Tag Archives: Okanagan

The BC United Party is calling for the B.C. government to take immediate steps to help the province’s hard-hit wine industry. Leader Kevin Falcon said in addition to the recent cold weather that...

Police in the Central Okanagan have arrested a man in connection with a series of suspicious fires. Summerland RCMP say 49-year-old Gerrid Perret of Penticton has been arrested following an investigat...

B.C.’s police oversight body has launched an investigation into an incident in Kelowna where one man died. The Independent Investigations Office of B.C.(IIO) reported the Kelowna RCMP stated an ...

Motorists using Highway 97 between Kelowna and Penticton should be prepared for more delays at the former slide site north of Summerland. The road contractor, AIM Roads, has announced there will be 15...

Alberta’s liquor wholesaler has put a ban on certain B.C. wine sales in the province, which an Okanagan MLA says could negatively impact B.C.’s wine sector. “Recently, Alberta has ta...

A fire led to the evacuation of a Kelowna apartment building early Monday morning. The Kelowna Fire Department said around 3 a.m., firefighters responded to alarms at an apartment complex in the 1900 ...

Canada’s weather forecasting rodents all seemed to agree that we can look forward to an early spring. As part of Groundhog Day, Ontario’s Wiarton Willie, Nova Scotia’s Shubenacadie S...

Crews have begun work to prepare the property at 2470 Hwy 97 North for the Trailside Transitional Housing project. Prefabricated modular buildings will provide temporary homes for up to 60 individuals...

Regular RCMP officers and the South East District Emergency Response Team responded to an incident outside a business in the 300-block of Highway 33 of Kelowna Thursday morning (Feb. 1). Mounties say ...

The Kelowna Fire Department has promoted from within for the city’s new fire chief. Dwight Seymour will replace Travis Whiting, who is moving to Whitehorse to be fire chief. Seymour joined the K...