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Vernon firefighters douse early morning truck fire
VERNON – Vernon Fire Rescue Services had an early morning call responding to a truck…
iN PHOTOS: Rustic digs, epic performances at Armstrong’s Caravan Farm Theatre
ARMSTRONG – Located on the upper floor of a barn that looks about a century…
Temporary closure at Tolko’s Kelowna sawmill
KELOWNA – Tolko Industries has announced it will be temporarily closing its Kelowna sawmill for…
Freedom Mobile opens in Kelowna, more shops planned for Interior
KELOWNA – Freedom Mobile is setting up shop in Kelowna tomorrow, kicking off a summer…
Body found at bottom of cliff on Shuswap hiking trail
SICAMOUS – RCMP are appealing for witnesses after a man died in Columbia Shuswap Regional…
North Okanagan woman wins $5K after being fired for ‘inexcusable’ texting
LUMBY – A dental assistant has won over $5,000 from her former employer after she…
Salmon Arm Air Cadet says haircut policy unjust
SALMON ARM – Thanks to social media, Dani Hickman knows exactly when she last cut…
Parents of missing Shuswap woman plan more searches this summer
The family of a missing Shuswap woman is again back in the Okanagan planning to…
BC SPCA appeals for cash as bills top $70K caring for seized North Okanagan horses
NORTH OKANAGAN – The B.C. SPCA has spent over $70,000 in caring for the horses…
Mostly sunshine for the Okanagan this weekend
KELOWNA – The Okanagan forecast for the next few days calls for lots of sun…
How Enderby’s Starlight Drive-in has survived in a nearly extinct business
ENDERBY – When the screen at Enderby's Starlight Drive-In Theatre needs a clean or a…
Two people airlifted to hospital after pair of crashes on Trans-Canada near Salmon Arm
SALMON ARM – The Trans-Canada Highway was closed for several hours yesterday following two separate…
What a hoot: An owl breakfast too good to share
VERNON – A mouse may not be everyone's idea of a good breakfast, but this…
UPDATE: Coldstream’s vandalized rainbow crosswalk cleaned-up
COLDSTREAM – Work crews have cleaned up Coldstream's rainbow crosswalk after it was vandalized with…
‘Very small’ earthquake shakes Lumby in North Okanagan
LUMBY – People in Lumby felt the earth move Saturday night as a very small…
Possible showers, thunderstorms to start the week in the Okanagan
KELOWNA – Inconsistent might be a word to describe the Okanagan's July weather so far,…
The shy, the venomous, and the mythical: 6 spiders of the Thompson-Okanagan
They generally mind their own business, spend their time munching down on garden pests and…
Kamloops and Okanagan cities not ready to call climate change an emergency
KELOWNA – It might be the end of the world as we know it, but…
Shuswap man who killed motorcyclist given absolute discharge
SHUSWAP – A Sorrento man found not criminally responsible for causing the death of a…
North Okanagan pushes forward with plastic bag ban
NORTH OKANAGAN – The Regional District North Okanagan has given the green light to its…
Two arrested after argument gets out of hand in Vernon
VERNON – A Vernon man and a Kelowna woman were arrested yesterday after an argument…
Wet and cold July actually drier than normal: meteorologist
We just can't seem to catch a break — the past two years, we've had…
Vernon volunteers take to water to put smiles on senior’s faces
VERNON – Cruising down Okanagan Lake in the comfort of a pontoon boat is a…
Ropes needed to rescue motorcyclist after crash on Highway 6
LUMBY – A motorcyclist had to be rescued east of Lumby last week after over-shooting…