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The Grist Mill in Keremeos reopens this weekend for the summer tourist season. In front of the mill Saturday is operator and manager Chris Mathieson.

Some Okanagan College professors and students are helping local people who want to reach for the stars.

For nearly a decade, the Okanagan Nation Alliance has been working with the federal and provincial governments on a successful program to reintroduce salmon into Skaha Lake.

Knox Mountain Park is buzzing this weekend, thanks to the Knox Mountain Hill Climb.

Dead people can no longer be named Citizen of the Year in Peachland.

British Columbia should follow the lead of Ontario and help pay for the cost of some infertility treatments, says the founder of a support group.

Brady Leguillouz, 10, in Grade 4 at Black Mountain Elementary School, plays the part of Capt. James Cook as he holds a model ship with his project about Capt. James Cook during the Okanagan Regional Heritage Fair Friday at the Laurel Packinghouse in Kelowna. Fifty-four students in grades 4 to 9 from Kelowna and Vernon area schools presented the best projects from their schools emphasizing Canadian history or heritage. Winners will go to the provincial fair in Victoria this summer.

To mark Victoria Day, City Hall in Kelowna will be closed Monday.

A typical tankful of gas at a Washington state service station costs $15 less than an equivalent fill-up in the Okanagan, a new study says.