1+ week, 5+ day ago   (258+ words) Published 12:51 pm Tuesday, September 1, 2026 After multiple wildfires sparked in the Okanagan this August, the Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association (TOTA) is launching a new campaign to welcome tourists back to the region. On Tuesday, Sept. 1, TOTA announced its ‘Our Doors Are…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (625+ words) Published 10:58 am Monday, August 31, 2026 Amid preparations to clean up an abandoned camp in the Lumby area, the Okanagan Forest Task Force (OFTF) is urging the province to aid its mission to make the backcountry safer. Ryan Hirschmiller, with OFTF, told…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1217+ words) Published 5:30 am Monday, August 31, 2026 Few North Okanagan criminal trials in recent memory have captured the attention of the public more than the case of Vitali Stefanski. On June 26, a judge and jury found the 49-year-old guilty of fatally stabbing his…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (374+ words) Published 9:40 am Thursday, August 27, 2026 The effects of this year’s wildfire season in British Columbia are easy to see. By the beginning of August, more than 300,000 hectares had burned. Communities have had evacuation alerts and orders. Highways have been shut down....

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (174+ words) Published 11:05 am Monday, August 24, 2026 Kelowna’s electric vehicle (EV) drivers now have two new places to charge up. FortisBC has constructed two new EV charging stations at Rutland Centennial Park and the Okanagan Heritage Museum. “Our charging stations provide quick, convenient…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (583+ words) Published 4:58 pm Friday, August 21, 2026 By Mark Page/Black Press The Pacific Salmon Commission has slashed estimates for this year’s Fraser River Sockeye run by more than 50 per cent. The initial prediction of 7,743,390 sockeye salmon returning to the Fraser River has…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (243+ words) Published 11:03 am Friday, August 21, 2026 While the job to clean-up the remains of a wildfire destroyed resort has been completed, the payment has not, an Edmonton-based demolition company claims. On Friday, Aug. 14, McColman and Sons Demolition Ltd. filed a lawsuit against…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (251+ words) Published 1:15 pm Thursday, August 20, 2026 Less than 72 hours after a couple of videos began widely circulating online showing a woman littering into local waterways, she has now been identified and fined. In the videos, a woman is seen dumping items into…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (592+ words) Published 6:06 am Wednesday, August 19, 2026 Smoky conditions from wildfires across the province continue to linger on Wednesday, Aug. 19. On Wednesday, Aug. 19, Environment Canada issued orange and yellow air quality warnings due to local wildfire smoke. The Coquihalla Highway from Hope to…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (191+ words) Published 4:09 pm Tuesday, August 18, 2026 Life is getting back to normal for people of Peachland. After residents returned to their homes, the services that were suspended due to the Bald Range wildfire have now resumed too. The District of Peachland issued…...