KLSEP2023

BC health officials urge vaccination not masks as COVID cases increase
COVID-19 is on a resurgence around the world and some jurisdictions have brought back mask…

Vernon set to introduce two-tiered system for recreation services
Come Jan. 1, Vernon residents will be able to get 50% off when they go…

Body found after small brush fire in Kelowna
A body was found after a small brush fire in Kelowna early Sunday morning but…

Mostly sunny skies though this week in Kamloops and the Okanagan
This week is expected to start off with a mix of sun and cloud in…
Shuswap vs West Kelowna: Two entirely different ways of communicating about fires
August 17 to 18, 2023 were big, bad days for wildfires in the Okanagan and…

Ten-fold annual increase in subsidized housing needed in Kelowna
Building enough new homes for people to buy is keeping pace with the demands of…

City of Kelowna won court battle for public access to the waterfront, then blocks it off
The Hotel Eldorado and City of Kelowna spent two years waging a court battle over…

How better real-time data will help predict wildfire behaviour in BC
A UBC Okanagan researcher has teamed up with a telecommunications company to develop a new technology…

UPDATE: RCMP has found missing 12-year-old girl in West Kelowna
UPDATE: 4:10 p.m., Sept. 8, 2023 RCMP say missing girl has been found unharmed in…

Kelowna RCMP help disrupt interprovincial trafficking operation
After over a year of investigation, police in Kelowna have disrupted a multi-province drug trafficking…

People have been trying to access burned areas along Okanagan Lake by boat
Kelowna RCMP is patrolling the area on Okanagan Lake's western banks, turning boaters away from…

High E. coli leads to swimming advisory on Kelowna’s Rotary Beach
Beach goers at Rotary Beach in Kelowna are being advised not to go in the…

BC Interior realtors donate $500,000 towards wildfire relief
Realtors in the BC Interior are donating $500,000 in support of wild relief in the…

McDougall Creek wildfire crews shift from lighting fires to mopping them up
It may seem counterintuitive to have trained firefighters spending a lot of their time with…

Suspects land in muddy ditch after police chase from Kelowna to Salmon Arm
RCMP have a pair of suspects in custody following a car chase yesterday that started…