Tag Archives: Okanagan
Young driver dies after highway crash
A fiery crash on a highway near Salmon Arm claimed the life of one person. RCMP say the incident took place around 7 a.m. on Wednesday, March 13 on Highway 97B just south of 10th Avenue SE in Salmon A...
Mar 15, 2024
Federal funding helps complete Lake to Lake bike network
The final section of Penticton’s Lake to Lake bike route will be developed thanks in part to federal funding. The federal government has committed $840,000 from the Active Transportation Fund, a...
Mar 15, 2024
New projects planned as district approves budget
The Regional District of Central Okanagan has approved its 2024 operating budget which totals $65.6 million, up 6.7 per cent from 2023. RDCO staff said approximately half of the increase was required ...
Mar 14, 2024
Province looks to penalize companies who’s products cause harm to others
The B.C. government is taking action to recover the costs of public-health harms caused by wrongdoers. The province announced the Public Health Accountability and Cost Recovery Act that would allow th...
Mar 14, 2024
Okanagan city offers free transit to young people
Penticton has launched a pilot program making transit services free to everyone younger than 24. The city says the program is the first of its kind in B.C., where people under 24 will receive free tra...
Mar 14, 2024
Enderby’s bid for Hockeyville title gets assist from past winner
The leader of Lumby’s succesful Kraft Hockeyville effort in 2016 has thrown support behind Enderby’s bid for the title this year. Angie Clowry has posted a video on social media, asking fo...
Mar 14, 2024
Winter tires still required in Okanagan despite warming weather
Though spring weather is in the forecast, winter tires are still required on Okanagan highways. The advocacy group Road Safety at Work reminds motorists that B.C. law requires winter tires or chains o...
Mar 13, 2024
B.C. vineyards, orchards get help to replant for changing climate
The B.C. government has announced a new enhanced replant program to help grape and tree fruit growers make their farms and orchards more resilient to climate change. Premier David Eby said the program...
Mar 13, 2024
Boil water advisory issued by district
A portion of Lake Country is under a boil water notice. It covers all customers on the Beaver Lake water source, and it follows a planned system outage on Tuesday, March 12. The notice will remain in ...
Mar 13, 2024
Cannabis store penalized for selling to minor
A licenced cannabis store in Kelowna has been ordered closed for a week after selling to a youth. It happened when a minor, working undercover with an inspector, was sold Pink Lemonade Gummies at Prim...
Mar 13, 2024