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After 60 years, Syilx Okanagan woman Laurie Wilson is taking her story of alleged abuse to B.C.'s highest court.

Firefighters and their victims are on Parliament Hill today to demand the federal government better support wildfire fighters, warning more will leave the job.

Counting on Sunday did not adjust either the BC NDP's or BC Conservatives' tally in any of the ridings that could affect the outcome of the tightly contested election.

The investigative report titled 'Cursed Waters: Creature of Lake Okanagan' is now available on Amazon Prime. The production company investigates facts behind folklore.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the in-principle agreement will enable officials to update the treaty to ensure continued flood-risk management and co-operation on hydro power.

The province sprays thousands of hectares of B.C. forest with the herbicide glyphosate, and it's causing more harm than good, Stop the Spray BC members said in Peachland.

It will be the 50th year anniversary of when the Peach City first hosted the games and Mayor Julius Bloomfield said that he's delighted to see the games come back under his watch. 

The UBC Okanagan protesters join a growing number of encampments on North American campuses, though the Kelowna version has been more peaceful than many of its counterparts.

The number of students living on campus at Okanagan College in Kelowna will more than double at the start of next fall, due to new developments.

The Okanagan Indian Band this week broke ground on its new elementary school, heralding what officials say will be a new era of inclusive learning in the community.

The plan is designed to maintain, protect and restore an existing but threatened 65-km-long ecological corridor between Okanagan Mountain Park and Kalamalka Lake Provincial Park.

Leonard Marchand has been appointed as the new chief justice of the B.C. and Yukon Courts of Appeal in what the B.C. attorney general calls "a historic appointment."

The Sinixt Confederacy has been seeking to influence the management of natural resources and make claims to government funds in B.C. but there's a rift in those plans already.

A collaborative mural project – one of four in B.C. – designed to bring communities together and spark conversations about hate was recently unveiled in the South Okanagan.

Representatives from the Ktunaxa and Syilx Okanagan nations say they continue to bring up salmon restoration in negotiations for a modern Columbia River Treaty.

For the first time since 1968, the national men’s curling championship will be played in Kelowna, B.C., Curling Canada announced Friday.

From trash taken out of Lower Mainland waters, to treasure attached to Vancouver Island residences, here are five good news stories from the week to share.

The Biden administration recently announced its proposal to retore grizzly bears to the North Cascades Ecosystem.

The blockage prevented salmon from accessing nearly 30 kilometers of spawning and rearing habitat on the Shuswap River.

After not being able to deliver on the original proposal, politicians now plan to seek fresh approval to borrow money for a modified project.