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UPDATE: Severe thunderstorm warning for North Okanagan ended, watch ended for Thompson-Okanagan
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Environment Canada has ended the severe thunderstorm watch for the Thompson-Okanagan. The severe…
Laundry workers lose privatization fight with Interior Health
THOMPSON OKANAGAN – Laundry workers throughout the Interior Health Authority will soon lose their jobs…
Westbank First Nation counter-sues former private hospital partners
WESTBANK FIRST NATION – The numbers just keep getting bigger in the lawsuit between the…
Westbank First Nation sued by former hospital partners
WESTBANK FIRST NATION – The legal quagmire is deepening around the Westbank First Nation's failed…
Westbank First Nation faces lawsuit over failed hospital project
BAND LAWYER SAYS WFN ISN'T LIABLE IN LAWSUIT FOR $1.4 MILLION WESTBANK FIRST NATION –…
Westbank First Nation’s $7.9 million debt: Following the money trail
WESTBANK – The company that partnered with Westbank First Nation on its first failed attempt…
Westbank private hospital still a go despite financial problems, says band chief
KELOWNA – The Westbank First Nation has confirmed its private for-profit hospital project has been…
West Kelowna councillor doesn’t take conflict censure lying down
WEST KELOWNA – Councillor Rusty Ensign, censured and fined by his own peers, says he…
Bear season brisk for conservation officers in the Southern Interior
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – It was a busy bear season for conservation officers in the Southern Interior,…
Province treads lightly enforcing drought rules
OKANAGAN – The province has added to the regions under a level four drought advisory,…
Man in blue suit thanks firefighters
WEST KELOWNA – For a second straight day, firefighting efforts at the Westside Road fire…
Former Kelowna councillor may force rail trail off its tracks
OKANAGAN – Local municipalities won’t be getting a continuous stretch of land as part of…
Overdose deaths prompt province to declare public health emergency
INTERIOR HEALTH AUTHORITY HARD HIT THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Responding to a continuing surge in drug overdose…
Taking the long view on Okanagan Rail Trail completion
FULL DEVELOPMENT OF RAIL TRAIL LIKELY MANY YEARS AWAY OKANAGAN – The rush to get…
Premier says help on the way for Okanagan mussel fight
KELOWNA – Premier Christy Clark hinted yesterday at more help in the provincial budget for…