Elevate your local knowledge
Sign up for the iNFOnews newsletter today!
Okanagan
Evacuation order reduced to alert in Spallumcheen
The cooler, wet weather has B.C. Wildfire comfortable enough to advise the Township of Spallumcheen…
Recent rain, cooler weather means things looking up for Southern Interior wildfire crews
With 25 to 40 millimetres of rain falling on in the Okanagan and Thompson regions…
Nk’Mip Creek wildfire’s progress toward Baldy Mountain resort halted
The Nk’Mip Creek wildfire did not make any additional progress toward Baldy Mountain Resort after…
Okanagan drought killing fish and exposing need for major water management change
Being in a Stage 4 drought is not going to have much impact on humans…
Nk’Mip wildfire burning towards Baldy Mountain Resort
The Nk’Mip Creek wildfire is burning 2.5 kilometres west of Mt. Baldy Resort and two…
Warmer, dryer winds expected to lead to growth, visible smoke from wildfires in South Okanagan
BC Wildfire Service crews continued to focus extra attention on the northern tip of the…
Weekend rain offers short-lived reprieve for wildfire crews in South Okanagan
Sunday’s heavy rainfall offered some relief for emergency crews battling South Okanagan blazes, but it…
syilx MMA fighter Rylie ‘Coyote’ Marchand says her Okanagan community keeps her going
Rylie “Coyote” Marchand travelled alone to compete in her latest martial arts tournament in Houston,…
Off-duty Vernon cop saves woman from drowning in Lake Country
Vernon North Okanagan RCMP Const. Kerri Parish was in the right place at the right…
Wildfires boosting Kamloops hotel stays while tourists fill rooms in Okanagan
The Okanagan tourism industry has recovered to pre-pandemic levels despite smoky skies and a growing…
Man wanted for uttering threats, extortion may be in Okanagan: RCMP
RCMP are hoping someone has seen a 50-year-old man wanted they say has committed crimes…
Interior Health ending oversight role at Summerland long-term care home
After almost 17 months of being under the supervision of an administrator appointed by Interior…
Right place, right time: Workers on way home put out North Okanagan grassfire
Two employees with a restoration company were on their way home from a job in…
How the word Okanagan came to be
nsyilxcen language speaker Marlene Squakin, who also goes by yaxma (cedar basket), says according to…
‘Dangerous behaviour’: North Okanagan RCMP looking into deliberately set wildfires in Lumby
Officers from the North Okanagan RCMP detachment have launched an “in-depth investigation” into several suspicious…