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Trans-Canada Highway closed west of Salmon Arm due to fatal crash
October 04, 2021 - 9:43 AM

The Trans-Canada Highway is expected to remain closed for several hours following a fatal crash.
Go diggin' for gold in new immersive Klondike-themed board game created in Coldstream
October 03, 2021 - 7:11 AM

Board games are not dusty old things of the past and new ones are hitting the market regularly, with colourful artwork and designs, and historical and mystery-type themes.
The best time to harvest outdoor cannabis in the Okanagan depends on the strain
October 01, 2021 - 7:30 AM
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With the end of the third legal growing season in Canada, it’s high time for cannabis farmers of the Okanagan to harvest their crops.
Falkland’s haunted hall returns with ghost hunt, children’s events
October 01, 2021 - 6:30 AM

The creator of a production company wants to cheer up the Falkland community with a haunted Halloween, especially considering hard times caused by the pandemic.
$500K of funding in place to open first half of Shuswap North Okanagan Rail Trail
September 29, 2021 - 6:00 PM

A $500,000 grant means that enough work can now be done on an almost 20 kilometre stretch of the Shuswap North Okanagan Rail Trail to open it the public, hopefully in 2022.
Salmon Arm police looking for witnesses after gunshot incident
September 29, 2021 - 4:20 PM

A Salmon Arm man reportedly found a bullet hole in his home, after he thought he heard a gunshot early this morning.
Injured owl rescued by crew at Tolko mill in Armstrong
September 29, 2021 - 6:00 AM

During a work shift at the Tolko Industries mill in Armstrong, a night crew pulled together late last week to get an injured great horned owl to safety.
Murder charge laid in suspicious death at Vernon hotel
September 28, 2021 - 4:31 PM

A woman has been charged with second-degree murder in connection to an investigation in Vernon which spanned 18 months.
Vernon byelection date set following death of Coun. Dalvir Nahal
September 27, 2021 - 4:16 PM

The City of Vernon has set a date for a byelection following the death of councillor Dalvir Nahal.
55-year-old man struck and killed on Highway 6 in Coldstream
September 27, 2021 - 9:09 AM

A 55-year-old man is dead after he was struck by a pickup truck while he was outside his stopped vehicle on Highway 6 in Coldstream last Friday.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
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Kelowna distillery to pay former employee $60,000 in unpaid wages
A Kelowna distillery failed in its bid to overturn a ruling that would have it pay more than $60,000 to a former employee in unpaid overtime. Forbidden Spirits appealed the decision last year, but it didn't have enough evidence to convi

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

West Kelowna, Kamloops fall behind BC government's 'unrealistic' housing targets
Both West Kelowna and Kamloops are failing to meet the province's housing targets, and politicians at the Okanagan city are frustrated. West Kelowna built 64 net new housing units over the past six months, and the BC government expects

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