Two people have been arrested following an assault downtown Kelowna. Officers were called to a bus stop on June 30 at 6:30 p.m. on Water Street outside the Water Street by the Park condo development for an altercation. Police arrived to find a man and woman attacking another woman, who was ble...

Team Canada’s magical run at the FIFA World Cup came to a heartbreaking end Saturday, devastating the multitude of fans that came out to support their country on soccer’s biggest stage. Canada lost the Round of 16 playoff match 3-0 to Morocco, who rank sixth overall in the world. D...

Mexico will double security and limit capacity at the monument known as the “Angel of Independence” and at the fan festival in Mexico City’s main square for Sunday's Mexico-England World Cup match after four people died during celebrations following Mexico’s win over Ecua...

The Oliver Fire Department said they are tackling a fire at the local landfill on Friday night. Fire crews are asking people to stay clear of the area as active water shuttle operations are running off Black Sage Road and Orchard Grove Lane. The cause of the fire is not known at this time. ...

Lionel Messi scored again, making Friday’s contest against Cape Verde the record-extending eighth consecutive World Cup match in which Argentina’s captain delivered at least one goal. Messi’s goal in the 29th minute was the 20th of his World Cup career, extending his record and ...

Newly released court documents are shedding more light on the alleged link between a sweeping police corruption probe in Ontario and the case of former Canadian Olympian Ryan Wedding, who is accused of running an international drug trafficking ring. Gurpreet Singh, accused by U.S. authorities of ...

Earth’s second-largest whale species has been spotted in the Salish Sea. A fin whale estimated to be about 21 metres long — or about 70 feet — was photographed by Eagle Wing Tours swimming off Sheringham Point, west of Sooke, on Sunday. Eagle Wing called fin whales “rar...

Kamloops Elks Lodge No. 44 has made another donation to a local community group, this time supporting the Kamloops Long Blades. Members of the lodge presented the speed skating club with a cheque for $1,000 on June 24. The donation is one of a number of recent contributions made by the local E...

Hot rods and classic cruisers of all description will be in Vernon's Polson Park Saturday for the annual Sun Valley Cruise In. Stephanie Everitt said there will be a lot of new cars and trucks at this year's show. There are 243 entrants this year and Everitt estimates “30 to 40 p...

President Donald Trump on Friday pardoned 11 people, including a former business partner of Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff and nine people identified by the White House as having helped people bypass emissions control systems on vehicles. The acts of clemency come as Trump has issued a slew of...

An eco-depot west of Merritt was temporarily evacuated on Friday morning as crews battled a grass fire nearby. In a statement, the Thompson-Nicola Regional District said firefighters responded to the blaze, which was burning adjacent to Woodward Road, the access route for the Lower Nicola Eco-Dep...

The Town of Oliver is looking for an operator for the arena concession this coming hockey season. On Wednesday, the municipality shared that it is accepting expressions of interest for the Oliver Arena Concession. Individuals, businesses or community groups can apply for a Request for Expressi...

A new pipeline from Alberta to the B.C. coast will run through Kamloops, potentially bringing years of construction work and hundreds of millions of dollars in spending to the city. Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced Thursday that the project has been referred...

UPDATE: 5:55 p.m. The grass fire burning near Highway 97 this afternoon is now out. A Castanet reporter in the area said the fire is no longer burning, firefighters have left the scene and it's raining heavily in the area. ORIGINAL: 4:58 p.m. West Kelowna firefighters are on the sc...

West Kelowna firefighters are on the scene of a grass fire along Highway 97. ​The fire is burning in an open field south of Winners between the highway and Carrington Road. ​Fire Chief Jason Brolund said the fire was approximately 50 feet by 50 feet in size. ​This fire follows a blaze...

The leaders of Canada and the Philippines signed agreements Thursday on energy, natural resources, labour and tourism, as the countries reinforced their shared priorities and hope for a trade deal. "We share the same aspirations, in terms of what we would want to achieve in the world," ...

Pembina Pipeline Corp. and two partners have given the go-ahead to the Greenlight Electricity Centre, a natural gas plant serving a data centre customer. Pembina, Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners and Kineticor Asset Management expect the cost of the project to come in at $4.6 billion. Th...

A potentially explosive situation at a park in New Westminster on Canada Day quickly fizzled out. ​The New Westminster Police Department got a 911 call at approximately 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday from someone who described seeing what appeared to be a grenade inside the dog park area of Tyall Park...

Prime Minister Mark Carney urged Canadians to remain united in a Canada Day speech in the nation's capital on Wednesday, but his plan to deliver similar remarks in Edmonton later in the day was upended by thunderstorms that prevented his plane from taking off on time. Canadians gathered acros...

Authorities urged residents of two villages in central Greece to evacuate Wednesday as more than 135 firefighters and 25 aircraft battled a wildfire, a day after a forest fire in northern Greece killed a father and his 12-year-old son. Firefighters on Wednesday identified a body found inside a ho...

Firefighters in West Kelowna battled a Rank 1 grass fire on Wednesday afternoon. Crews were called to the 2000 block of Bartley Road around 4 p.m. ​”Upon arrival, fire crews discovered a Rank 1 grass fire approximately 100ft by 100ft in diameter,” said West Kelowna Fire Rescue as...