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Welcome to the Okanagan! Here are Some Resources to Help You Settle In
July 01, 2024 - 8:00 AM
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Welcome to the vibrant and picturesque Okanagan Valley, a region renowned for its stunning landscapes, outdoor activities, and tight-knit communities. Whether you're here for the wine, the beaches or the mountain views, settling into a new home can be a daunting task. To ease your transition, we've compiled essential resources to help you navigate your new environment.
'The land will be lost forever:' Okanagan is one the most endangered ecosystems in Canada
September 25, 2023 - 7:00 AM

The Okanagan valley is one of the most biodiverse and unique landscapes in Canada but it also one of the most endangered.
How a South Okanagan town got its name from a waterfall that no longer exists
August 20, 2022 - 6:00 AM

There’s a town in the South Okanagan named after waterfalls that no longer exist and its former name is based entirely on a misunderstanding of what the word Skaha means to indigenous syilx people.
BOOM TOWNS: All the new housing on the horizon in Okanagan, Kamloops
July 16, 2022 - 7:00 AM
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While interest rate hikes have slowed the real estate boom in the Thompson-Okanagan in recent weeks, the demand for new housing remains very strong as the region continues to grow at a faster rate than the rest of the province and the country.
'Every dollar counts': Okanagan resorts offer luxury stays in Ukrainian fundraiser
March 29, 2022 - 11:00 AM

Okanagan businesses are offering up big prizes for a silent auction, and proceeds will be supplying Ukrainians with more tools to fend off the Russian invasion.
Osoyoos Indian Band and life sciences company plan to open detox clinic using psychedelic drug
February 16, 2022 - 12:20 PM

The demons of severe addiction may finally meet their match at a proposed detox clinic on Osoyoos Indian Band lands that plans to use the psychedelic drug ibogaine.
Billions of dollars in construction projects proposed for the Thompson-Okanagan
March 09, 2021 - 7:30 AM

From highway bridges and hydroelectric projects to massive housing developments, there are 39 major projects worth $4.4 billion proposed for the Thompson-Okanagan regions.
South Okanagan cycling trail efforts fall behind rest of the Okanagan
November 14, 2019 - 5:30 PM

The South Okanagan has fallen behind in the effort to create a valley wide cycling trail, Trail of the Okanagans Society president Don Gemmell says.
We are so close to a rail trail connecting Osoyoos to Sicamous
May 31, 2019 - 6:00 AM

KELOWNA - The long-standing dream of a hiking/biking trail from Sicamous to Osoyoos could become half a reality within a couple of years. But the rest may be a long way off.
Meet your RDOS board of directors
October 21, 2018 - 8:06 AM

Lots of new faces in the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen as very few incumbents ran for the board of directors this election.
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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 first week of April 2025. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones

No fine for Kelowna brewery that sold beer to undercover minor
A Kelowna brewery successfully avoided a fine for selling beer to an undercover minor, but it did fire the employee. The province's liquor regulator decided against handing down a $7,000 fine after an 18-year-old bought a six-pack from

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

Real estate sales down while housing inventory up in Central Okanagan
After an uptick in the fall, real estate sales in the Central Okanagan were almost a third below their long-run average last month, while housing inventory hit its highest level in more than a decade. According to BC real estate report The

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iN NUMBERS: Kamloops, Okanagan cities spending hundreds of millions on public projects
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