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Expansion in works for controversial homeless shelter in Kamloops
The Loop outreach centre on the North Shore in Kamloops provides hot meals, clothing and…
Kelowna bus garage getting $8 million upgrade until new $100 million building opens
Kelowna’s old bus maintenance building is getting a major $8.3 million upgrade at the same…
Canadian Tire in Penticton to almost double in size
Canadian Tire received permission today, July 18, to almost double the size of its Penticton…
Time running out to donate to Kelowna’s Okanagan Mountain Park expansion
Efforts to raise $650,000 in 10 days to buy land bordering on Kelowna's Okanagan Mountain…
Owners of eclectic Enderby restaurant taking leap of faith
A funky small town diner in the North Okanagan is making a move into a…
$34.8M Valleyview school expansion project finally complete
There was a great big reason to celebrate yesterday for members of the Kamloops-Thompson Board…
Penticton wildfire base upgrades nearing completion
The Penticton fire base is nearing completion on a $2.5 million upgrade, just in time…
Some of your favourite local B.C. Parks are expanding
A B.C. Parks program that acquires new land for British Columbia’s provincial parks will expand…
iN VIDEO: Kamloops high school students, staff get sneak peak of $34.5M expansion project
Staff and students at a Kamloops high school were shown the initial expansion plans for…
Popeye’s Chicken eyeing its first expansion in Central Okanagan
WEST KELOWNA – Popular chain restaurant Popeye's Louisiana Kitchen — better known as Popeye’s Chicken…
Big changes coming for Lake Country’s O’Rourke Peak Cellars
KELOWNA – There’s more on the horizon at O’Rourke Peak Cellars than a stunning view…
Valleyview Secondary is getting an over $32M makeover
KAMLOOPS — A Kamloops high school well over its enrolment capacity will receive a multi-million…
Most British Columbians outside Metro Vancouver, Island support Trans Mountain pipeline: poll
Tensions surrounding Kinder Morgan's proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion have been rising over the past…
Construction of John Hindle Drive extension to UBCO to begin this spring
KELOWNA – The construction of a new route to UBC Okanagan is one step closer.…
UBC Okanagan getting over $40.6M for new learning centre, building upgrades
KELOWNA – Provincial, federal and university contributions have combined for an over $40.6 million investment…
Okanagan College Trades Complex opens after $35 M facelift
OKANAGAN – The new and improved Trades Training Complex at Okanagan College in Kelowna is…
What the Vernon airport is today and what it could be 20 years from now
VERNON - Seated on a flat landing below orchard-brushed hillsides on the west side of town, the Vernon airport is a little known nook of activity where corporate jets offload business people, ambulances airlift patients to hospital and adrenaline-hunters enjoy the rush of a freefall. It’s small enough that curious onlookers might be treated to...
Satellite images show just how much Vernon has changed in 30 years
VERNON - It’s no surprise the Vernon area has grown over the last 30 years, but now you can see just what those changes look like from above. This incredible time lapse of satellite images from 1984 to 2012 on Google Earth Engine shows how different the city looks today. You will see new building...
More beer on tap with Okanagan Spring expansion
VERNON - More beer will soon flow from the Okanagan Spring facility in Vernon. Sleeman Breweries is investing $4.4 million to expand the facility and increase capacity by around 20 per cent annually. “Thirty years later, Okanagan Spring is still brewed in Vernon where it was first founded,” Sleeman spokesperson Dave Klaassen said at a...