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The new RCMP detachment in Kelowna is now in full operation. The 48-million dollar building at 1190 Richter Street is headquarters for 380 officers and support staff from Kelowna, West Kelowna and Lak...

Armstrong Council will get a final look at the community`s Master Water Plan next month. Council this week had a look at the draft plan from the consultant working on it. Mayor Chris Pieper says it`s ...

Construction on the Okanagan Rail trail is expected to begin this fall. CN Rail has finished all the deconstruction and remediation work along the trail. Andrew Gibbs with the Interjurisdictional Deve...

The O'Keefe Ranch will hold a 150th birthday party today. A celebration will be held from 12 to 2 pm at the site in Spallumcheen. Marketing and special events coordinator Kelly MacIntosh says they are...

A runway improvement project at the Vernon Airport will go ahead this summer using city crews and some contract workers. Mayor Akbal Mund says a tender process for the repaving only drew two bids, the...

Okanagan residents are being encouraged to use water wisely -- even though there currently appears to be way more than normal. Vernon's Akbal Mund joined other valley mayors at a news conference in Ke...

A Vernon residential community has new owners. The Rise has been sold to Vancouver-based Seacliff Properties for 20 million dollars, according to Marshall MacLeod from Colliers International. The deal...

The North Okanagan -Shuswap School District may see more outdoor education classes in the future. Official trustee Mike McKay says the program is gaining ground as children become more engaged with le...

Update 12 pm: Twenty-six provincial firefighters are still working at the scene of a grass fire near Westside Road in West Kelowna. The BC Forest Service says the Blue Grouse Mountain fire is being he...

Both Okanagan Lake and Kalamalka Lake are down again today.. Bruce Smith at the Emergency Operations Centre in Kelowna says the lakes recorded their biggest dips yet. "Okanagan Lake was reported by En...