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Thompson-Okanagan school districts get electric buses
May 10, 2021 - 7:31 AM

Seven electric school buses will soon be available to some school districts in the Thompson-Okanagan with the cost subsidized by a B.C. government subsidy.
You'll want to get tickets soon for Summerland steam railway's 25th season
March 12, 2020 - 8:00 AM

The Kettle Valley Steam Railway in Summerland is getting ready for a new season, giving visitors a chance to experience a bygone era to a time when trains dominated transportation routes in and out of the South Okanagan.
Climate change event aims to bring worldwide perspective and local knowledge
January 24, 2020 - 4:00 PM

The results of climate change are so often so far away in time or distance that it’s hard to grasp what’s happening in your own backyard.
Okanagan Lake facing bigger pollution problems than treated sewage
January 23, 2020 - 5:30 PM

The City of Vernon's announcement that it will be pumping treated sewage into Okanagan Lake has been met with criticism from one local environmental group.
Man involved in violent Shuswap home invasion sentenced to four years
September 10, 2019 - 7:00 PM

KAMLOOPS - A man involved in a violent home invasion where a woman with terminal cancer was left with a broken nose and had several valuable items stolen from her property has been sentenced to four years in federal prison.
Vavenby residents advised not to drink water after semi-trailer accident in North Thompson river
December 30, 2018 - 11:57 AM

VAVENBY - A diesel spill has occurred in the North Thompson River upstream of Vavenby after a motor vehicle incident this morning.
Few fears Similkameen fuel spill will be a health issue south of the border
April 06, 2016 - 11:30 AM

PENTICTON - The onset of spring freshet may be preventing effects of a diesel spill into the Similkameen River from having a greater impact downstream.
'All of a sudden, a friggin’ moose comes out of nowhere and lands on the front of the truck'
May 05, 2015 - 4:28 PM

KELOWNA - Doug Adams remembers the moose slamming into the hood, then sliding up the windshield, six inches from his face. The impact brought the one-ton diesel truck to an instant standstill.
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Armstrong family won million-dollar home prize; moved where they can afford to live
An Armstrong family that won a million-dollar home two years ago says they had to move to the East Coast so they could afford to live. Ally Hanscom won the HGTV Canada’s Home to Win: for the Holidays competition back in December 2019.

Wine of the Week: Rigour & Whimsy 2019 Hyperdrive
Rigour & Whimsy is a micro winery in Okanagan Falls featuring hand crafted small lot wines. Costa and Jody Gavaris are the very cool husband and wife team behind the label that have brought a very colourful wave to our wine industry. Cr

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Local News Vernon, Salmon Arm, Revelstoke and Areas

Thompson-Okanagan school districts get electric buses

You'll want to get tickets soon for Summerland steam railway's 25th season

Climate change event aims to bring worldwide perspective and local knowledge

Okanagan Lake facing bigger pollution problems than treated sewage

Man involved in violent Shuswap home invasion sentenced to four years

Vavenby residents advised not to drink water after semi-trailer accident in North Thompson river

Few fears Similkameen fuel spill will be a health issue south of the border

'All of a sudden, a friggin’ moose comes out of nowhere and lands on the front of the truck'

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