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  • Local group to support electoral reform

    December 04, 2017 - 10:40 AM

    December 3, 2017, Kamloops, BC – There’s change in the air! A group of Kamloopsians has formed a grassroots organization to support proportional representation. Fair Vote Kamloops is preparing to engage local voters in advance of next year’s referendum on proportional representation (PR).

  • UBC researcher seeks to protect where the wild things walk

    November 10, 2017 - 2:39 PM

    UBC Professor Lael Parrott is working to protect low-elevation ecosystems that are important habitat and wildlife movement routes.

  • Battle of Vimy Ridge lecture series at the Penticton Museum

    March 25, 2017 - 11:56 AM

    PENTICTON - The Penticton Museum & Archives is presenting a three-part lecture series commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge.

  • Calling all artists within Interior Health Authority

    March 13, 2017 - 3:23 PM

    Interior Health (IH) is looking to the public for quality original art to help create an enriched experience for individuals visiting the new Community Health & Services Centre (CHSC) located in downtown Kelowna.

    “Healing isn’t just mending broken bones – it’s also emotional and spiritual care, and art can help facilitate that,” said Premier Christy Clark, MLA for Westside-Kelowna.

  • Boost Your Soil, Save Water

    February 24, 2017 - 4:17 PM

    KELOWNA - Here’s your chance to cut your garbage in half --and do your yard a big favor this gardening season with a new backyard composter and rain barrel.

    “Backyard composting is easy, rewarding, and something the whole family can get involved in!” says Waste Reduction Facilitator Rae Stewart with the Regional District Waste Reduction Office.

  • Save money, burn cleaner and make wood last longer

    January 16, 2017 - 2:07 PM

    Many wood stoves and fireplace inserts likely received a workout with the recent cold temperatures in the Central Okanagan.

  • City of Kamloops on track for a green fleet

    November 04, 2016 - 3:59 PM

    After a successful application process, the City has been selected to participate in the Fleet Champions Program (FCP). This opportunity is worth $35,000. The program, funded through the Province of British Columbia and administered through the Fraser Basin Council, will allow the City to use data analysis to understand where investment in electric fleet vehicles may be cost effective.

  • West Kelowna Council meeting highlights

    October 26, 2016 - 4:30 PM

    City Hall Options
    Council directed staff to investigate two of six options presented to provide efficient municipal operations for the City of West Kelowna. The City has $7.1 million within its Financial Plan to put towards meeting the requirement for an efficient municipal hall facility.

  • EECO events calendar offers something for everyone

    October 21, 2016 - 11:26 AM

    The Environmental Education Centre for the Okanagan is located in Mission Creek Regional Park, at Springfield and Durnin Roads.  For more information on these and other EECO programs, check out ‘Your Guide to Regional Parks’, visit the Regional District website or contact the EECO at 250-469-6140.

  • City provides reminders for bike lane use in Vernon

    April 23, 2016 - 12:00 PM

    VERNON - The City of Vernon is reminding Vernon cyclists and drivers of the rules of the road to protect the safety of cyclists, pedestrians and drivers.
  • iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
    Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability.  Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo
  • Discharge coming from the Sandher Fruit Packer plant. Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
    A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

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