The Kelowna RCMP is alerting the public about the release of a sex offender who is considered to be at a high risk to re-offend.

Graham Daniel Dodge, 38, was released from custody on Tuesday, April 7, in the Okanagan and is currently residing in Kelowna, the RCMP said in a public notice Wednesday afternoon.

Dodge stands five-foot-six-inches tall and weighs appro...

Okanagan residents no longer have to drive four plus hours to reach a famous furniture store.

On Wednesday, April 8, excited residents lined up around the corner for the grand opening of IKEA’s new plan and order point store at #103-1500 Banks Road.

“We have been talking about this for such a long time,” said IKEA area manager for Western Canada Janet McGowan, w...

Residents at a Vernon trailer park are at risk of having their power shut off on Friday due to a faulty and unsafe electrical system that the park’s owner says she can’t afford to repair.

And as the deadline nears, the residents are looking for support wherever they can find it.

The electrical infrastructure at Crown Villa manufactured home park on Okanagan Aven...

This is the first of six stories covering B.C.’s opioid crisis as the province marks 10 years since B.C. Public Health Officer Perry Kendall called a public state of emergency on April 14, 2016. Between 2015 and 2025, 1,323 people died at the hands of the toxic drug market in Greater Victoria, while B.C. still experiences as much as five drug-poisoning deaths every day.

Premier David Eby says he “very firmly” believes his caucus has the votes to pass a bill suspending parts of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA), despite staunch First Nations opposition.

“My expectation is that the bill will pass and that we will not have an election on these issues,” he said on Wednesday, April 8.

And, he backed up ...