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71-year-old woman hit by pickup in Vernon crosswalk
January 27, 2025 - 11:05 AM

A 71-year-old woman was hit by a pickup truck in a Vernon crosswalk Saturday night.
One injured in ‘serious incident’ in downtown Kelowna: RCMP
January 24, 2025 - 8:58 AM

Kelowna RCMP have closed off part of Saucier Avenue because someone was injured in a serious incident.
Summerland taxpayers have their say on $6M in borrowing for road upgrades
January 23, 2025 - 5:30 PM

The District of Summerland plans to borrow millions of dollars for road upgrades, but residents have a month to cast a vote to veto the plan.
Vernon teen receives second annual Junior Good Citizen Award
January 23, 2025 - 5:00 PM

A 15-year-old student received the second annual Vernon Junior Good Citizen award from the North Okanagan Optimist Club on Wednesday.
Okanagan Falls residents to vote in referendum on incorporation
January 22, 2025 - 7:00 PM

Voting day is only eight weeks away for residents of Okanagan Falls to determine their future.
Clean Streets Penticton founder running for council seat in byelection
January 22, 2025 - 5:00 PM

The Penticton man who came within 200 votes of becoming the city's mayor in the 2022 municipal election has officially thrown his hat into the ring to replace Amelia Boultbee on Penticton council.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the fourth week of January 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jo

BC bar fined $3,000 for clearing drinks from table 12 minutes late
A BC bar has been fined $3,000 for being 12 minutes late clearing a table. According to a Jan. 15 BC Liquor and Cannabis Branch decision, the bar was required to clear any alcoholic drinks from tables 30 minutes after last call. The d

UBCO researchers determine how many tokes from a joint equal a bong hit
Seven years after Canada legalized cannabis there is still no reliable way for aspiring stoners to find out the effects of different methods for getting high, and University of British Columbia Okanagan scientists are trying to fix that. Re

Only 10 per cent of Kelowna rental building permits are affordable housing
Roughly 10 per cent of building permits for new rentals in Kelowna are going to be affordable, despite that the city's housing policy manager said the rental market is starting to make a turn for the better. “We're going to be

71-year-old woman hit by pickup in Vernon crosswalk