Kelowna news

Laser attacks on aircraft over Kelowna airport disturbing trend
A laser pointed at a Pacific Coastal Airlines plane flying into Kelowna International Airport on…

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…

Kelowna residents can expect to live two years longer than those in Kamloops
There are huge differences in how long a person can be expected to live within…

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…

Time’s up for unsafe Kelowna house, City prepares for demolition
It will be almost three years until an order by Kelowna city council to demolish…

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…

Snow expected in Kamloops and the Okanagan this weekend
There may be a little bit of sunshine this week in Kamloops and the Okanagan…

Real estate market hammered in Kamloops, Okanagan as prices fall below $1M
For most of the last two years the benchmark sale price for single-family homes in…

UPDATE: Missing Kelowna man located
UPDATE: Dec. 6, 2023 RCMP are no longer searching for a missing 49-year-old Kelowna man.…

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…

West Kelowna wants to continue building despite legacy cost overruns
West Kelowna has a sad history of cost escalations when it comes to big building…

All drought records for Kelowna, Kamloops set to be broken this year
As of the end of November, this has been the driest year on record in…

Thompson-Okanagan councils need to sharpen pencils on ‘unjustified’ tax hikes: CTF
Preliminary budget numbers for many Thompson-Okanagan towns and cities are showing huge tax increases while…