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UPDATE: Stranded orca calf remains in B.C. lagoon, breaching at regular intervals
April 02, 2024 - 10:29 AM

ZEBALLOS, B.C. - Thick fog covers the mountainside as heavy, pounding rain pelts a remote lagoon Tuesday near the northern Vancouver Island village of Zeballos, where a real-life drama involving a stranded killer whale calf is unfolding.
iN VIDEO: Salmon skyline takes wild coho conservation to new heights in BC
January 09, 2024 - 4:36 PM

Winter sun backlighting their frosted breath, a dozen people trudge gingerly in the icy waters of the Trent River in search of salmon.
Alberta bighorn sheep might become 'little-horn sheep' soon
December 24, 2023 - 7:00 PM

EDITOR’S NOTE: Since this story's publication, iNFOnews.ca has been notified by the Okanagan Similkameen Stewardship that some of the information provided for the article was misleading or incorrect. Research in Alberta showed a correlation between trophy hunting and reduced horn size. This impact is not evident in the Okanagan, as the limited entry hunting draw means fewer animals are killed.

The unlikely love story of an endangered BC tree and the little bird who eats its seeds
November 30, 2023 - 7:00 PM

Rough roads around Summerland slide could be needed for some time to come
August 31, 2023 - 1:30 PM
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What appears to be a fairly small slide blocking Highway 97 north of Summerland is actually part of a much larger slide in the same area that closed the highway for a couple of months in 2008.

The smoke above West Kelowna today is a controlled burn
August 24, 2023 - 4:15 PM

Thousands of people evacuated due to the McDougall Creek Wildfire in and around West Kelowna now know the status of their homes.

iN PHOTOS: Leap of faith for off-season freestyle skiers in South Okanagan
August 23, 2023 - 9:00 AM

Making a splash the right way was the recent off-season challenge for a group of freestyler snow skiers.

Firefighters to ignite the forest west of Osoyoos
August 02, 2023 - 8:30 AM

Firefighters in the U.S. and Canada are working together to light fires on the western flank of the Eagle Bluff Wildfire west of Osoyoos.

Summerland’s newest winery is now open after ten years in the making
August 02, 2023 - 7:44 AM
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The team at Solvero Wines is inviting the public to visit their brand new winery in Garnet Valley in Summerland to indulge in the first wine releases.

Breaking the rules: Vernon council approves pool permits after the fact
July 21, 2023 - 7:00 AM
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To appease the owners of two multi-million dollar Vernon homes, council has OK'd the building work for their cliff-hanging swimming pools even though one of the properties had done the work without the permit, and the other built a wall higher than they should have.

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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo

Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

Advocacy group calls on Vancouver to 'embrace' cannabis tourism after 4-20 'debacle'
VANCOUVER - The head of a B.C. cannabis growers group says the City of Vancouver's choice to discourage instead of sanction a marijuana celebration over the weekend was a costly "missed opportunity." The BC Craft Farmers Co-Op

Tranquille developer blames province after multiple ALC denials
The province's Agricultural Land Commission has heard multiple pleas from the owner of a historic Kamloops property who wants to build an agricultural suburb on the massive site. Each time Ignition Developments goes to the commission, i

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RCMP launch murder investigation after body discovered near Big White
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