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Kelowna’s mayor predicts ‘vibrant and prosperous’ city in 2024
Kelowna is one of the fastest-growing cities in Canada and according to Mayor Tom Dyas…
Police recover student’s artwork stolen from UBC Okanagan
A student's artwork stolen from UBC Okanagan last weekend has been recovered by police. A…
Dramatic drop in Interior Health measles immunization rate has officials worried
Measles, once almost unheard of in recent years, is making a major comeback in Europe…
Rift growing between Big White community and regional district over garbage
Proposed changes to the Big White transfer station struck a nerve for the mountain community’s…
Sunshine to start weekend in Kamloops, Okanagan
Sunshine is forecast through Saturday in Kamloops and the Okanagan with cold nights and near…
Don’t count Okanagan wine industry out just because this year’s crop is gone
Lovers of Okanagan VQA wines may already be noticing declines in their favourite flavours in…
Cost of rent continues to drop in Kelowna
Kelowna bucked the national trend last month with the cost to rent a one-bedroom apartment continuing…
UBC Okanagan’s student hopes to retrieve stolen art
A UBC Okanagan student's piece of art was stolen and the student is hoping to…
Okanagan grape harvest wiped out for 2024
Five days of extremely cold weather in January killed just about every wine grape bud…
Here’s what’s been leaching from a Kelowna fruit packing plant for years
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of the Kelowna airport is leaching…
Kelowna housing proposal divides council and is denied
Kelowna city council was divided on a residential development proposal in the Upper Mission neighbourhood.…
Former Kelowna city manager takes top job in West Kelowna
Ron Mattiusi, who spent 13 years at the top of Kelowna's City Hall before retiring…
Chambers of Commerce in Kamloops, Okanagan demand ban on out-of-province boats
The Chambers of Commerce in several cities throughout the Thompson-Okanagan region are pushing for a temporary…
RCMP take person into custody after report of possible weapon
Kelowna RCMP arrested an individual after receiving a report of a possible weapon on Casorso…
‘Just normal people like everybody else’: The reality of homelessness in Kelowna’s tent city
Erica Stewart has been living in a tent on the Kelowna section of the Okanagan…
January deep freeze devastated BC Southern Interior cherry crop
Cherry growers in the Southern Interior fear a deep freeze earlier this year will greatly…
Alberta man pleads guilty to driving through Kelowna tent city on rail trail
An Alberta man who drove through Kelowna's tent city along the Okanagan Rail Trail has…
WestJet offering more flights out of Kelowna this summer
Travellers will be able to jet across the country more easily this summer. WestJet has…
iN VIDEO: Middle school students do battle with LEGO robots at UBCO
The future of robotics was on display at a competition in Kelowna over the weekend.…
Kelowna couple wins Lake Life Lottery grand prize
A couple from Kelowna has won the Lake Life Lottery $1.37 million grand prize package…
Cold nights ahead this week in Kamloops and the Okanagan
Skies are expected to clear by tomorrow, Feb. 13, in Kamloops and the Okanagan. While…
Why Kelowna is building more homes for middle class rather than low income
With the cost of living and the rate of homelessness continuing to rise, it may…
Kelowna creates online tool to help homeowners understand dramatic housing changes
New provincial rules to allow up to four units to be built on most single-family…
BC Housing spent more than $730M in Thompson-Okanagan in past five years
The province, through BC Housing, has spent big bucks in the past five years trying…