Cindy White
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Coyotes looking for mates

Photo: Cheryl James A coyote appears on a trail camera near Gardom Lake in December 2022. You might hear the coyotes yipping more often in the coming weeks. The breeding season is underway across the Okanagan, and reports of conflicts

Cold and sunny weekend

Cindy White Pull the toque and mitts out of storage. You’re going to need them this weekend, and probably your sunglasses as well. “We are looking at a pretty big shift in the weather pattern beginning this weekend. Really coming

Avalanche control closures

Photo: DriveBC Webcam Avalanche control will close Highway 1 through the Rogers Pass Friday. Drivers should expect lengthy closures Friday on the Trans-Canada Highway. DriveBC says avalanche control work is scheduled between Revelstoke

Ransomware targets college

Photo: Twitter Vice Society used a blurred photo that appears to be the outside of the Trades building Okanagan College in its ransomware post. An international ransomware group is claiming responsibility for the cyber attack at Okanagan

Hwy 97 crash cleared

Photo: Sally McIntyre Southbound traffic was at a standstill and several emergency vehicles could be seen arriving at the scene of the crash. UPDATE 6:05 a.m DriveBC reports the collision that had closed Highway 97 overnight north of

Arctic air imminent

Photo: Ed Burke Cold air will be moving into BC, dropping temperatures in the Southern Interior 10 to 20 degrees below normal. It’s about to get a lot colder across the Southern Interior, and most of BC. Environment Canada has

'Father of Ogopogo'

Cindy White UBC Okanagan School of Engineering professor Ray Taheri is on his way to Romania to fulfil a quest that’s been 10 years in the making. He’s taking a bronze bust of his late friend Peter Nicu, the creator of the Ogopogo

Tribute to fallen officer

Photo: Contributed Kelowna RCMP cruisers joined a Nelson Police Department procession in tribute to Const. Mathieu Nolet. Kelowna RCMP members have paid tribute to a fallen police officer. RCMP cruisers joined a procession from the Nelson

Wolves in our backyard

Cindy White Are wolves moving into populated areas, or are people encroaching more on the animals’ territory? Castanet has received reports in recent months of sightings of the predators in the Central Okanagan. Kane Blake of the Okanagan

Student, staff info at risk

Photo: Brayden Ursel The cyber attack detected on January 9, 2023, knocked a number of systems offline at Okanagan College Okanagan College is dealing with continued fallout from a cyber attack earlier this month. On Monday, January 9,

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