Tag Archives: Okanagan

A site has been purchased for a new elementary school in Kelowna’s Wilden neighbourhood. The province is providing $1.9 million for the Central Okanagan School District to buy the site, while th...

KAMLOOPS - One good thing this morning is that Environment Canada has ended the heat warning that’s been in effect for the region the past few days. Temperatures are expected to reach the low to...

ASHCROFT, B.C. - After an evacuation alert was announced for Cache Creek earlier Wednesday afternoon (July 14), nearby Ashcroft and the Ashcroft Indian Band have followed suit. At 4:30 p.m. Wednesday,...

The Brenda Creek wildfire is estimated at 480 hectares in the area south of the Okanagan Connector Highway 97-C and northwest of Peachland. That’s slightly lower than the 500 hectare estimate on...

B.C. saw a slight increase in new COVID-19 cases Wednesday. Forty-one (41) cases were reported, up from the 33 on Tuesday and 30 on Monday. Interior Health had 16 of the new cases with 11 in Fraser He...

The B.C. government is boosting resources for the province’s ambulance system in an effort to improve response times, and to improve working conditions for paramedics and dispatchers. Health min...

Interior Health is adding entertainment to an upcoming drop-in vaccine clinic in Kelowna. The agency will host a vaxathon Sunday, July 18, at Kelowna Secondary School for anyone who has not yet had a ...

An evacuation alert has been issued by the Columbia Shuswap Regional District’s Emergency Program Operations Centre for the community of Seymour Arm. The district says a wildfire burning in the ...

Interior Health is reporting 13 new COVID-19 cases, part of the 33 reported by the province on Tuesday. That comes after 30 new infections were announced on Monday. There are 639 active cases in the p...

Now that’s a lot of pizza pies! Senthil Thirugnana, President of Okanagan Marketing Solutions, and his clients, are gathering at the Kelowna Sails at 11 a.m. Thursday (July 15) to kick off the f...