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The result paves the way for the community of roughly 2,700 to become a district municipality with its own mayor and council.

The national leader of the Royal Canadian Legion has apologized for the actions of its branch in Cranbrook, B.C., for a joke it published about murdering two "Indians."

The fire is currently listed at 2,000 hectares, but BC Wildfire says smoky skies have prevented aerial crews from getting a true read on how big the blaze is.

From winning lottery tickets to a B.C. woman receiving Canada’s first bachelor’s degree of Indigenous language fluency, here are five good news stories from the week to share.

The Chief of the Lower Similkameen Indian Band confirmed that a church in the small community of Hedley burned, as did one in the border community of Chopaka.

RCMP arrested Marcus Sheena, one of the province's Most Wanted, Tuesday afternoon near Oliver.

One man is dead after a fatal collision between a vehicle and a scooter in the South Okanagan.

The B.C. government is providing almost $9 million to help 89 local governments and First Nations conduct wildfire mitigation work.

FortisBC now owns and operates 23 stations across 14 communities in the southern interior, and there are 16 more stations under construction.

Louie was re-elected to his 14th term as Osoyoos Indian Band Chief, a position he was first elected to in 1984.

A Kelowna filmmaker is hoping to gain some recognition on an international scale.

It's been a year since the first sod turn, and since then, 100,000 hours of work have already been put into building Okanagan's first prison.

The prosecutor calls Penz a danger to everyone on the roads, saying he has a cavalier indifference to driving laws.

NDP Leader Adrian Dix has reminded residents in Penticton, B.C., they waited ten years for the Liberals to realize the south Okanagan's regional hospital is desperately run down and overcrowded.

Wildfire season has come early this year in B.C. and crews are battling to contain multiple blazes.

KELOWNA, B.C. – Smoke rising from near the Kelowna landfill on Glenmore Road may be a concern to on-lookers, but it’s part of a controlled burn on nearby property. A private property owner is conducting a permitted burn, which is allowed today because of good venting in Kelowna. While workers at the landfill called in...

OLIVER — There are upwards of 400 up for grabs in the south Okanagan and on Wednesday, job seekers got a chance to learn about some of those opportunities at a job fair in Oliver. Brandon Kirs recently returned back to the Okanagan says the job fair is giving him hope that he will find...

More than 200 properties were ordered to either evacuate immediately or be on alert after the blaze broke out on the Osoyoos Indian Band Reserve.

Penticton residents have voted against a proposed correctional centre in an opinion poll held by the city.

The Band hopes the hub will attract a new wave of commercial, light industrial and institutional businesses to the region.