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No end in sight to spring-like weather in Okanagan, Kamloops
March 04, 2025 - 4:30 PM

It feels like spring has sprung in Kamloops and the Okanagan and the forecast shows sunny days ahead.
Why newcomers find out Kelownafornia isn’t as sunny as they thought
February 23, 2025 - 7:00 PM

Some people think the Lower Mainland wears the crown for most grey days per year, and Kelowna is a sunshine capital by comparison but that isn't really the case.
Sunshine on the way but it will stay cold this week in Okanagan, Kamloops
February 03, 2025 - 12:30 PM

It might not look like it today, but Kamloops and the Okanagan should have some sunny days ahead this week.
Snow coming down on Thompson-Okanagan mountain passes, but sunny days ahead
January 10, 2025 - 2:00 PM
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Heads up, travellers, some snow is coming down on the mountain pass highways in the Thompson and Okanagan regions but it should be clear by Sunday.
‘Don’t cancel winter yet’: Kamloops, Okanagan could still see a cold snap
January 07, 2025 - 6:00 AM

A forecast mild La Nina this winter typically means colder than normal temperatures, but it has been balmy in Kamloops and the Okanagan so far.
'Mild and a bit dull': Odds of white Christmas in Okanagan, Kamloops low
December 23, 2024 - 6:00 PM

Dreams of a white Christmas in Kamloops and the Okanagan will likely go unfulfilled this year.
Heavy snow, freezing rain prompts travel advisories for southern Interior mountain passes
December 18, 2024 - 11:00 AM

If you have plans to travel on high elevation highways in the southern Interior, you may want to postpone those plans as a moisture-laden Pacific front weather system moves through.
‘It’s a bit of a toss up’: Dream cautiously of a white Christmas in Kamloops, Okanagan
December 17, 2024 - 7:00 AM

With forecast temperatures teasing a white Christmas in Kamloops and the Okanagan it’s hard to tell whether there will be snow on the ground on Dec. 25.
Okanagan, Kamloops getting first significant snow of season
December 16, 2024 - 12:30 PM

The first significant snowfall of the year at lower elevations in the Thompson-Okanagan region is underway today.
Winter storm bringing heavy snow to passes on Coquihalla, Trans-Canada this weekend
December 06, 2024 - 12:10 PM
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Heavy snowfall is expected this weekend on the Coquihalla and Trans-Canada with freezing rain on the Okanagan Connector.
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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

Don't demolish old Kelowna homes to make way for development, recycle or move them
As Kelowna’s population grows the city is trying to densify housing and that means replacing single-family homes, but a business has proposed that those homes can be repurposed rather than destroyed. Renewal Development and Light Hous

News Items tag as: Environment Canada

No end in sight to spring-like weather in Okanagan, Kamloops

Why newcomers find out Kelownafornia isn’t as sunny as they thought

Sunshine on the way but it will stay cold this week in Okanagan, Kamloops

Snow coming down on Thompson-Okanagan mountain passes, but sunny days ahead

‘Don’t cancel winter yet’: Kamloops, Okanagan could still see a cold snap

'Mild and a bit dull': Odds of white Christmas in Okanagan, Kamloops low

Heavy snow, freezing rain prompts travel advisories for southern Interior mountain passes

‘It’s a bit of a toss up’: Dream cautiously of a white Christmas in Kamloops, Okanagan

Okanagan, Kamloops getting first significant snow of season

Winter storm bringing heavy snow to passes on Coquihalla, Trans-Canada this weekend

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