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Canada's 'exceptional' drought hints at future climate, need for action: experts
Canada must prepare for more seasons marked by severe drought, experts say as this summer's bone-dry conditions tormented farmers, strained municipal water supply and fuelled one of the worst wildfire...
Aug 20, 2025
B.C.'s veterinary college says it risks insolvency in 2026 if fees don't increase
Veterinarians in British Columbia have until the end of the month to vote on increasing fees they pay to work in the province, a move their regulatory body says is needed to prevent it becoming insolv...
Aug 20, 2025
Need for speed: RCMP catch Civic flying past cars
It's been a busy year for speeders in Kelowna.Earlier this month, RCMP impounded a white Honda Civic caught doing 218 kilometers and hour in a 70 zone along Highway 97. The car was flashing its lights...
Aug 20, 2025
Classic Corvettes roll into Kelowna for milestone anniversary event
Traffic disruptions are expected in downtown Kelowna on Saturday as the BC Corvette Club hosts its 60th Anniversary Show and Shine. The event runs from 10 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. on Water Street between ...
Aug 20, 2025
Staff, program cuts at OK College, leadership questioned
Okanagan College is cutting more staff ahead of the fall semester due to a projected loss of 600-700 international students. It's a situation that has the faculty association questioning the leadershi...
Aug 20, 2025
Western Canada's Original 48 Hour Film Project returns to Vernon
Filmmakers will have a chance to flex their creative muscles with the return of a film project competition.The 48 Hour Film Project will return to the Okanagan, where Western Canada's orignal 48 Hour ...
Aug 20, 2025
Canada seeks meeting to address China's WTO complaint over steel tariffs
OTTAWA - Canada is defending its steel tariffs against China after Beijing lodged a complaint last week at the World Trade Organization. Beijing is taking issue with Canada's 25 per cent surtax on imp...
Aug 20, 2025
Judge denies Justice Department request to unseal Epstein grand jury transcripts
NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge in New York who presided over the sex trafficking case against the late financier Jeffrey Epstein has rejected the government's request to unseal grand jury transcripts...
Aug 20, 2025
Police seek witnesses in Coldstream brush fire case
A brush fire that broke out in a Coldstream neighbourhood in-late July is considered suspicious, and police are asking witnesses to come forward.Vernon North Okanagan RCMP say a fire broke out in a wo...
Aug 20, 2025
West Kelowna MLA renews call for second bridge crossing
Growing traffic congestion in the Central Okanagan, specifically in West Kelowna is renewing calls for a second bridge over Okanagan Lake and long-promised upgrades to Highway 97.West Kelowna-Peachlan...
Aug 20, 2025
