Georgina Whitehouse

Road salt could send Okanagan down a slippery environmental slope
Continued use of road salt could spell bad news for local agriculture, aquatic life and…

Kelownafornia: Canada’s wannabe golden state
Fruit, wine, a huge lake, beaches and mountains… Kelowna has it all. Enough to rival…
More than 1,000 Central Okanagan seniors relying on food bank this Christmas
The Central Okanagan Food Bank will serve more people this Christmas than it did during…

Vernon volunteers fighting holiday loneliness by serving 500 Christmas meals
For the first time since 2019, Vernon volunteers will be providing a full-service Christmas dinner…

6 things you may not know about Big White on the resort’s 60th anniversary
Since it opened in 1963, Big White Ski Resort has earned an impressive reputation and…

Living a land acknowledgement: UBCO’s grassland transformation
For over a year UBC Okanagan Professor Sumer Seiki has been on a mission to…

Ski resorts in Thompson-Okanagan struggle to open thanks to lack of snow
Big White Ski Resort near Kelowna is opening tomorrow but it will be a very…

Only half of British Columbians in favour of Indigenous economic reconciliation: poll
While only half of British Columbians are in favour of economic reconciliation with Indigenous peoples,…

Peachland mother and son lost everything in house fire
Last week, on Nov. 28, Hailey Hamilton lost her home in Peachland to a devastating…

Trumpeter swan rescued in North Okanagan had yet to migrate south
The trumpeter swan can be seen throughout the Okanagan. With its striking black and white…

Weather always a wildcard for Big White but downpour in December disastrous
While weather in the Okanagan is often unpredictable, the rain that hit Big White Ski…

Minivan driver killed in crash with logging truck near Sicamous
The driver of a minivan was pronounced dead at the scene after a crash with…

Image of raging West Kelowna wildfire makes Time magazine’s top 100 photos of 2023
A photojournalist's image of the raging McDougall Creek wildfire in West Kelowna this summer is…