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Provincial government ordered to release withheld Hullcar water documents
SPALLUMCHEEN – B.C.’s privacy commissioner has ordered the provincial government to immediately release documents relating…
Fire consumes North Okanagan barn
SPALLUMCHEEN – A North Okanagan barn went up in flames Friday. The fire started around…
Ongoing infractions at Log Barn force township to take action
SPALLUMCHEEN – The Township of Spallumcheen says a well-known roadside attraction in the North Okanagan…
North Okanagan man who died in ‘roof surfing’ incident identified
VERNON – A North Okanagan man believed to have been riding on the roof of…
Fire rips through North Okanagan lumber mill
NEAR SPALLUMCHEEN – A witness says a fire at a North Okanagan lumber yard this…
Judge orders North Okanagan speedway to keep it down, pay damages to seniors housing developer
SPALLUMCHEEN – The owners of a North Okanagan racetrack have been ordered to pay more…
Hydrogeologists point to liquid manure as probable source of North Okanagan drinking water contamination
SPALLUMCHEEN – More voices are joining the call for a moratorium on a North Okanagan…
Bear put down after spending a week in Spallumcheen trailer park
‘UP ON DECKS, IN CARPORTS, PUTTING ITS PAWS UP ON GLASS DOORS’ SPALLUMCHEEN – A…
Government meeting to focus on contaminated drinking water in the North Okanagan
SPALLUMCHEEN – Residents will sit down with government representatives tomorrow to discuss the issue of…
NDP visiting Hullcar Valley to discuss water quality concerns
SPALLUMCHEEN – A North Okanagan community’s fight for clean drinking water has caught the attention…
Spallumcheen wheelchair curler Ina Forrest earns top honour
SPALLUMCHEEN – A revered wheelchair curler from Spallumcheen has received a national honour. Ina Forrest…
Recommendations made after Kamloops truck driver crushed to death
VERNON – A Kamloops truck driver was in the most dangerous area possible when a…
Two Okanagan communities will host upcoming B.C. 55+ Games
OKANAGAN – Vernon and Kelowna have been selection to host upcoming B.C. 55+ Games. The 2017 games will be held in Vernon, supported by the Armstrong and Spallumcheen, and the 2019 games will be in Kelowna. Cranbrook and Kimberley in the East Kootenays will host the games in 2018. Vernon hosted the inaugural games in...
Overnight brush fire on highway north of Vernon ‘could’ve been a different story’
SPALLUMCHEEN - Emergency crews took no chances with a brush fire burning on a slope off Highway 97 Wednesday night. Armstrong-Spallumcheen fire chief Ian Cummings says the half-acre blaze was reported just after 9 p.m., Aug. 26, just north of Greenhow Road on Highway 97. “It was quite visible, there was pretty high flames. We...
Coroner identifies North Okanagan man killed in crash
SPALLUMCHEEN - The B.C. Coroners Service has released the name of a North Okanagan man who died in a car accident last week. He was Matthew Jordon Maxime, 30, of Enderby, the Coroners Service says in a media release. Maxime was driving on Highway 97 near Eagle Rock Road in Spallumcheen, just south of Armstrong,...