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Contractors and companies were issued fines for several WorkSafeBC violations over the summer months in the North and Central Okanagan.WorkSafeBC said in its fall report that it issued penalties relat...

Kelowna council has eased restrictions on short-term rentals after the city's vacancy rate climbed above five per cent.The higher vacancy rate means Kelowna now qualifies for a partial exemption under...

The B.C. Wildfire Service and Shuswap Trail Alliance are undertaking a fire fuel management project that will see smoke in the air for the coming days.The agencies have constructed 30 piles of wood an...

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will visit Kelowna next week to outline his response to the federal budget tabled by the Carney government.Poilievre is scheduled to speak at a Kelowna Chamber of ...

A new "Wine Village" could soon join Kelowna's tourism scene near McKinley Village. City council is considering a zoning amendment to allow for the development on Hilltown Drive in McKinley. The propo...

The skatepark at Polson Park was closed overnight Friday and most of Saturday for what turned out to be false bomb scare.Vernon North Okanagan RCMP responded to the skatepark for a report of a suspici...

Construction of the Shuswap North Okanagan Rail Trail can move ahead with the next phase. The Regional District of North Okanagan, Columbia Shuswap Regional District, and Splatsin First Nation said th...

The Okanagan Indian Band has called for a mining operation proposed for the area to be canceled, which has garnered support from the major First Nation political organization.The Okanagan Indian Band ...

Vernon and area residents may notice some smoke in the air from wildfire prevention efforts.The B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS) said it had compiled four piles of wood debris to burn at the Bailey Road S...

Vernon did not see any lives lost to illicit toxic substances in September.That's according to the B.C. Coroners Service, which reported 158 suspected unregulated drug deaths across the province durin...