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New COVID-19 cases continue to climb in B.C. with 634 in 24 hours
Just as the province gets ready to start scheduling its mass vaccine rollout next week,…
Kelowna may close community policing office in Lower Mission; expand service in Rutland
The City of Kelowna has run community police offices in the Rutland and Lower Mission…
Flags flying at half mast following death of longtime Kelowna school trustee Rolli Cacchioni
After 54 years with the Central Okanagan school district, first as a teacher and last…
Pilot project could help people with diverse abilities enjoy Kelowna’s Knox Mountain
A joint effort called Adaptive Equipment wants to set up a rental outlet at the…
Interior Health, City of Kelowna appear headed for a parking showdown
Interior Health has backed away from plans for a staff parkade next to Kelowna General…
Kamloops leads the way as new COVID-19 cases rise in Interior Health
After four weeks of seeing the number of new COVID-19 cases decline in the Interior…
564 new COVID-19 cases in B.C.; 36 in Interior Health
As B.C. ramps up the COVID-19 immunization program, the number of new cases of infection…
Okanagan, Thompson regional districts are on their own to control staff spending
There is no provincial body with the power or mandate to make sure local government…
Housing prices jump by more than 15% in parts of Okanagan
The benchmark price for single-family homes in the Central and North Okanagan jumped 17.5 and…
Kelowna has learned the ‘iceberg’ lesson of sprawling development
For decades, the City of Kelowna embraced growth almost anywhere in the city because it…
Time for B.C. government to get serious about Okanagan Lake flooding: OBWB
After weeks of collecting letters of support from Okanagan governments, the Okanagan Basin Water Board…
Housing’s not the only real estate sector booming in Kelowna
Just as the housing market has taken off in Kelowna, the demand for industrial space…
Central Okanagan saw more visitors during 2020 than year before, despite pandemic
Despite COVID-19 travel restrictions about 100,000 more people visited the Central Okanagan in 2020 than…
Board chair calls for audit of spending at Thompson-Nicola Regional District
Ken Gillis, on behalf of the Thompson Nicola Regional District board, is taking “full ownership…
This could mark the end of new single-family subdivisions in Kelowna
Despite a huge increase in demand and prices for single-family homes in Kelowna over the…
‘Unintended consequences’ of pandemic affecting everyone: IH
The “unintended consequences” of B.C.’s COVID-19 lockdown rules are affecting a wide range of residents…
COVID-19 raising costs of bringing foreign workers to Okanagan
With commercial flights cancelled between Mexico and Canada, Okanagan fruit growers are having to pay…
How Kelowna’s South Pandosy neighbourhood got its groove back
When Roy Hulse wanted to expand his Scallywags clothing business in the late 1990s, he…
589 new COVID-19 cases in B.C.; 39 in Interior Health
After dropping below 500 new COVID-19 cases per day earlier this week, the daily case…
B.C. health minister speaks out about ‘unacceptable’ personal attacks against Dr. Bonnie Henry
B.C.'s Health Minister is not impressed with people who are turning their opposition to public…
Kelowna’s newest bakery combines the best of two favourite bakeries
Mill Creek Bakery is different than most other bakeries in Kelowna because, well, it’s only…
COVID-19 death toll rises to 6 at Kamloops hospital; one dead in Kelowna General outbreak
Even though the COVID-19 outbreak at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops was declared over earlier…
No easing of restrictions on social gatherings in B.C. just yet
With 395 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C. in the past 24 hours and the…
New COVID-19 cases continue to decline in Interior Health region
The number of new COVID-19 cases in the Interior Health region has dropped steadily from…