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Highway 97 blocked after another slide near Summerland
Highway 97 is blocked near Summerland after another landslide. Rocks and debris fell onto Highway…
Kelowna RCMP want to know who owns this bike
Kelowna RCMP are trying to find an elderly man so they can return his bicycle…
UPDATE: RCMP say missing Vernon woman located
UPDATE: Monday, Aug. 28, 2023 RCMP say a missing 38-year-old Vernon woman has been located, and…
Almost 2,400 still evacuated and 240 homes seriously damaged by West Kelowna wildfire
More than 10,000 people were evacuated in the face of the McDougall Creek Wildfire that…
Shuswap residents set to be notified today about properties impacted by wildfire
Shuswap residents will learn about the condition of properties affected by a devastating wildfire starting…
iN VIDEO: Smoke from controlled burns in West Kelowna area will be highly visible
Most residents evacuated because of the McDougall Creek Wildfire in and around West Kelowna have…
Smoke and showers in the forecast this week for Kamloops and the Okanagan
Today, Aug. 28, looks to be the last day of heat and sunshine – if…
People who lost homes to wildfire in Okanagan face long recovery process
Hundreds of residents have learned their homes have been destroyed by the McDougall Creek Wildfire.…
How Lake Country plans to double its housing stock
Lake Country was the fastest growing community in the Okanagan over the 2016-21 census period…
iN VIDEO: Big year for webworm caterpillars in Kamloops, Okanagan
There are plenty of webs in the deciduous trees in Kamloops and the Okanagan this…
‘He still is everywhere’: The continuing legacy of Tk’emlúps’ Jeffrey McNeil-Seymour
In August 2020, Jeffrey McNeil-Seymour from Tk’emlúps te Secwepemc First Nation staged a four-day fast…
Kelowna’s Clifton neighbourhood was spared by preparation for fire, not good luck
It could have been much worse in Kelowna's Clifton neighbourhood last week, when fires from…
Kamloops police seek help finding missing man
Kamloops RCMP has issued a plea for help finding a missing 50-year-old man from the…
Firefighter describes working amid controversy on North Shuswap wildfire
Conflicts have been flaring up in the North Shuswap between authorities managing the Bush Creek…
Midway RCMP say ‘wild & dangerous’ predator, not poachers, killed farm animals
Police now say three sheep and a goat killed in a pasture near Rock Creek…
iN VIDEO: Pollen covered bees busy at work in Kamloops garden
A couple of years ago avid Kamloops gardener Rupinder Sran Gill decided she was going…
Poomba the ‘miracle pig’ alive and well in McDougall Creek Wildfire evacuation zone
Poomba the miracle pig is still alive and well on a West Kelowna ranch that…
Two-thirds of Canadians dread phone calls with strangers
A recent poll has revealed two-thirds of Canadians aged 18-to-34 dread phone conversations with a…
RCMP searching for poachers after livestock killed in Rock Creek area
Someone may be poaching livestock in the southern Interior's Boundary Country and police are asking…
131 structures destroyed but no lives lost in Shuswap wildfire
Officials say 131 homes and other structures have been destroyed by wildfires in the Shuswap,…
Planned aerial ignitions continue on McDougall Creek Wildfire
Aerial attacks are underway as wildfire crews drop fire from the sky as planned ignitions continue…
Kelowna landfill set to reopen on Monday after fire
Members of the public will be able to dump their rubbish at the Glenmore Landfill…
UPDATE: Prime Minister Trudeau in Okanagan to meet firefighters and officials
WEST KELOWNA, B.C. – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's heard "extraordinary stories of heroism"…
UPDATE: RCMP say missing Vernon woman located
UPDATE: Aug. 25, 2023 RCMP say a missing 34-year-old Vernon woman has been located, and…