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Explore these quiet, quaint ponds to get away from Kelowna's busy tourist season
June 26, 2022 - 6:33 PM

Kelowna can be a very noisy place in summer — roaring motorcycles, speedboats on Okanagan Lake and blaring music from so many backyards.
City blames supply chain issues for delay with Kamloops spray park
June 26, 2022 - 7:03 AM

Riverside Park construction is well underway, even with the threat of floods this year, but the promised spray park won't be done until 2023.
Kamloops's new fire chief brings decades of experience to the job
June 22, 2022 - 5:00 PM
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A highly-accomplished firefighter with 30 years of experience in the field said he is honoured to be taking the lead at Kamloops Fire Rescue this summer.
Online survey on stigma around drug use launched in Kamloops
June 22, 2022 - 12:30 PM

Social stigma has been identified as one of the major contributing factors in unintentional illicit drug toxicity deaths.
Why Penticton’s lake-to-lake bike route may be delayed
June 19, 2022 - 3:29 PM
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By the end the year, cyclists will be able to use Penticton's lake-to-lake bike route to get from Okanagan Lake to Skaha Lake, but the project will only be three-quarters complete so a detour will have to be taken.
Flood watch issued for South Thompson River
June 19, 2022 - 2:17 PM

A high streamflow advisory has been upgraded to a flood watch for the South Thompson River this afternoon.
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Woman finds Salmon Arm couple who saved her life after Coquihalla crash
A Lower Mainland woman who says she would not be alive today if it wasn’t for a Salmon Arm couple has reconnected with her saviours to thank them. Katie Potts, from Maple Ridge, was travelling along the Coquihalla, July 11, 2021, with

'Unique terroir': B.C. wine labels will now recognize smaller growing regions in Okanagan
To better define the characteristics that distinguish Okanagan wines from one another, six new areas in the valley will soon be highlighted on bottles of B.C. wine. The new labels will highlight Lake Country, two parts of the Kelowna area a

Massachusetts lawyer charged with trying to bribe cop in marijuana case
BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts lawyer has pleaded not guilty to federal charges he tried to bribe the Medford police chief to get help in opening a recreational marijuana dispensary on behalf of a client. Court records say that Somervi

Yes then no: Kelowna couple lose legal fight with strata over sunshade
A Kelowna couple will have to live with the hot Okanagan sun baking their patio after their strata rescinded its approval of a pergola and sunshade they had built. The couple will also have to suck up the $14,000 cost of building the 12-foo

Explore these quiet, quaint ponds to get away from Kelowna's busy tourist season