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iN PHOTOS: This Coldstream house is for sale for nearly $20 million
May 26, 2023 - 7:31 AM
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A listing in Lake Country could be the most expensive piece of real estate sold in the Okanagan — if the owner gets the listing price.
Why almost every hotel in Okanagan, Kamloops is worth more than Kelowna's Ramada
March 04, 2023 - 7:00 PM

Kelowna’s Ramada Hotel and Conference centre is a big, sprawling, prominent, long-standing feature of the city, sitting right across the highway from Orchard Park mall.
iN WINE: Moor & munch at these 7 Okanagan lakefront restaurants
July 15, 2019 - 8:00 AM
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Finding parking, traffic congestion, tourists everywhere — summer driving in the Okanagan can be a drag, especially if all you want is to get some dinner. Why not skip the traffic jams and hit the lake for a bite to eat?
Evacuation order issued by the Okanagan Indian Band for lakefront lots
May 22, 2017 - 3:54 PM

VERNON - An evacuation order has been issued for six lots on Okanagan Indian Band land.
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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

Kamloops mayor says 'deportations' could risk housing market
Kamloops is one of many BC cities badly squeezed for housing, but its mayor suggested too much supply in the rental pool could collapse the real estate market. Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson made the surprising suggestion that impending "dep

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iN VIDEO: Kelowna man who shut Bennett bridge blames RCMP for ruining his life
The man responsible for the closure of the Bennett Bridge in Kelowna has posted a lengthy rant to social media accusing the RCMP and others of destroying his life. In a social media post, Ro
January 27, 2025 10:08 AM
One dismissed, one contested in Kamloops city councillor's court battles
A Kamloops city councillor's defence against a bid to have him kicked out of office is one of several court cases circling local elected officials. For councillor Mike O'Reilly it
January 27, 2025 7:00 PM
'Somebody has to keep looking': Kamloops volunteer recognized for decades of service
Kamloops resident Mike Ritcey was one of numerous exemplary citizens in Kamloops awarded with the King Charles III Coronation medal in recent months. Ritcey was presented with the medal at a
January 28, 2025 6:00 AM
Suspension and therapy for BC teacher who yelled at Grade 7 class
A BC teacher, with a history of yelling at her students, has been suspended for two days and ordered to undergo counselling. According to a Jan. 21 BC Commissioner for Teacher Regulation dec
January 26, 2025 12:00 PM
BC Conservatives demand second Kelowna bridge after bomb threat
A bomb scare closed the Bennett bridge in Kelowna Monday causing commuter chaos, and local BC Conservative MLAs, along with a couple Okanagan mayors, are demanding highway upgrades and a second cr
January 28, 2025 11:40 AM
Pilot who fled 2023 Shuswap helicopter crash finally arrested
A helicopter pilot who fled the scene after his chopper crashed in the Shuswap River in 2023 has finally been arrested. Vincent Matthew Porteous appeared in a Vernon courtroom Jan. 27 facing
January 29, 2025 7:00 AM
Okanagan contractor who was 'out of the country' still liable for unpaid bills
A Lake Country contractor, who said they were out of the country and no longer ran the business, has been ordered to pay $5,000 after he had a fireplace installed but didn't pay the bill.
January 26, 2025 7:00 AM
'No rationale': BC pub fined $7,000 for customer drinking beer in its bowling alley
A BC pub has been fined $7,000 after a customer took a beer from the bar to its bowling alley. According to a Jan. 16 BC Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch decision, the Victoria bar argu
January 25, 2025 12:00 PM
High-risk sex offender breaches long-term court order in Kelowna
A BC man, who at the age of 14 sexually assaulted an 80-year-old woman in a revenge attack, was in a Kelowna courtroom last week, having breached a long-term court order. On Jan. 23 Tristan
January 28, 2025 7:00 AM
Kelowna bridge blocker arrested, taken to hospital: Police
RCMP have arrested the man who blocked the William R. Bennett bridge with his van Monday. Traffic on Highway 97 over the bridge through Kelowna reopened roughly 10 hours after it was closed
January 27, 2025 12:58 PM

Top News - Vernon, Salmon Arm, Revelstoke and Areas

iN PHOTOS: This Coldstream house is for sale for nearly $20 million

Why almost every hotel in Okanagan, Kamloops is worth more than Kelowna's Ramada

iN WINE: Moor & munch at these 7 Okanagan lakefront restaurants

Evacuation order issued by the Okanagan Indian Band for lakefront lots

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