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World AIDS Day Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week
November 30, 2017 - 11:16 AM

Kelowna – December 1st and Dec 1st-7th 2017 have been officially proclaimed “World AIDS Day” and “Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week” by Mayor Colin Basran. Representatives of Living Positive Resource Centre, REL8 Okanagan and Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society met with the Mayor to receive the proclamation.
Special Olympics Team Canada 2017 shone in Austria
March 25, 2017 - 11:51 AM

VERNON - After years of training and competition to reach the 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games, the members of Team Canada from British Columbia truly delivered in Austria March 14 to 24.

Special Olympics Team Canada’s 16 athletes, eight coaches, and one mission staff member from B.C. did their province proud as they competed with skill and determination on the world stage.
Christmas comes early to local charities
November 22, 2016 - 9:42 AM

On November 25, Raymond James Ltd. is hosting the 3rd Annual Christmas in November Fundraising event benefitting the YMCA of Okanagan’s Strong Kids Campaign and the Central Okanagan Food Bank. Raymond James is a full service investment firm committed to giving back to those communities in which they serve.
Spooky writer reads, speaks at Kamloops Library
November 03, 2016 - 2:36 PM

Victorian England, a missing child, a lunatic asylum and undead spirits — who could resist?
Kelowna Art Gallery's new exhibition offers take on the micro home movement
October 28, 2016 - 11:31 AM

Germaine Koh: Home Made Home
October 22, 2016 to February 12, 2017

A new solo exhibition at the Kelowna Art Gallery seems especially timely for our rapidly growing city. Vancouver-based artist Germaine Koh’s show titled Home Made Home comprises two “social sculptures” through which she looks at the notion of the micro home.
Okanagan College Trades Building wins top honours at SICA Commercial Building Awards
October 28, 2016 - 10:48 AM

KELOWNA – Okanagan College Trades Building was named the Judges’ Choice Best Overall entry in the 8th Annual Southern Interior Construction Association Commercial Building Awards Thursday, Oct. 27 at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel.
Coors Light Snowbombing Canada announces Sun Peaks debut
October 28, 2016 - 10:47 AM

Ludacris, Kaskade, Duke Dumont, Oliver Heldens, Stormzy, Hudson Mohawke, Thomas Jack, Bob Moses Live, Getter Pete Tong, Netsky and more join the bill for the debut of Coors Light Snowbombing Canada
Southern Interior Commercial Building Awards finalists
October 07, 2016 - 3:13 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Commercial and industrial buildings have been named as finalists for the 8th Annual Southern Interior Construction Association Commercial Building Awards, set for Thursday, Oct. 27 at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel in Kelowna.
Volunteer group wants help targeting illegal dumping
September 28, 2016 - 12:27 PM

CENTRAL OKANGAN - For the second time in a matter of weeks, a dedicated group of volunteer outdoor enthusiasts will be out in the bush this coming weekend cleaning up illegally dumped garbage others less responsible have left behind. And if you want to pitch in and lend some elbow grease to their cause, they could sure use your help.
Help keep B.C. wildlife free of bovine tuberculosis
September 09, 2016 - 2:18 PM

LUMBY - The Province is calling on hunters in the Cherryville-Lumby area to help monitor bovine tuberculosis in wildlife by bringing the heads of white-tailed or mule deer to select locations.
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JONESIE: Why Reid Hamer-Jackson can't fight city hall
OPINION I don’t live in Kamloops. Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson’s antics have no effect on me personally, so allow me to be a bit more philosophical about it. I want to like the guy, more for what he could represent than wh

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

Penticton business set to launch cannabis consumption patio on 4/20
A Penticton cannabis retailer will be opening its consumption patio this weekend and the owner says it'll be the perfect spot for customers to safely enjoy a toke. Cannabis Cottage is hosting a launch party for its all-new designat

Thousands of short-term rentals in B.C. go back to long-term May 1
LANGLEY, B.C. - British Columbia Premier David Eby is warning real estate investors and speculators that his government is tilting the rules towards families seeking homes as it tightens the rules on short-term rentals. Eby said Thursday th

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