A consortium of media outlets has gone to court in British Columbia to obtain information about guns used in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting and the firearms seized from the home of the attacker. The consortium, which includes The Canadian Press, was in provincial court in Vancouver on Friday see...

Following an early morning fire on Vernon's Turtle Mountain this morning, Vernon Firefighters Local 1517 are reminding people about how dry conditions are. A post on the union's Facebook page said Friday morning Vernon Fire Rescue Services responded to a grass fire on Turtle Mountain. ...

As wildfire season gets underway, the Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen is reminding residents to set up a digital BC Services Card account, which would help access emergency support services easily in the event of a disaster. The card account can help with online self-service and cash de...

UPDATE: 8:06 p.m. A tractor that spontaneously caught fire on Pottery Road Wednesday evening has been doused by fire crews. BX Swan Lake Fire Department fire chief Bill Wacey told Castanet a five-ton tractor was driving on Pottery Road when it began to smoke. Wacey said the driver exited th...

Hot and dry conditions are the biggest risk facing Peachland in the future, according to a new report. Peachland council on Tuesday received a Hazard, Risk, and Vulnerability Analysis, which is required by the provincial government. Hazards were presented in the form of rankings without a lot ...

A provincial utility panel has approved a nearly 16 per cent increase to Nelson Hydro rates for its rural customers. The B.C. Utilities Commission (BCUC) has approved Nelson Hydro’s proposed increase to its rural rates by 15.98 per cent, effective Jan. 1, and a 1.95 per cent increase effect...

Prosecutors played a video clip in court Wednesday of suspect Tyler Robinson after he had turned himself in to Utah authorities a day after the shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The video showed Robinson standing in a room at the Washington County Sheriff’s Office wearing a T-...

Festival organizers say the 34th annual Salmon Arm Roots and Blues festival will be the most magical event yet with an incredible lineup of local and international artists. This year’s festival will run from July 24 to 26 at the Salmon Arm Fairgrounds. “It’s an event unto its...

The CEO of the German defence firm that was named the preferred bidder in the competition to build Canada's next fleet of submarines this week said negotiations to formalize the contract will move quickly. Germany's TKMS took a brief moment to celebrate after the announcement Monday but C...

A university in Calgary says it's investigating a cyberattack. Mount Royal University says in a statement that it notified affected students and employees about the attack on June 18. The university says some data was taken and deleted, while departmental information was simply deleted wit...

Prince Harry's final lawsuit aimed at taming the British tabloids ended in defeat Tuesday as a judge said he failed to prove his privacy invasion claims against the publisher of the Daily Mail. Justice Matthew Nicklin rejected the broad inferences the Duke of Sussex relied on to try to show t...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday insisted that the United States should be in control of Greenland rather than NATO ally Denmark, renewing tensions in Europe even as the trans-Atlantic military alliance was announcing billions in arms deals at a summit in an attempt to appease the mercurial U.S. le...

A patch of unused ground at North Glenmore Elementary School has been transformed into an outdoor learning garden, thanks to a partnership between the Kelowna school and Okanagan College's trades program. The project began when teacher Erin Burton secured funding through the BC Parks Foundati...

UPDATE: 6:05 p.m. Ash is falling in Kamloops, accompanying a thick haze of smoke from two wildfires burning near Boston Bar. People from Tobiano to Rayleigh have reported seeing ash falling in their neighbourhoods. The air quality index has significantly worsened on Tuesday evening, sitting...

After a sold-out run at Naramata’s historic Home Theatre, Tempest Theatre's latest show will be coming back to Penticton. Dream will run from July 8–12. The show is playwright Kate Twa’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Twa’s adapta...

Things got rocky over the weekend at the Kamloops Curling Club, where thousands flocked for the annual Kamloops Rock N’ Gem Show. The three-day event kicked off Friday and saw an estimated 400 tables set up to show off crystals, stones, gems and geodes, owned by both the organizing company ...

Motorists in Spallumcheen should prepare for minor traffic delays starting next month as the township launches its annual road maintenance for crack sealing. The Township of Spallumcheen Public Works Department announced that its annual crack sealing program will get underway on or about Tuesday...

The Bank of Canada has been ordered to stop using the services of contracted Garda workers while its security officers are on strike. In a decision Tuesday, the Canada Industrial Relations Board said the Bank of Canada has contravened the Canada Labour Code by using contractors and the services o...

UPDATE 4:45 p.m. A police officer at the scene tells Castanet News that they have called in the bomb squad to deal with a situation on Springfield Road between Spall and Cooper roads. The officer says they are focused on an area on the south side of Springfield Road and more information should...

Kelowna tech leader Chris Pinkerton has a new gig. Pinkerton, who has served as Accelerate Okanagan’s board chairman since 2020, is the new Canadian managing director for Employment Hero, a global AI-powered employment platform. His task will be to lead Employment Hero’s Canadian b...

The Penticton Peach Festival float is getting its laps in, participating in the Calgary Stampede Parade on Friday. The parade, which took place on July 3 through Calgary's downtown, kicks off festivities on 10 days of rodeo, midway rides, concerts and parties. The Penticton Peach Festival...