.

The controversy over a picture of two Canadian women in army fatigues at an award ceremony at the Vernon Cadet Camp – shared by one of U.S. President Donald Trump’s top administrators mocking Canada – appears to have originally been posted by a Canadian.

B.C. shed 5,500 jobs in August, with an even steeper decline in full-time employment, which decreased by 26,000 jobs from July to August. As a result, B.C.’s unemployment rate ticked up 0.3 percentage points to 6.5 per cent, according to the latest Labour Force Survey released by Statistics Canada on Friday, Sept. 4. This is also 0.2 percentage points higher than the same time last year. The addition of 20,600 part-time jobs masked the far greater losses in full-time employment.