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Wind, rain and ruin: Iconic wilderness trails limp into summer after storm season
May 24, 2025 - 4:00 PM

Windfalls, landslides and washouts.
Custom Welding On Call
October 02, 2022 - 8:00 AM
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Sometimes equipment breaks and needs to be fixed — fast. Or, maybe you’ve thought about adding a decorative metalwork piece to your home garden or a unique fence or gate.
Ready to travel? A look at how provinces plan to emerge from the COVID-19 shutdown
July 05, 2020 - 9:30 AM

Provinces and territories have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19.
From public pools to daycares, provinces have varying plans on how to emerge from COVID-19 shutdown
June 27, 2020 - 11:45 AM

Provinces and territories have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19.
Skaha Lake Marina sets opening date
May 02, 2019 - 11:09 AM

PENTICTON - Boaters on Skaha Lake will have an opportunity to see what’s new at Skaha Lake Marina as the interim operators prepare for the official opening on Saturday, May 18.
The end of Flood Watch 2017 is finally near
July 27, 2017 - 6:00 PM

KELOWNA - It’s been almost three months since flooding began in the Okanagan Valley and Okanagan Lake is finally just centimetres from reaching full pool.
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THOMPSON: Department of War name change comes with hefty bill for American taxpayers
OPINION Last month, President Donald Trump decided he liked the sound of Department of War a lot more than Department of Defense. It was - like so many Trump impulses - a move that did little to change reality other t

Why some bars and most breweries close early in downtown Kelowna
It’s 10:30 p.m. and the night feels young inside one of Kelowna’s charming breweries, but your hope of painting the town red is dashed by last call. That’s a pretty common experience for folks who aren’t familiar wit

Why Okanagan cannabis shops aren't dominating the black market
Law abiding cannabis companies in the Okanagan deal with the government taking its piece of the pie at every turn, while trying to compete with a black market that's still going strong. Cannabis in B.C. gets taxed at several points betw

The story behind the Shuswap's familiar and historic Trickle Inn
A large, charming white house with green trim has been a familiar site for people travelling through the Shuswap for decades. Perched on side of the Trans-Canada Highway in Tappen, the house was a family home for the Carlin family for sever

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Volcanoes erupted across the Okanagan Valley 40 million years ago
Step back in time roughly 40 million years and you’ll see the Okanagan Valley filled with gushing volcanoes, including at Knox Mountain, Dilworth and Mount Boucherie. The Okanagan Vall
October 04, 2020 3:00 PM
Kelowna bakery featured on Food Network closing for good
It was the perfect storm for Whisk Bakery + Cafe. A combination of personal issues, the rising costs of items due to inflation and issues with finding and retaining staff means the bakery wi
July 21, 2022 12:30 PM
'BRUTAL': Kelowna transit system not keeping up
Sam Woods has been navigating the inefficiencies and vagaries of the Kelowna transit system for a decade. She knows it’s often unreliable, some days impossible so she always has two al
September 30, 2024 6:00 PM
Canada's only desert is in B.C. but not where you think it is
Canada’s only desert is in the Southern Interior of B.C. but it might not be where you think it is. They lay that claim in Osoyoos, where you’ll find the Nk’Mip desert cult
July 03, 2021 12:03 PM
Violent offender released after guilty plea in Vernon court
A BC man charged with sexual assault and violence against his partner will be released from custody having spent seven months behind bars. Yesterday, July 15, at the Vernon courthouse, Sevin
July 16, 2024 6:00 PM
Kelowna man who filmed dozens of people in public washrooms jailed
Over a period of three or four years, 34-year-old Kelowna resident Jeremy Aaron Dudus took more than 50 videos of people in washrooms around the city without them knowing. He also spied on h
April 16, 2025 4:35 PM
Five suspects charged in widespread Okanagan drug and gun bust
A Vernon man, acquitted after $200,000 of meth and cocaine was found in a hidden compartment in his Jeep, is named in court documents after a handful of people have been charged in a large-scale o
February 19, 2025 7:30 AM
How controversial Okanagan MLA Tara Armstrong got herself a raise
Controversial Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream MLA Tara Armstrong got herself a big pay raise by helping to form the new political party One BC. Vancouver-Quilchena MLA Dallas Brodie is the n
June 17, 2025 6:00 AM
UPDATE: Teichrieb sentenced to seven years in jail for bat attack on Kamloops teen
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops man is facing seven years in prison after pleading to the aggravated assault of Jessie Simpson today. Kristopher Shaun Teichrieb, 41, brutally beat Jessie Simpson, who
October 23, 2018 3:05 PM
5 nasty bugs in the B.C. Interior you might want to stay on top of
Armed with an exoskeleton, a stinky smell and sometimes even a pair of pinchers, these Okanagan bugs are the talk of the town, according to one pest control expert. Matthew Wright, manager o
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Top News - Kelowna and Area

Wind, rain and ruin: Iconic wilderness trails limp into summer after storm season

Custom Welding On Call

Ready to travel? A look at how provinces plan to emerge from the COVID-19 shutdown

From public pools to daycares, provinces have varying plans on how to emerge from COVID-19 shutdown

Skaha Lake Marina sets opening date

The end of Flood Watch 2017 is finally near

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