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Housing crisis prompts Kelowna to consider tightening restrictions on short-term rentals
There are hundreds of illegal short-term rentals in Kelowna that are impacting the long-term rental…
Fairly dry in Okanagan, Kamloops despite torrential downpour on coast
Despite heavy rain from the first atmospheric river of fall all along the BC coast,…
iN VIDEO: Fire at Kelowna homeless camp destroys tent but doesn’t spread
A fire destroyed a tent at the City of Kelowna's supervised camping area for homeless…
More anti-SOGI rallies planned for Okanagan tomorrow
Three more “1MillionMarch4Children” rallies are planned for the Thompson-Okanagan tomorrow, Oct. 21. One is in…
Kelowna’s tiny homes for the home homeless should be standard in BC: Duncan mayor
The City of Duncan pioneered what are called “tiny homes” for those living rough in…
McDougall Creek Wildfire: Public role in postmortem not likely
West Kelowna Councillor Rick de Jong wants a quick “independent public hearing” on how emergency…
How an Indigenous trail through Kicking Horse Canyon grew into a super highway
The TransCanada Highway through the Kicking Horse Canyon has some of the most difficult and…
The fight for free speech hits a Kelowna stage next week
Free speech is dead when other opinions are blocked, says a UBCO professor who will…
Snow on mountain passes with flurries and cold expected in Kamloops, Okanagan
Highway alerts have been issued by Environment Canada through Southern Interior mountain passes today through…
Young hockey players help nab goalie equipment thief in Penticton
Sharp-eyed hockey players visiting Penticton on the weekend spotted a man making off with goalie…
Central Okanagan board chair never even heard of regional emergency alert systems
The Okanagan Similkameen has used a regional emergency alert system since 2018. A similar system…
More than 25 low income residents face loss of affordable West Kelowna homes
The latest Rental.ca listings shows the average one-bedroom apartment rents for more than $2,000 per…
Changes at airport mean more flights directly over southern Kelowna
In order to make landing aircraft more reliable at Kelowna International Airport during bad weather,…
Buy this Ashcroft church for less than a condo in Kamloops or the Okanagan
You'd have trouble finding a condo in Kelowna or Kamloops for $400,000 but you can…
Central Okanagan mayors not happy with exclusion from premier’s expert task force
While being too polite to openly complain about not being part of the Premier’s Expert…
Kelowna getting $31.5M from feds to build housing faster
Kelowna is the first BC city to benefit from the federal government’s $4 billion Housing…
Frigid but sunny weekend ahead for Kamloops and the Okanagan
Daily high temperatures are forecast to be barely above freezing this weekend in Kamloops and…
50 Kelowna residents to get free consults to make their homes energy efficient
There are a myriad of programs and rebates through various government and private agencies to…
That time Kelowna talked about banning Halloween
There was a time when Halloween in Kelowna was filled with so many tricks that…
Trust the experts to build a wonderful $242 million rec centre in Kelowna
Now that Kelowna residents have refused to reject a $241.3 million borrowing plan for a…
Almost 9,000 people have found jobs in Central Okanagan so far this year
The number of people working in the Central Okanagan by the end of September was…
Why school enrolment is lagging behind Thompson-Okanagan population boom
Kamloops and the Okanagan had some of the fastest growth rates in the country during…
Cold snap ending in Kamloops and Okanagan but so is the sunshine
The unseasonably cold weather in Kamloops and the Okanagan will gradually ease this week but…
Highway 3 was BC’s first trans-provincial highway despite reverting back to nature
Back in the earliest days of BC’s European history there were intense territorial battles between…