5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (106+ words) Castanet One injured, homes damaged in blaze at West Kelowna mobile home park Shed fire damages homes One person suffered minor burns after a shed caught fire on Sunday night between mobile homes in West Kelowna. West Kelowna Fire Rescue…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (495+ words) A woman who was convicted of a 2023 stabbing in Grand Forks is suing the BC government after she injured herself by falling off a wall while incarcerated at the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital for a court-ordered assessment. Raven Chan was arrested…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (128+ words) Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says the province is mourning a Cape Breton Island woman who died during widespread flooding across the region. RCMP say they received a report of a missing 46-year-old woman from Cleveland, N.S., on Saturday morning. The…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (827+ words) When the Boucher family finally returned home to Summerland after being evacuated, they expected to do some cleanup due to wildfire smoke and spoiled food. What they didn't expect was to see their entire home searched through and dozens of…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (634+ words) The Summerland area evacuation Reception Centre in Penticton will be closing by the end of the week, according to the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen. In a 2 p.m. update, the RDOS said recovery efforts are still well underway. As of Friday at…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1747+ words) Another B.C. Conservative legislator has quit the opposition caucus, with Rosalyn Bird becoming the third this month to exit the party headed by new leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay. Bird says in a statement published by the CBC and others that she will…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (594+ words) Firefighters have made progress on a stubborn structure fire in Okanagan Falls. Fred Dobransky with the Okanagan Falls Volunteer Fire Department said the house fire was mostly knocked down and crews were about to start looking for remaining hot spots....

3+ week, 16+ hour ago   (833+ words) The Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen Emergency Operations Centre said they are continuing to coordinate safe resident reentry with provincial agencies. During a live-streamed Saturday morning update, the RDOS' Erick Thompson said they are getting residents access to their properties…...

3+ week, 22+ hour ago   (1725+ words) A Nanaimo RCMP officer has pleaded guilty to a breach of trust for having sex with a vulnerable woman while off-duty in July 2024. Const. Mark Tyler Hilland, 47, entered the plea in B.C. provincial court on Aug. 13 and will be sentenced at…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (461+ words) Garnet Valley Road north of Wildhorse Road, the remaining holdout of evacuation orders in Summerland, has been downgraded to an evacuation alert. In addition, 23000 Gallaugher Street in Electoral Area F has been the first of those under order in that…...