A pandemic-related request to expand a boat inspection program aimed at stopping invasive mussels at B.C.'s borders has been rejected by the provincial government.

People in the Central Okanagan who are experiencing financial distress could soon get help from a 'rent bank'.

An online petition asking the provincial government to buy a 234-acre property in the North Okanagan had more than 12,000 signatures as of Tuesday.

The first Westbank Farmers’ Market of the 2020 season went ahead in the Westridge Shopping Centre parking lot Saturday morning and both vendors and shoppers were happy to be back.

People who don't have a family doctor can now see a doctor virtually in a Shoppers Drug Mart store.

Okanagan College will not follow the example of its Victoria counterpart and close its continuing education department.

A man who assaulted people on a Kalamalka Lake pier then threatened police was taken down by a Taser.

The release of long pent-up demand has propelled Kelowna's first ride-hailing service to great success in its first few days of operation, company officials say.

A Kelowna judge must decide whether Tejwant Danjou, found by police covered in blood in a dumpster after his wife was bludgeoned to death, is a murderer or an accidental killer.

A former police officer turned high-tech entrepreneur and philanthropist has been named Kelowna's Citizen of the Year.

Okanagan Regional Library branches will slowly reopen their doors to customers.

The behaviour of a Kelowna police officer during the arrest of a distressed university student under the Mental Health Act is of "deep concern" to the region's top Mountie.

A 73-year-old Vernon-area man who went paddle boarding on Tuesday hasn't been seen since.

No parade, no birthday cake, no concert, no fireworks?

Advocates of a skatepark in the Lower Mission are more than halfway toward their goal of collecting 5,000 names on an online petition to support their cause.

A soggy month for the Okanagan ended with a real drenching in Vernon.

The first-ever staging of a blood donor clinic in Peachland is going ahead today with workers wearing some colorfully appropriate masks.

The driver of a car that plunged down an embankment was hoisted to safety by West Kelowna firefighters.

Almost 350,000 people had signed an online petition as of Canada Day morning that calls for a Kelowna RCMP officer to be fired and charged with assault for the way she responded to a report of a woman in possible distress.

One of the last remaining farms in the West Kelowna neighbourhood of Glenrosa will not be opened for residential development.

Thousands of people living in long-term care and assisted living facilities in greater Kelowna will soon be able to receive visitors.

Two-thirds of Okanagan fruit growers intend to lower their production this year because of uncertainties and risks associated with COVID-19, a survey has found.

Showing your Canadian patriotism in Peachland tomorrow will give you a real shot in the arm - literally.

A 14-storey housing and commercial development is proposed for the South Pandosy neighbourhood just north of Boyce-Gyro Beach Park.

The pedestrianization of Bernard Avenue is a welcome step to helping downtown businesses recover from the financial effects of COVID-19, some Kelowna merchants and shoppers said Monday.

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The chairwoman of the Central Okanagan school board admits she’s acted in ways that would be considered racist today.