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Neither COVID-19 nor road closures are expected to stop the Knox Mountain Hill Climb in 2021
Plans are in the works to run a spectator-less Knox Mountain Hill Climb in 2021.…
Interior Health region second in line for COVID-19 vaccine behind Lower Mainland
The first distribution sites in B.C. for the new Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine are going to…
Final choice coming soon on $200M second hydro line to West Kelowna
It has already taken 13 years but the route for a second B.C. Hydro line…
The pandemic has not created economic hardship for the majority
Tired of being shut in at home unable or unwilling to travel, shop or dine…
West Kelowna taxes expected to climb 23 per cent in next 5 years
West Kelowna property owners are facing tax increases for the next fiver years totalling close…
iN VIDEO: The owner of this dump pile found in Kelowna may have been found
It’s not the worst individual act of illegal dumping that Kane Blake has ever seen…
Work to start next year on Kelowna’s second walkway over Highway 97
A $5.5 million pedestrian overpass of Highway 97 in downtown Kelowna will be one of…
A diversified economy sheltered Kelowna from the COVID-19 storm
Kelowna’s unemployment rate fell to 4.7 per cent in November, giving it the second lowest…
New COVID-19 case numbers dropping in Lower Mainland; climbing in B.C. Interior
Strict controls over social gatherings and indoor sports were imposed on Lower Mainland residents a…
Mountie cleared in fatal shooting of distraught man near Salmon Arm
The RCMP officer who fired four or five bullets into a man’s car north of…
Another staff member tests positive for COVID-19 at Kelowna care facility
A total of four people have tested positive for COVID-19 at the Mountainview Village long-term…
Hundreds more new COVID-19 cases in B.C.; 11 more deaths
In the last 24 hours, 711 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in B.C.…
B.C. Tree Fruits office in downtown Kelowna sells for $7.5M
B.C. Tree Fruits Cooperative has sold its building on prime downtown Kelowna real estate for…
Major redevelopment of Hiawatha RV Park in Kelowna set to begin this summer
It has taken more than a decade, but if Kelowna city council agrees on Monday,…
Resident of Kelowna long term care home dies from COVID-19
Just days after a COVID-19 outbreak was reported at Kelowna’s Mountainview Village long term care…
Move over mussels, invasive clams found in Shuswap Lake
Colonies of an invasive freshwater clam have been found in Shuswap Lake. Left unchecked, the…
B.C. care home had to innovate to find staff — and it’s paying off
A COVID-19 outbreak in an Abbotsford long term care home forced Karen Biggs to look…
Property taxes in Kelowna projected to rise by over 4 per cent next year
Kelowna's proposed budget for 2021 includes a property tax increase of 4.27 per cent. A…
B.C. expected to start vaccinations for COVID-19 in January
B.C. is gearing up to start vaccinating high risk seniors and healthcare workers in the…
Too much socializing has brought a temporary end to adult team sports in B.C.
The provincial health officer banned all indoor and outdoor adult team sports today as B.C. battles with…
12 more B.C. residents have died from COVID-19; 694 test positive
There were 694 new COVID-19 cases in B.C. in the last 24 hours, including 82…
Efforts underway to breathe life back into Kamloops’s Ajax mine
The junior partner in the controversial Ajax mine project has opened an office in Kamloops…
Interior Health’s top doctor says people need to start acting on public health advice
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry often praises the vast majority of B.C. residents who…
Thousands of volunteer hours lost to Central Okanagan RCMP due to pandemic
One of the early victims of the COVID-19 pandemic was the suspension of community and…