More of Kelowna’s tallest building, the 36-storey One Water Street project now under construction, was visible in its lake reflection than on the skyline Tuesday morning. Gloomy weather is forecast for most of the next few days, with high temperatures around 4 C.
If you’re exempt from the speculation and vacancy tax, you’ll have to declare so again this year using the package that will come in the mail from the provincial government.
Okanagan flu season is peaking and could peak again as a trifecta of viruses takes its toll.
Treated sewage from Vernon’s waste-water plant will be released into Okanagan Lake beginning next month.
The company that built two airport hotels in Kelowna wants permission for a third.
A couple who sold a West Kelowna house without disclosing serious flooding problems have been ordered to pay the buyers $168,000.
A nine-storey, seniors-oriented wood building proposed for Benvoulin Road would be double what current height limits for the site allow.
Six new homes are planned for a Rutland lot that currently has one house.
The construction of almost 150 new Kelowna homes will be aided by a city scheme to waive some building costs.
A five-storey, 24-suite housing project is planned for Hein Road in Rutland.
A man in his 60s was arrested following an attempted robbery in Vernon last Thursday.
Fourteen Mexican farmhands will be housed on a Rutland cherry and apple orchard.
A petition calling for barriers on the median of Highway 97 between Peachland and Summerland passed its 15,000-signature target on Monday.
A dinner theatre is among the possible tenants for a new development in Kelowna’s downtown industrial district.
The 60-year-old Vernon Winter Carnival has a theme this year that celebrates, appropriately enough, the 1960s.
A government-owned pot shop is planned for the Willow Park mall in Rutland.
Climate change is the topic of a public event set for Feb. 26 at UBC Okanagan.
Local students who have a way with words can help raise funds for Habitat for Humanity Okanagan.
A seven-day cold snap ended Sunday afternoon in Kelowna.
Water quality in a rare Rutland wetland is to be improved by a new City of Kelowna project.
Computer programs that mimic human speech will be used more frequently by the City of Kelowna to engage with taxpayers.
When you are known far and wide as a downhill ski and snowboard resort, it can be a challenge to convince non-skiers and non-boarders that there are many other outdoor and indoor activities at the skihill.
The Big Chill slammed the Okanagan — and rest of B.C. — this week with Interior mountain temperatures in the –25 C range.
Covert Farms Family Estate in Oliver has carved a remarkable niche crafting award-winning organic wines.
An Air Canada flight leaving Kelowna had to turn around Friday morning and come back due to an issue with its landing gear.
Builders of three Kelowna housing projects should get a partial break on fees paid to the city, council will hear Monday.
A five-storey residential project near Kelowna General Hospital should include some live-work units, city council will hear Monday.
Construction is underway on Lake Country’s new middle school.
A 33-year-old Kelowna man is facing nine charges after a police investigation into a series of break-ins and vehicle thefts.
Kelowna businessman Trent Kitsch hopes to win approval to build a new winery on a farm he’s converting to a vineyard.
Columbia-area residents in Penticton may soon have a liquor store within walking distance.
There’s new blood on the board of the Protect Penticton Parks Society.
Main Street through Penticton will be a mess this spring.
Education Minister Rob Fleming will spend Monday in the South Okanagan, The Okanagan Weekend has learned.
Snowy streets are hampering residential garbage pickup throughout parts of the South Okanagan-Similkameen — but not school buses.
OLIVER — Health care in the region has taken another step forward with the opening of South Okanagan General Hospital’s newly renovated emergency department.
By the time you read this, Carol Taylor will be dead.
Three young men escaped a possible frigid night outdoors or worse Sunday when a group of snowmobilers rescued them after their truck got stuck in the snow on Bear Lake Main Road on the Westside.
Replacing the Gellatly Road Bridge over Powers Creek will take three months, the City of West Kelowna said on Thursday.
It was being a role model for her children that motivated Katie Reynders to return to school as a mature student. She wanted to show them it’s never too late to follow your dreams.
Roman Ammann heads off today on a mountain ski holiday.
Fresh snow made it easy for police to track a robber who fled from a Vernon home after being confronted by the homeowner.
A derelict, city-owned waterfront home was destroyed by fire Wednesday evening.
An emergency shelter for West Kelowna’s homeless population will open by the end of January.
The widening of Highway 97 through Peachland or construction of a bypass is at least two decades away, town council heard this week.
The BC Wildlife Health Program is asking for help assessing the effects of winter ticks on the province’s moose population as part of its annual surveillance program.
A number of icy phone calls have left AIMRoads employees frostbitten as snow continues to hammer the South Okanagan.
Members of the Oliver Fire Department have just completed their busiest year ever.
A rash of break-ins is of concern to highrise and townhome dwellers along Sunset Drive in downtown Kelowna.
Besides chattering teeth and rosy cheeks, the current cold snap has also brought an interesting phenomenon to the Penticton waterfront.
Bella, Charlie, Molly, Daisy and Max are the top dogs in the Central Okanagan.
Beamer Wigley of Kelowna released a new single in December, “Crazy Being Crazy.” The video co-stars Summerland actress Tiana Ferlizza. Wigley grew up in Penticton where he honed his skills with Soundstage Productions.
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