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The Harris Creek wildfire southeast of Lumby continues to burn out of control with increased fire activity. Rosalie MacAulay with the BC Wildfire Service says 31 firefighters backed by 8 helicopters w...

Update: 9 am Aug 10: Brenden Ross Cooper has been charged with one count of robbery and has been remanded in custody until a bail hearing August 16. Update: 11:35 AM Aug 9/18 A 37 year man is in custo...

Renee Wasylyk will seek the Conservative Party nomination in the federal riding of Kelowna Lake Country. Wasylyk has built the Kelowna-based land and real estate development company called The Troika ...

Housing starts in Vernon continue to run ahead of last year at this time. Canada Mortgage And Housing Corporation says there were 60 starts in July compared with 31 in July. Twenty-Seven of those were...

Picture: Courtesy Sarah Anderson You may have seen some of Vernon's homeless the past few days pulling red wagons instead of pushing shopping carts. Those are courtesy of Sarah Anderson of Armstrong w...

A giant pile of logs is capturing the interest of visitors at Kelowna International Airport. The logs are actually part of a 3-D, 25 foot-long photographic installation entitled Okanagan Log Pile by K...

Vernon Fire Rescue has released details about what caused the Village Green Mall to be evacuated Tuesday afternoon. Fire chief David Lind says someone activated a pull station in the Canadian Tire sto...

A cyclist injured in a collision with a vehicle in Kelowna Tuesday has died of his injuries. The 58-year-old Kelowna man -- who was not believed to be wearing a helmet -- was hit by a pickup truck at ...

BC's wildfire season started a bit later than normal -- but it hasn't taken long to heat up. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth says there's been more fires this year, but they are not as large as ...

A Spallumcheen councillor says he will continue to gauge the interest in an idea to amalgamate Armstrong and Spallumcheen. Ed Hanoski was looking to get the issue on the ballot for this fall's electio...