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Update: 6:45 pm It was called in as a structure fire -- but fortunately, it didn't spread to the nearby home. A Ford Aerostar van ignited next to a house on French Road in the BX around 5 pm Wednesday...

North Okanagan RespectFEST 2017 is now taking free registrations for workshops in August and early September. The event celebrating respect and diversity, takes place September 18-24 at various venues...

Floods and fires have been costly this year in Lake Country. Mayor James Baker says the District's share of flood damage in the spring -- and the Okanagan Centre fire last month -- will be $338,000. "...

The City of Vernon is looking to create more parkland in the Foothills Neighborhood. The City, working with Foothills Development Ltd, has started a zoning boundary adjustment in the Foothills Neighbo...

It's now officially BC's worst fire season on record. The BC Wildfire Service says the more than one thousand fires this season have charred an estimated 894,000 hectares, breaking the previous BC rec...

A lawyer who has served as a crown counsel in Vernon has been appointed a Provincial Court Judge. Mariane Ruth Armstrong has worked as Crown counsel for the Criminal Justice Branch in Salmon Arm and V...

Lumby Council has give three readings to a bylaw that will prevent people from feeding resident deer. The issue came to light this summer when complaints came in about some people feeding deer. Mayor ...

Coldstream Council has given approval to Committee of the Whole recommendations to determine how to improve Kalavista Lagoon. Mayor Jim Garlick says the options are turning the area into a natural hab...

The City of Armstrong is moving ahead with plans to try to avoid flooding next spring like it saw this year. Mayor Chris Pieper says the city has learned of some potential grant applications it can ma...

A small wildfire in the Naramata area is now in the mop up stage. Naramata Fire Chief Tony Trovao says they got called about midnight to a logging road about 2 kilometres off the Kettle Valley Railway...