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Kelowna teen pleaded guilty to manslaughter
April 11, 2021 - 8:00 PM

The teen who killed Eli Beauregard pleaded guilty to manslaughter Feb. 4, and will return to court this week as her case moves closer to sentencing, according to the BC Prosecution Service.
Volcanoes erupted across the Okanagan Valley 40 million years ago
October 04, 2020 - 3:00 PM

Step back in time roughly 40 million years and you’ll see the Okanagan Valley filled with gushing volcanoes, including at Knox Mountain, Dilworth and Mount Boucherie.
Kamloops, Okanagan cycling companies see huge sales spike amid pandemic
May 04, 2020 - 6:00 AM

Kamloops and Okanagan cycling companies are reporting a huge increase in sales amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
UPDATED: B.C. COVID-19 cases reported from Alberta oilsands camp outbreak
May 02, 2020 - 12:16 PM

There have been 26 new COVID-19 cases in B.C., according to the latest update from the provincial health officer.
Tourism industry hopes B.C. residents will flock to Thompson-Okanagan once travel restrictions ease
May 02, 2020 - 7:30 AM

Tourists may have to make reservations to taste wine at Okanagan vineyards, and hotel rooms may have to sit vacant for a couple of days between guests, but there is some hope for tourism to get back on its feet in Thompson-Okanagan region this summer.
Kelowna council to consider shrinking proposed property tax increase
May 01, 2020 - 11:15 AM

While the City of Kelowna is trying to ease the financial impact of COVID-19 on taxpayers they’re still raising property taxes this year, just not as much as first proposed.
Farm workers from Mexico, Quebec begin arriving in Okanagan
April 30, 2020 - 6:30 PM

Some temporary foreign workers from Mexico have finished their quarantine period in Vancouver and are heading to the Okanagan at the same time Quebecois workers wait to get into their campground near Oliver.
Lessons learned from COVID-19 outbreak at West Kelowna nursery help protect residents, farm workers
April 30, 2020 - 4:55 PM

As thousands of temporary foreign workers start trickling into the Okanagan, residents and the workers should feel comfortable that it won’t result in an increase in COVID-19 cases.
Okanagan mayor calls out Canadian banks for 'unjust and wrongful' profits during pandemic
April 30, 2020 - 4:43 PM

The mayor of Lake Country has written to the federal government calling out "the wrong and unjust" actions of Canadian banks profiting from mortgage deferrals during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Drugs, weapons, stolen goods found during raid of Kelowna home
April 30, 2020 - 4:36 PM

Stolen goods, drugs suspected to be fentanyl and a Taser are among the items RCMP found in a Kelowna home suspected of criminal activity.

Officers from the Kelowna RCMP Community Safety Unit executed a search warrant April 30, at a property located in the 600-block of Cook Road in Kelowna. The warrant was related to an active criminal investigation into suspected drug trafficking in the area.
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From frost to drought: Strong start to Okanagan asparagus season despite challenges
It’s finally asparagus season at a North Okanagan farm after cooler spring weather pushed back the predicted start date, and all hands are on deck picking the crunchy green spears. For the past few weeks, overnight sub-zero temperatur

Thailand's prime minister wants to outlaw cannabis, 2 years after it was decriminalized
BANGKOK (AP) — The prime minister of Thailand, the first country in Asia to legalize cannabis two years ago, said Wednesday that he wants to outlaw the drug again amid concerns that the lack of regulation had made it available to children a

Ritz-Carlton looking to build luxury homes at Vernon’s Predator Ridge resort
Vernon’s Predator Ridge resort community is not only looking to build a gondola, the global luxury brand Ritz-Carlton is set to build vacation homes. Wesbild Holdings, the company that owns Predator Ridge, announced today, May 9, the

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