Tag Archives: Okanagan

Clocks spring forward one hour this weekend, and motorists are reminded to be prepared for the time change. The Road Safety at Work advocacy group said Daylight Savings Time taking effect Sunday, Marc...

There were no injuries but several people lost their homes to a fire just outside Kelowna’s downtown core. Kelowna Fire Department responded to a structure fire in the 1000-block of Bernard Aven...

Bin Xie’s children typically spend spring break at ski camps but, after unseasonably warm and unpredictable weather upended much of this year’s ski season, his family decided to rent an RV...

British Columbia has established minimum nurse-to-patient ratios for a range of different hospital settings and is investing $237 million to ensure they are met. They include a minimum of one nurse fo...

UPDATE 3 p.m. RCMP responded to an incident on Gillard Creek Forest Service Road Friday morning, and shortly after, officers responded to a related incident on Gibson Road. Based on the nature of inci...

Two former stars from the NHL, along with a former NHL official from Vernon, are among the Class of 2024 for the British Columbia Hockey Hall of fame. Shea Weber, Carey Price, Tom Kowal (officials cat...

B.C. Wildfire crews will be overseeing a prescribed burn near Kelowna early next month. The Wildfire Service (BCWS) said it would be working with the Westbank First Nation to conduct a cultural and pr...

Two area highway alerts have been lifted. Environment Canada’s Winter Storm Warnings for the Coquihalla Highway between Merritt and Hope, and the Trans-Canada from Eagle to Rogers Pass, were lif...

Mounties say four people were taken to hospital in critical condition following a crash on Highway 33 east of Kelowna. RCMP say two vehicles collided head on on the highway on the west side of Garner ...

A man in Kelowna says he was stunned when he found out about taking home a lottery prize. Roderick Reid won $160,189 after matching five numbers in the Jan. 27 Lotto 6/49 draw. Reid told the B.C. Lott...