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Collision involving motorhome caused last night's fire in Peachland
August 27, 2025 - 10:10 AM
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Last night's roadside wildfire in Peachland was sparked by a highway motorhome crash.
Okanagan MLAs decry far-right Christian's cancelled concert venue
August 25, 2025 - 7:00 PM

A far-right Christian musician still hosted a concert in the Okanagan last weekend, but West Kelowna's decision not to allow him at a public park was met with outcry from area MLAs.
West Kelowna cops crack down on unruly electric dirt bike riders
August 22, 2025 - 6:00 AM
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Running red lights, surprise entries onto roadways and tearing up parks and paths. Those are just a few of the behaviours West Kelowna RCMP are trying to curb as they track unruly electric dirt bike riders this summer.
Drugs, cash, weapons seized as police target crime in downtown West Kelowna
August 19, 2025 - 2:37 PM

Police in West Kelowna have been targeting crime in the city's downtown over the past several weeks making arrests and seizing drugs, cash and weapons.
Controversial MAGA musician plans to perform in West Kelowna
July 22, 2025 - 6:00 PM

A controversial American evangelical singer, who is a member of the MAGA movement, has a performance scheduled in West Kelowna next month.
West Kelowna resident demands financial review of controversial water treatment plant
May 20, 2025 - 4:50 PM

People in West Kelowna who get water from the Rose Valley water treatment plant have had water quality problems, unexpected costs on their water bills and have had to deal with miscommunication from the city about the situation.
'We've been busy': Last minute notice for West Kelowna water customers' debt repayment
April 30, 2025 - 7:00 PM

The Rose Valley water treatment plant in West Kelowna has been mired in controversy since it was built, and the most recent episode in the saga is the city’s request for a “debt repayment”.
Kamloops and Kelowna firefighters wrestle with increasing 'nuisance' fires at homeless campsites
April 10, 2025 - 6:00 AM

Firefighters are putting out more and more fires at homeless encampments in Kamloops and the Okanagan, but it's not clear how to curb the problem.
'Unprovoked' West Kelowna stabbing of friend earns 20-month jail sentence
March 22, 2025 - 4:00 AM

A night of drinking and using drugs at a friend's West Kelowna home suddenly went sideways when Danny Blanchard took a filleting knife to his friend in the kitchen.
Okanagan landscape painter puts memories, emotion into his work
March 09, 2025 - 7:00 AM

West Kelowna's Robert E. Wood uses his childhood memories of growing up in the Okanagan to inform his work as a landscape artist.
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THOMPSON: Censorship, capitulation nothing new in American entertainment industry
OPINION Earlier this month, ABC - one of America’s major television networks - folded like a cheap suit when President Trump’s Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr threatened: “I m

Why some bars and most breweries close early in downtown Kelowna
It’s 10:30 p.m. and the night feels young inside one of Kelowna’s charming breweries, but your hope of painting the town red is dashed by last call. That’s a pretty common experience for folks who aren’t familiar wit

Penticton 'potio' weed lounge going strong despite stifling regulations
A cozy, clean patio with picnic tables where Penticton’s potheads can gather outside a dispensary to get stoned is a surprisingly rare space. As of February 2024 cannabis shops in BC could have outdoor lounges for people to smoke, but

Kamloops lobby group says new housing rules lack rental protections
A Kamloops lobby group is calling on city hall to protect renters amid plans to densify urban neighbourhoods. New City of Kamloops plans "don't go far enough" to prioritize renters displaced by redevelopment, according to a Tr

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