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Naramata group hits fundraising goal in effort to keep beach out of private hands
A Naramata citizen’s group has reached its financial goal for a lakefront property purchase, days…
High bacteria levels prompts swimming advisory for Kelowna’s Strathcona beach
Residents and tourists are being warned that swimming at a Kelowna beach could possibly result…
Dive into summer with these semi-secret Kelowna swim spots
KELOWNA – Summer is a busy time in the Okanagan — Kelowna is known for…
Lake Country council trying to sell Gable Beach again
LAKE COUNTRY – Lake Country councillors appear determined not to let over 1,500 residents stop…
North Okanagan woman cracks case of weird blob washed up on beach
VERNON – It’s been likened to ‘Ogopogo eggs’ and ‘my wife’s cooking’ but whatever it…
FLOOD WATCH 2017: More residences under evacuation alert on Okanagan Lake shore
KELOWNA – An evacuation alert has been issued for five properties in the Central Okanagan.…
Tk’emlúps close beach access on First Nation land due to feces, used needles and public safety
KAMLOOPS – Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc has erected ‘No Trespassing’ signs along band waterfront after misuse…
UPDATE: Shuswap beach reopens following E. coli related closure
VERNON – Health officials are letting the public know they can safely swim at a…
Cooler summer behind drop in Thompson-Okanagan drowning deaths
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Cooler weather this summer may have dampened a few vacation plans, but it…
Vernon council working on improving public access to Okanagan Lake
VERNON – Opening up public access to Okanagan Lake in Vernon is on city council’s…
Center of Gravity set to take over downtown Kelowna this weekend
KELOWNA – Canada’s hottest beach party, an annual music and sports festival that continues to grow every year, is back in City Park again this weekend. Monster Energy’s Center of Gravity is a 100 per cent local event started by Kelowna native Scott Emslie eight years ago. Since that time it has grown to attract...
Keloha music festival takes the stage this weekend
KELOWNA – The annual Keloha music festival is back for the third year in a row, and organizers have managed once again to secure some of the top up-and-coming names in indy, alternative and rock music today. The three day festival features more than 70 live acts, but Wet Ape entertainment director Kelly Shepherd says...
Mayor says nudists can bare all at public beach
PENTICTON - Despite ongoing disputes over land use at Three Mile Beach, Mayor Garry Litke says he has no issue with nudists using public property. “Things can carry on the way they always have,” he says. When the private property owner raised concerns about the public disrespecting his land, the city worked with the provincial...
Nudists fight for their community, heritage site
PENTICTON - Nudists who use Three Mile Beach say they'll respect a private land owner's decision to fence off his property but they don't want to lose complete acess to the beach, a historical nudist location since the 1930s. The small beach in Naramata is jointly owned by the City of Penticton, the provincial government...