Tag Archives: Okanagan

Kelowna RCMP closed off a portion of Leon Ave. in the downtown core after a suspicious backpack was reported in the area. Police closed off the area around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 7. People where aske...

Wineries in British Columbia can now sell their products directly to consumers in Alberta. The Direct-to-Consumer program, an inter-provincial agreement allowing B.C. wineries to sell their products d...

Quick actions by local firefighters stopped a fire from spreading throughout an apartment building. Kelowna Fire Department responded to reports of heavy smoke coming from an apartment building in the...

B.C. Assessment released it’s annual residential property assessment report Tuesday, Jan. 2, which shows the values of homes in Vernon declining slightly. The agency that evaluates the worth of ...

A local group has launched a campaign to help youth struggling with or at risk of homelessness. BGC Okanagan has launched its Prevent Youth Homelessness Campaign to help bring youth in from the cold. ...

Police in Kelowna seized drugs and a loaded weapon from a stolen vehicle. On the evening of Wednesday, Dec. 18, Kelowna RCMP’s Proactive Enforcement Unit located a vehicle that was stolen from V...

The province oversaw the planting of more than a quarter of a billion trees over the year. Through the B.C. Government’s reforestation efforts, more than 280-million trees were planted throughou...

The former Hell’s Angles Clubhouse in Kelowna has been sold to the city. The government finalized the sale of the property valued at roughly $1.25-million seized by the Province through the Civi...

Kelowna RCMP have determined the death of a woman this past summer was not criminal in nature. The Serious Crime Unit investigated the death after the body of a 28-year old woman was located in the la...

Environment Canada is warning that heavy snow could fall on the Okanagan Connector, Coquihalla and Trans-Canada. The weather agency issued a Snowfall Warning for the Connector and for Highway 1 betwee...