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Highway 1 from Yale to Boston Bar still closed due to Ainslie Creek fire
11+ hour, 43+ min ago (286+ words) Published 4:03 pm Sunday, August 23, 2026 Highway 1 remains closed from Toll Road (Yale) to just south of Boston Bar due to the Ainslie Creek wildfire, which is still listed as out of control and was estimated at 67,707 hectares as of Sunday morning…...
Proposed medical service building gets thumbs up from Kelowna council
11+ hour, 33+ min ago (402+ words) Published 4:16 pm Sunday, August 23, 2026 Kelowna council voted unanimously in favour of issuing a development permit to the planned building at 1896 Dayton St., to be built by the Kelowna-based Stober Group. Currently, the area of the proposed development is home to…...
UPDATE: BCWS working on response to three Central Okanagan spot fires
14+ hour, 40+ min ago (279+ words) Published 1:11 pm Sunday, August 23, 2026 BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) are responding to three wildfires in the Central Okanagan caused by lightning yesterday. Incident management teams working on the Bald Range wildfire near Summerland are working with other BCWS teams on tackling…...
Tom Groat seeking a spot on West Kelowna council
18+ hour, 4+ min ago (317+ words) Published 9:45 am Sunday, August 23, 2026 The race for positions on West Kelowna council are heating up with a new candidate entering the race. Tom Groat has announced his intentions to run in the 2026 General Local Elections to be a city councillor....
Little library turns Island street into a creative community exchange
20+ hour, 18+ min ago (448+ words) Published 7:30 am Sunday, August 23, 2026 A little library on the 400 block of Nelson Street in Esquimalt is inviting the community to become more creative. The community-led art and zine library was created by Sonya Gracey one year ago and has since…...
Mid-level fentanyl dealer gets 7 years jail following 2023 Vernon police raid
22+ hour, 19+ min ago (894+ words) Published 5:30 am Sunday, August 23, 2026 A former Vernon man will spend seven years in jail for trafficking fentanyl and illegally possessing a sawed-off shotgun after he was arrested in a local residence described as a “trap house,” which a B.C. Supreme…...
UPDATE: Wildfire near Kamloops grows to 50 hectares, mainly burning in grass
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (312+ words) Published 1:49 pm Saturday, August 22, 2026 The wildfire burning south of Kamloops is now 50 hectares in size as of 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22. The wildfire is still mostly burning in areas of grassy fuels, and is burning Rank 1 with pockets of Rank 2 within the…...
Crews responding to lightning-caused wildfire southeast of Princeton
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (68+ words) Published 4:13 pm Saturday, August 22, 2026 A spot-sized wildfire was discovered southeast of Princeton late Saturday afternoon, Aug. 22. BC Wildfire Service says the blaze is out of control near Agate Mountain, about 12 kilometres south of the community. BCWS fire information officer Shae…...
Penticton council wants to use AI to improve traffic congestion
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (249+ words) Published 3:19 pm Saturday, August 22, 2026 Penticton City Council has voted to explore the use of artificial intelligence to improve local traffic congestion. Coun. Campbell Watt’s successful motion on using AI, akin to what the City of Kelowna has experimented with, was…...
Kelowna Hockey Fest takes over MNP Place to raise funds for the local YMCA
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (486+ words) Published 3:19 pm Saturday, August 22, 2026 More than 1,000 hockey fans ascended upon MNP Place in Kelowna on Saturday, Aug. 22 to watch two teams of professional hockey players battle it out on the ice in an effort to raise money for the YMCA....