Local News Kelowna and Area

Search/Filter Results

More Kamloops, Okanagan travelers reconsidering US travel plans
March 14, 2025 - 7:00 AM
iNwheels

Kamloops couple Victoria and Tony Ryan have been travelling to destinations in the United States for decades, either by car down the Oregon coast or flying to American cruise ports, but in response to Donald Trump’s trade war, they won’t be going again and cancelled a spring trip to Washington state.
iN PHOTOS: Late winter blooms a sign of spring in Kamloops, Okanagan
March 14, 2025 - 6:00 AM

A few late winter flowers are blooming in Kamloops and the Okanagan, adding little pops of colour to backyards and landscapes at a dreary time of year while heralding the beginning of spring.
Where to celebrate St. Patrick's Day in Okanagan, Kamloops
March 13, 2025 - 7:00 PM

With St. Patrick's Day on Monday, a weekend of celebrations are planned in the Okanagan and Kamloops.
West Kelowna, Kamloops fall behind BC government's 'unrealistic' housing targets
March 13, 2025 - 6:00 PM
iNhome

Both West Kelowna and Kamloops are failing to meet the province's housing targets, and politicians at the Okanagan city are frustrated.
Penticton MLA says former BC Conservatives should resign, run in byelection
March 13, 2025 - 5:00 PM

An Okanagan Conservative MLA isn't mincing words after three of her counterparts left the party after one of them mocked residential school survivors.
Auto parts, wood chips spill in North Thompson train derailment
March 13, 2025 - 2:00 PM

There were no hazardous spills and no injuries when a CN train derailed near Barriere Wednesday evening.
Hunting show host claims conservation officer searched Kelowna-area home without warrant
March 12, 2025 - 6:00 PM

A hunting show host's lawsuit claims a BC conservation officer searched his home without a warrant.
Charges against 'influencer' poachers in BC span four hunts
March 12, 2025 - 7:00 AM

Goats, sheep, elk and deer were all allegedly poached by four people named in dozens of wildlife charges announced by BC Conservation Officer Service last week.
iN PHOTOS: Migratory birds are returning to Okanagan, Kamloops
March 12, 2025 - 6:00 AM

Spring weather is bringing an influx of migratory birds to Kamloops and the Okanagan, and this week photographers are snapping photographs of three of the earliest arrivals: the mountain bluebird, western meadow lark and red-winged blackbird.
Kamloops council part of a growing resistance to BC Housing
March 11, 2025 - 7:00 PM

Kamloops isn't the only city challenging BC Housing as the Crown corporation in charge of housing the homeless eyes up more projects in the province.
More ...

LETTER: 'Be Kind. Be Calm. Be Safe.': COVID five years in
OPINION Be Kind. Be Calm. Be Safe. Those memorable words spoken during the COVID pandemic by BC’s Provincial Heath Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry resonated far beyond by boundaries of the province she so effect

iN VIDEO: After years of winter damage, optimistic outlook for peach crop at Vernon orchard
Peach trees at Davison Orchards in Vernon are looking healthy without any bud damage coming out of the winter months after suffering major cold weather damage for three years in a row. The orchard grows several varietals of apples, pears an

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

West Kelowna, Kamloops fall behind BC government's 'unrealistic' housing targets
Both West Kelowna and Kamloops are failing to meet the province's housing targets, and politicians at the Okanagan city are frustrated. West Kelowna built 64 net new housing units over the past six months, and the BC government expects

Local News Kelowna and Area

Kamloops

Kelowna

Penticton

Vernon