Okanagan Latest News

• ‘We’re being held hostage’: B.C. residents protest ongoing inland ferry strike

  On Friday, a B.C. Labour Relations Board ruling permitted an expansion of the strike that has already limited sailings on the major Kootenay Lake routes.

  Politics

  Jan 1
• What can we learn about avian flu as more details released of B.C. teen’s case?

  The teen became the first critically ill pediatric patient with avian influenza in North America and information was published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine.

  Health

  Jan 1
• Canadians take the polar bear plunge to ring in 2025: ‘A little bit crazy’

  Strong winds and almost freezing temperatures didn't deter thousands of brave souls from jumping into icy cold water for across Canada in a New Year's Day tradition.

  Canada

  Jan 1
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• Thousands participate in Polar Bear Swims around B.C.

  The New Year's Polar Bear Plunge in White Rock, B.C., drew a crowd estimated at between 2,000 and 3,000 people. This year marked the 55th anniversary of the event.

  Lifestyle

  Jan 1
• It’s a boy! B.C.’s first baby of 2025 born in Kamloops hospital

  B.C.'s first baby of 2025 was born at Inland Hospital in Kamloops. Baby Emerson is the first child born to his parents and came into the world at 12:02 a.m.

  Canada

  Jan 1
• What will cost British Columbians more in 2025?

  The cost of living is slated to go up in a number of ways in 2025 in B.C., though there are a few silver linings for your pocketbook.

  Consumer

  Jan 1
• B.C. teen no longer critical with avian flu, has been taken off oxygen

  According to the case summary, the patient was a 13-year-old girl with a history of mild asthma who first reported to a hospital on Nov. 4.

  Health

  Dec 31, 2024
• B.C. homeowners can now check their 2025 property assessments

  BC Assessment is slated to release its annual breakdown of B.C. property values and trends on Jan. 2.

  Consumer

  Dec 31, 2024
• Surfing sea otter prompts warning in B.C.

  A sea otter has been seen clambering onto a surfboard and following surfers off Vancouver Island, prompting reminders from Fisheries and Oceans Canada to avoid close interactions with the mammals.

  Entertainment

  Dec 31, 2024
• B.C. woman arrested after ‘ghost gun’ found in car

  Police say a woman in northeastern B.C. who told an officer she couldn't remember her name during a traffic stop has been arrested after a "ghost gun" was found in her vehicle.

  Crime

  Dec 31, 2024
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• B.C. has a new favourite boy name as Noah knocked off top spot

  As of Monday, Dec. 16, 38,103 babies were registered as born in B.C. in 2024, according to the Vital Statistics Agency. Only names that occured five or more times are listed.

  Canada

  Dec 31, 2024
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• B.C.’s house-flipping tax goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2025

  That percentage drops to 10 per cent after 18 months and then down to zero after the person has owned the property for more than two years.

  Economy

  Dec 31, 2024
• Global BC’s most-watched and shared videos of 2024

  Global BC took a look at the top 10 videos of 2024. These are the clips that surprised, delighted and shocked audiences across B.C. and Canada.

  Trending

  Dec 31, 2024
• Tiny towns in B.C.’s southeast fear being cut off by inland ferry strike

  A sense of panic is growing in tiny communities around Kootenay Lake over fears they will be cut off from their neighbours and jobs by an escalating ferry service labour dispute.

  Dec 30, 2024
• WATCH: Global Okanagan News at 5:30 p.m. – Dec. 30, 2024

  Watch the online news edition of Global Okanagan at 5:30 p.m.

  Canada

  Dec 30, 2024
• Dozens of B.C. sexual health clinics could close without funding boost, group warns

  Options for Sexual Health says its funding hasn't kept up with inflation and without a significant boost it could be forced to close dozens of clinics across British Columbia.

  Health

  Dec 30, 2024
• Witnesses sought after burning object left outside Penticton RCMP detachment

  RCMP said someone set fire to an item outside the Penticton detachment shortly before 5:30 p.m. on Christmas Day.

  Crime

  Dec 30, 2024
• Five new cellular towers expand coverage on B.C.’s Highway of Tears

  Rogers says it has activated five new cellular towers along B.C.'s Highway of Tears, marking the "substantial completion" of efforts to improve access to 911 services on the route.

  Canada

  Dec 30, 2024
• McDonald’s was closed, and other inappropriate B.C. 911 calls in 2024

  E-Comm says it handles about 2 million calls a year but not all of them qualify as emergencies.

  Crime

  Dec 30, 2024
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• Man charged in attack on nurse at Eagle Ridge Hospital

  A man has been charged with allegedly assaulting a nurse at a Metro Vancouver hospital in an incident police say left her seriously injured last month.

  Crime

  Dec 30, 2024
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• Online child exploitation almost quadrupled in B.C. from 2021 to 2023

  Online predators are becoming increasingly resourceful in trolling media platforms where children gravitate, prompting an explosion in police caseloads, according to officials.

  Canada

  Dec 29, 2024
• Possible explosion rocks Metro Vancouver strip mall

  Multiple business owners could only look on as fire crews responded to a possible explosion that rocked a strip mall in Coquitlam, B.C., Sunday morning.

  Fire

  Dec 29, 2024
• Cheeky seals, whales, lucky dogs and playful bears: B.C.’s top animal stories of 2024

  B.C. is known for its varied and teeming wildlife and the animals and pets that call our province home continue to make the news throughout the year.

  Canada

  Dec 29, 2024
• North Okanagan family fundraises to send son, support worker on school trip

  "We live in a country where everyone should feel supported, we talk a lot about that inclusion and support but I don't see it happening the way that it's talked about."

  Lifestyle

  Dec 28, 2024
• Narcan raccoons, dirty diapers and stuffed animals: 12 of B.C.’s weirdest stories this year

  From a home with walls packed with stuffed animals to thousands of pounds of diapers dumped in the woods, here are a few offbeat B.C. stories that caught our eye in 2024.

  Trending

  Dec 28, 2024