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Construction stalls at Okanagan Falls medical cannabis facility
OKANAGAN FALLS – A recent halt in construction activity at the Sunniva Canada medical cannabis…
Okanagan vineyard wins big at Cascadia Wine Competition
OKANAGAN FALLS – Being recognized on the international stage is starting to become the norm…
South Okanagan winery launching eco-friendly accommodations
Picture waking up to the sunrise overlooking vineyards and a stunning Green Lake valley below.…
South Okanagan winery not bottling 2021 vintage due to wildfire smoke contamination
An Okanagan Falls winery has decided to forgo bottling its 2021 vintage this year after…
South Okanagan town showcased in new episode of TV’s ‘Still Standing’
Okanagan Falls and its award-winning wine industry are about to become more famous thanks to…
Volunteer group tackling largest encampment cleanup yet
The Okanagan Forest Task Force is planning to cleanup tons of garbage from a large…
BC invests $7 million into mass timber industry in Okanagan
A provincial government investment in the timber industry is bringing some jobs back to to…
Sunniva sells Okanagan Falls cannabis facility property for $20 million
PENTICTON – One month after Sunniva Medical Inc. completely halted construction of a once-promising cannabis…
Eastside Road closed near Okanagan Falls following small slide
PENTICTON – Eastside Road remains closed today following the discovery of a failure in the…
Plans for huge South Okanagan cannabis facility scuttled
PENTICTON – Construction of a cannabis production facility for Okanagan Falls has come to a…
RCMP officer takes school bus ride to fight traffic crime
OLIVER – RCMP in the South Okanagan teamed up with a local school district yesterday…
Nic Cage movie shot in Okanagan coming to theatres this spring
A movie starring Nicolas Cage and partially filmed in the south Okanagan will be released…
Okanagan Falls man joins an exclusive club with citizenship medal
OKANAGAN FALLS – The province paid homage to one of Okanagan Falls’ leading citizens with…
UPDATE: Deer on thin Skaha Lake ice struggles to shore just as rescuers prepare to help
PENTICTON – Residents of Okanagan Falls who watched helplessly today as a deer struggled to…
Okanagan Falls firefighters extinguish house fire
OKANAGAN – Fire crews put out a house fire near Okanagan Falls this afternoon. The…
UPDATE: Fireplace renovations result in Okanagan Falls house fire
OKANAGAN FALLS – Mac Geregoodoff and his wife could only stand in the street and…
RCMP, fire officials investigating Okanagan Falls fire
PENTICTON – A fire in Okanagan Falls early Sunday morning is being treated as suspicious…
Conflict arises with growing native fishery in Okanagan Falls
PENTICTON – The return of a native fishery on the Okanagan River has raised concerns…
Okanagan Falls man dead following Clearwater crash
CLEARWATER – A crash near Clearwater Saturday morning has claimed the life of an Okanagan…
Stranded snowmobiler rescued in the South Okanagan
OKANAGAN FALLS – A snowmobiler stranded after going out for a ride in the Allendale…
Early morning blaze destroys travel trailer in Okanagan Falls
PENTICTON - Okanagan Falls volunteer firefighters were hampered by cold temperatures and a lack of fire hydrants while fighting a blaze just south of the community early this morning. Firefighters arrived at a property at the corner of Highway 97 and Alba Road at about 1:30 a.m., Nov. 30, to find a travel trailer completely...
Another break-in at a Tickleberry’s location
PENTICTON – For the second time this month, thieves have targeted one of the Tickleberry’s ice cream shops. This time the family-owned business’s location in Penticton was broken into. RCMP say Tickleberry’s on the Beach, the concession at Skaha Lake was broken into early this morning, Aug. 23. The safe was torn off the wall...
Break-in at famous Okanagan Falls ice cream parlour
“HORRIFIC DAMAGE” OKANAGAN FALLS – Someone broke into Tickleberry’s, the famous Okanagan Falls ice cream parlour, early this morning by ramming a SUV through a wall. Owner Kelsey Hoy says she got the call from her alarm company at about 4:20 a.m., Aug. 3, and raced to her shop to find the RCMP already there....
Volatile South Okanagan prolific offender suspected in Oliver armed robbery
OLIVER – The corner store in Oliver was held up by a man with a weapon on Thursday and the RCMP suspect a prolific offender wanted for not showing up to serve his jail sentence may be their man. RCMP say a man walked into Eastside Grocery at the corner of Park Avenue and Eastside...