Ron Seymour

RON SEYMOUR Big, beautiful, deadly. More people drown in Okanagan Lake, by far, than in any other lake in the province, the BC Coroners Service says.

Vernon-area farmers must cut their agricultural water use by an unprecedented 70 per cent as the region struggles with low reservoir levels due to drought.

Kelowna's economy faltered again last month as the jobless rate rose from eight per cent to nine per cent and further 1,500 people were added to the ranks of the unemployed.

A 70 per cent cut to irrigation water in the Vernon area would devastate farming and trigger widespread crop loss, the president of the BC Fruit Growers Association says.

More food that would otherwise go to waste will be stored and then distributed by the Central Okanagan Food Bank.

The gravel parking lot at West Kelowna's new city hall will be paved at a cost of $1.5 million.

Controversial Independent Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream MLA Tara Armstrong has united people from across the political spectrum in a joint bid to push her from office.

Kelowna's municipal workforce and property tax haul have grown considerably faster than the city's population and its business sector, the city's new Annual Report shows.

A temporary 30-row grandstand with more than 10,000 seats that will stretch the length of the field at the Apple Bowl is now being assembled.

West Kelowna's population dropped between 2024 and 2025, according to the city's newly-released Annual Report.