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Syilx facilitator launches workshop series for non-Indigenous allies
A Syilx woman has founded a new organization dedicated to helping settlers engage with Indigenous…
Don’t blame anti-vaxxers for Central Okanagan’s low vaccination rate
The Central Okanagan, and particularly Kelowna’s Rutland neighbourhood, score below the provincial average when it…
UPDATE: Missing Cherryville woman located
UPDATE: 1:15 p.m. Thursday, May 27, 2021 Vernon North Okanagan RCMP say a missing 37-year-old…
Supermoon eclipse captured by South Okanagan photographer
Did you see the lunar eclipse early this morning? Visibility may have been obscured in…
‘It’s very close to home’: Okanagan men run 52 km to raise funds for mental health
Okanagan residents Andrew Garant and Cody Teichroeb ran a 52-kilometre ultramarathon along the rail trail…
Summerland wants to be food innovation, processing hub for Okanagan
Summerland has aspirations of becoming the food innovation and processing hub for the Okanagan. A…
Rutland, Lake Country lag behind other Interior Health communities for COVID vaccinations
The percentage of the population 18 and up in the Southern Interior that’s had at…
Another workplace shuttered due to COVID-19 in Interior Health region
As the number of employees sent home to self-isolate because of COVID-19 in their workplaces…
Lake Country’s notorious Airport Inn sold for $3.5M
After being boarded up for more than a year, the controversial Airport Inn Lakeside in…
Central Okanagan was B.C.’s fastest growing region last year
With a two per cent growth in population in 2020, the Central Okanagan was the…
South Okanagan firefighters battle blaze at same house twice in 2 nights
Fire crews in Osoyoos were kept busy over the weekend putting out a fire at…
First Nation learners, teachers passing language to future generations
All that we know and all of our relationships grows from the words of our…
Okanagan Rail Trail fans have new tool to navigate the route
The Friends of the Okanagan Rail Trail have created an app and downloadable brochure to…
COVID-19 vaccines now available at pharmacies in Penticton
COVID-19 vaccine availability is being topped up at pharmacies in the Interior Health region, and…
Rainy end to April in Kamloops, Okanagan
April appears poised to end on a damp note with a forecast calling for a…
Crews fighting wildfire south of Armstrong
Local and wildfire firefighters are battling a blaze in the North Okanagan this afternoon. The…
Vernon leads province in low gas prices
With restrictions advising against all non-essential travel to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in place…
Annual migration of pelicans is peaking in the Okanagan
It’s prime time for the spring migration of the biggest flying bird in Canada, and…
Snowmobilers warned after avalanche at Big White
An overnight avalanche at Big White as the resort urging snowmobilers to avoid a certain…
Rookie search and rescue dog finds missing elderly Kelowna man in minutes
Chase the search and rescue dog found his first missing person in Kelowna this morning.…
1st cannabis business park in Okanagan on its way to Lumby
A new cannabis-centred business park is coming to Lumby, a first for the Okanagan. True…
Okanagan’s COVID-19 caseload, school exposures on the rise
The Okanagan’s COVID-19 caseload is on the rise, according to the most recent map from…
Pair of $2M Okanagan homes grand prizes in Hometown Heroes Lottery
This year’s Hometown Heroes Lottery is offering two grand prizes in the Okanagan. Participants could…
Syilx woman turns class project into annual community clean-up
Cassidy Marchand is lining up industrial-sized garbage bags, recycling bags and hi-vis vests in preparation…