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In West Kelowna, first responders from local fire halls, police, ambulance crews, BC wildland firefighters, and emergency support services were thanked for their efforts during last summer’s destructive McDougall Creek wildfire.

A group of citizens concerned about pesticide spraying in West Kelowna want an audience with elected officials.

With persisting dry conditions in the Okanagan, a resource company owned by the Westbank First Nation has committed to years of fire mitigation work. As Victoria Femia reports, the work is already ten years in – and it’s expected to create a long-term strategy to reduce the risk of wildfires.

West Kelowna City Council has taken steps to protect its resort zones within the community from new provincial short-term rental rules. A higher-than-average rental vacancy rate is allowing the city to opt-out. As our Taya Fast reports some advocates believe all communities should have the opportunity to do the same when it comes to short-term...

First responders of the McDougall Creek wildfire are honoured in West Kelowna, the search for a missing senior in Lake Country intensifies, and Vaisakhi is celebrated in Kelowna.

The Penticton Vees and the West Kelowna Warriors were both successful in game two of their BCHL Interior Divisional Semi Final match ups Saturday. Travis Lowe has the highlights. 

South Okanagan emergency crews prepare for interface fires, a couple from France is cycling across Canada for a good cause, and it was tree pick-up day in West Kelowna.

A group of West Kelowna citizens is concerned about pesticide use, a donor-funded program at Kelowna General Hospital could save lives, and the Kelowna Rockets move on to their second WHL playoff series.

The Air Cadets of 909 Peregrine Royal Canadian Squadron in West Kelowna are looking for new members to join. It’s a program that offers training in a variety of areas including aviation and marksmanship. Victoria Femia reports.

A West Kelowna man says he was sitting in his parked SUV in downtown Kelowna when a stranger carrying a piece of lumber began attacking his vehicle. Police eventually arrested the suspect three blocks from the scene.

Three tenants are out of their home after a house fire in Penticton, long weekend travel is underway and conditions can be unpredictable, and a West Kelowna man wants Air Canada to change its pet policy.

A frequent West Kelowna flyer is pushing for Air Canada to change its pet policy after the airline told him he couldn’t fly with his small dog, even with the proper carrier. As Victoria Femia reports – the traveler says Air Canada is inconsistent with its policy, as he was able to get on other...

The search for a missing 23-year-old West Kelowna man is underway in the Scott Crescent area. He was last seen four days ago and since then there hasn’t been a single lead. As Victoria Femia reports, the family is now making a public appeal for help.

Long-term fire mitigation work continues in West Kelowna, North Shuswap wineries are facing challenges, and the emergency department at the South Okanagan General hospital is facing another temporary closure this weekend.

Code Grey declared at Penticton Regional Hospital, the man confronted by an anti-Covid lockdown activist reacts to his not guilty verdict, and West Kelowna gets the go-ahead from taxpayers to borrow money for a new fire hall.

The owner of a contracting company in Kelowna says he’s slowly starting to see more residents begin the process of rebuilding, after losing their homes to wildfires last summer. As Jayden Wasney reports, the regional district and the City of West Kelowna are preparing for an influx of building-permit applications.

A Kelowna man is being mourned by family and friends after being killed in an avalanche in Alberta over the weekend; a fire that started in a hedge in West Kelowna spread to a nearby home before being put out by firefighters on Wednesday; wine growers from across the nation gathered in the Okanagan for...

Canada’s 18th Prime Minister, Brian Mulroney, dies at 84, West Kelowna opts out of the province’s short-term rental rules, and an Okanagan family is looking to the community to help them buy a specialized van for their disabled daughter’s needs.

The search resumes for a missing Kelowna senior, the Peachland Watershed Protection Alliance holds a cleanup, and WestJet travelers could be facing turbulence.

This weekend is the BCHL’s 61st All-Star Weekend in Pentiction and all week long ahead of the marquee event we are checking in with Valley’s four franchises. Tonight in the second of our four-part series we head to West Kelowna where the Warriors are 22- 7 -5 and 0. With 49 points overall, the Warriors...