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Thousands of Thompson-Okanagan renters mired in affordable housing crisis, new index says
September 11, 2015 - 9:00 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - About a quarter of all renters in the Thompson-Okanagan are facing an affordable housing crisis, according to a new study.
West Kelowna mom says B.C. Transit is preventing her from filing complaint
September 11, 2015 - 8:00 PM

KELOWNA – A local mother says B.C. Transit has brushed aside her complaints one of their drivers verbally abused her and another was driving dangerously.
Okanagan church group spends $60k to bring family from Syria
September 11, 2015 - 4:30 PM

KELOWNA – Three local churches who spent $60,000 to bring a family from to Kelowna from Syria this summer are raising funds to bring even more refugees from the civil war-torn country.
Kelowna author’s first book nominated for Giller Prize
September 11, 2015 - 12:21 PM

KELOWNA - Okanagan College professor and novelist Alix Hawley has been nominated for Canada’s most prestigious literary award.
Near-record heat this weekend in the Okanagan
September 11, 2015 - 9:30 AM

OKANAGAN - After a week of near-normal high temperatures the mercury is expected to again hit the 30 Celsius mark throughout the region this weekend.
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OKIB 'deeply concerned' Splatsin building houses in Vernon warehouse
A housing initiative from the Splatsin First Nation that will see pre-fabricated houses built in a warehouse in Vernon has been met with ire by the Okanagan Indian Band, which takes issue that the warehouse is located on the unceded territory of

Thousands of Thompson-Okanagan renters mired in affordable housing crisis, new index says