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Kljun2021
Firefighters battling wildfire near Ashcroft
A wildfire has been spotted near the Village of Ashcroft. The fire was first seen…
Sylix communities rally for residential school survivors through caravan, ceremony
Sylix communities joined together this morning to honour residential school survivors and the children who…
Kelowna’s e-scooter program could screech to a halt next week
After a tremendous start to a shared e-scooter program that saw more than 20,000 people…
Penticton editor’s run for city council already under grievance by union
When Penticton Herald editor James Miller took a leave of absence to run for a…
Peak of heat wave in Okanagan, Kamloops will be record-breaking: meteorologists
There’s a seven degree celcius difference in weather service predictions of how hot it’s going…
Proposed hotel, spa poised to be a West Kelowna landmark
Not only did West Kelowna’s advisory planning commission unanimously support an application for a new…
Vans, libraries, and bottled water will help homeless in the Okanagan and Kamloops fight the heat
Agencies throughout the Thompson and Okanagan regions are finding innovative ways to help the homeless…
Pilot projects look to make housing more affordable and healthier for Okanagan seniors
Seniors organizations in Penticton and Kelowna are part of a six-city Seniors Companion Housing pilot…
‘She was really, really sweet’: Dr. Henry has lunch at Kelowna sandwich shop
Employees and the owner of a Kelowna sandwich shop were happy B.C.’s top doctor stopped…
Drop-ins now accepted at any Interior Health COVID-19 vaccination clinic for 1st shots
With more than 735,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in the Interior Health region there’s…
Interior Health discourages swimming in Wood Lake due to algae bloom
While Interior Health has not discovered any toxins related to an algae bloom in Wood…
UPDATE: Grass fire next to Westbank Walmart deemed suspicious
The West Kelowna Fire Department is currently investigating a suspicious grass fire that sparked just…
Divers searching for body of driver after SUV plunges into Okanagan Lake from Westside Road
The West Kelowna RCMP and Central Okanagan Search and Rescue are searching Okanagan Lake for…
Kelowna city manager tops list of city hall salaries at $289K
The amount of money paid to City of Kelowna employees climbed 2.1 per cent from…
For such noisy animals, hundreds of elk in the Okanagan go virtually unnoticed
Unbeknownst to most Okanagan residents, there are hundreds of Rocky Mountain Elk within 20 to…