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Okanagan one of the best places in Canada to see solar eclipse
OKANAGAN – If you have to be in Canada for the solar eclipse next week, you…
Temperatures returning to seasonal normals this weekend in the Okanagan
OKANAGAN – This weekend is going to offer people a break from the heat as…
Retired fire chief in small B.C. community defies wildfire evacuation order
70 MILE HOUSE – When retired firefighter Brad Potter decided to stay behind and defy…
Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival finds its rhythm
SALMON ARM – The Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival is back on track. The…
Family makes plea for return of cherished photos stolen in Vernon theft
VERNON – A grieving family is begging for the return of some precious possessions. A…
Could dogs make this Vernon park a safer place?
VERNON – A North Okanagan city has quietly been working on strategies to turn a…
Vernon council approves new rules for sheltering in city parks
VERNON – It’s now officially against the rules to have a temporary shelter in a…
Vernon traffic flagger assaulted by driver; left shaken
VERNON – Nobody likes waiting in road construction, but most people manage to keep their…
Men who tried — and failed — to rip off North Okanagan grow-op given jail time
VERNON – They didn’t pull it off, but they’ll still do the jail time. A…
Warm and dry in the Okanagan this week
OKANAGAN – After some rain and cool temperatures on the weekend — and a very…
Smoky skies bulletin is back for the B.C. Interior
After rescinding the smoky skies advisory due to a change in the weather on the…
Police warn of phone calls asking for funds for charity
Police in the Southern Interior are warning the public about a telephone scam making the…
How air quality affects wildfire evacuees returning home
VICTORIA – A result of the wildfires in British Columbia is tens of thousands of…
The air quality index explained
With more than 100 wildfires burning across the province, residents are getting used to –…
Witnesses challenge Salmon Arm police version of teen assault by 37-year-old man
SALMON ARM – A witness to the altercation that started inside a Salmon Arm fast…
Drug-fuelled assault left North Okanagan man naked, beaten, and pepper sprayed
VERNON – A violent assault that left a man naked, beaten and pepper sprayed earned…
‘It’s leading to burnout,’ Vernon business owner says of local labour shortage
VERNON – Lisa Gallie used to get 50 to 70 resumes when she advertised a…
City of Vernon takes local man to court over harassment, insults
VERNON – Art Gourley just won't shut up. The 74-year-old Vernon man is well known…
UPDATE: Crews respond to wildfire in Spallumcheen; evacuation alerts issued
SPALLUMCHEEN – Crews continue to battle a wildfire that started in the Spallumcheen area this…
Rain and cooler weather in the forecast for the Okanagan this weekend
OKANAGAN – This weekend may finally offer people a break from the hot and dry…
B.C. Conservation hands out 19 wildfire act tickets over long weekend
People across the province are still not getting the message when it comes to being…
Teen sent to hospital after altercation with 37-year-old in Salmon Arm fast food restaurant
SALMON ARM – A 37-year-old man is in police custody after he got in a…
Building boom in Vernon maturing at just the right time for tenants
VERNON – From luxury retirement resorts to shiny new apartment buildings, a number of large-scale…
How Coldstream does a rainbow crosswalk
COLDSTREAM – Rainbow crosswalks are an international statement that a city is welcoming to alternative…