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Don't be this driver

A driver in Kelowna needs a reminder of how to clear the snow off their vehicle. The driver of an SUV was spotted on Sunday afternoon driving from...

Details in bloody fight

More details have been brought to Castanet about a vicious fight that sent one man to hospital with serious injuries and put a youth in custody....

Beloved trail damaged

A popular trail in West Kelowna has been damaged after a vehicle is believed to have driven through Glen Canyon Regional Park. One resident, who asked...

Fire at homeless camp

The Kelowna Fire Department responded to a grass fire sparked by cooking at a homeless camp Sunday morning. At approximately 8:32 a.m., crews...

Drunk driver destruction

It was just before 9 p.m. at a busy Kelowna intersection when a drunk driver slammed into an oncoming vehicle – and the entire thing was...

Escaped bees captured

A West Kelowna man’s phone has been ringing off the hook for him to come rescue swarms of bees all across the Okanagan Valley. Last Sunday,...

Porky is not a pet

Conservation officers needed to rescue a baby porcupine after a Kelowna mother and her daughter abducted the prickly creature. Residents living near...

An Okanagan phenomenon

An Okanagan Valley photographer captured supernatural British Columbia – and an Okanagan phenomenon. Inversions are delightful to watch, but...

Bridges airlifted to canyon

Helicopters are delivering new bridges to Hardy Falls Regional Park after flooding in 2017 destroyed the old ones. The popular Peachland park was...

Whoa! Not so fast

Intersection cameras will soon catch and automatically ticket speeders at two busy Kelowna intersections. The province announced Tuesday that 35...

Gusty 80km wind damage

Strong winds caused crashing waves to sink a boat on Okanagan Lake and trees to snap in half on Saturday. Wind gusts were clocked at over 80 km/h at...

Police scour for stolen SUV

UPDATE: 2:15 p.m. A possible sighting of a stolen SUV that was taken during an armed car-jacking had police officers scouring downtown Kelowna on...

Grinch steals, returns gift

A woman stole a package right off a Lake Country doorstep moments after it was delivered, but then decided to return it just hours later after opening...

Suspect still at large

UPDATE 12:11 p.m. Still not many answers on an incident at a Kelowna coffee shop late Wednesday night. Kelowna RCMP tell Castanet they are continuing...

Tree hackers strike again

Trees at another Kelowna parking lot have been hacked, leaving an eyesore behind. A local arborist with 20 years of experience says the job done to...

Homeless house strikes fear

A proposed supportive housing project that would house more than 50 homeless people is causing neighbours to fear for their safety. The vacant lot at...

Child luring alert

A Kelowna mother is warning other parents about a stranger who lured her child over to his vehicle with cash in Rutland. Celeste Saunders tells...

How clean is the lake?

UPDATE: 5:20 p.m. City of Kelowna staff said they conduct numerous tests on Okanagan Lake and post them online for the public to observe. Water tests...

Social worker victim talks

A Kelowna woman was just 15 when she started under the care of social worker Robert Riley Saunders – and is now speaking out with disturbing...

Editor among dead

UPDATE: 8:10 p.m Journalist Rob Hiaasen's family is "devastated" by his death in a shooting that killed five Thursday at a Maryland...

Mom: More should be done

In the midst of measles outbreak in Vancouver, a Kelowna mother tried to schedule an appointment for her family to be vaccinated, but has been stymied...

Brazen daytime theft

Thieves pulled off a brazen daytime theft of a piece of heavy equipment worth $40,000 at a construction site in Kelowna. TNC Excavating president Troy...

Triathlon cancelled

UPDATE: 2:15 p.m. Smoke from over 568,000 hectares burning across the province has made its way to the Okanagan Valley and forced two triathlons to be...

'We are feeling so helpless'

Parents who have children with special needs are speaking out, saying they’ve been let down by their schools in the Central Okanagan. They claim...

Voters elect Stewart

UPDATE: 11:15 p.m. Liberal Ben Stewart is now the MLA of Kelowna West, again. Quails' Gate Estate Winery was packed with supporters and friends of...

Gunmen caught on cam

Security camera footage from Castanet's building captured two men involved in a brazen daytime robbery. The masked men can be seen strolling down...

Homes flooded

Residents living on Kirschner Mountain have had water flooding into their homes since Thursday and are desperately trying to stop the never ending...

Flames over 30 feet

UPDATE: 1:50 p.m. A fire that tore through a house in Peachland would not have been survivable if anyone was home. Peachland fire chief Dennis Craig...

Tear gas deployed at home

Police officers seized illicit drugs and replica firearms from a Kelowna house during a search warrant. The RCMP Southeast District Emergency...

Vigil for slain teen boy

A candle-light vigil is being planned for a 16-year-old boy who was stabbed to death in Kelowna. Elijah-Iain Beauregard was found stabbed on June 27...

Falling poo across BC

Reports of human feces falling on people, vehicles and buildings keep pouring in across B.C. There have been a total of seven reports of poo falling...

Wind pushing fire smoke

Enjoy the clear blue skies today, while you still can. Smoke and hazy conditions are expected to make a return to the Okanagan Valley on Monday....

42 neglected horses seized

A month after concerns were raised over horses being neglected at a North Okanagan property, the BC SPCA has stepped in and removed the animals. SPCA...

Punctured by parking barrier

A driver parked in a City of Kelowna parking spot near Kelowna General Hospital got a nasty surprise when she tried to drive away. Her tire was...

Scared deaths might occur

A homeless shelter in Kelowna has been granted one more month at their location before they have to move out. Inn from the Cold, located off...

Cold Case: Can you help?

The family of a man who was killed in 2016 are reaching out to residents of Kelowna to help solve the cold case on the anniversary of the man's...

Creep sheriff plea bargain

A former Kamloops sheriff who was charged with sending sexually explicit texts to a girl he thought was 14 years old has struck a plea deal with the...

Racist graffiti on temple

UPDATE: 5:20 p.m. Families coming and going from a Kelowna Sikh temple were forced to look at racist graffiti on the side of the temple Monday. Vice...

Don't travel till weekend

If you are planning on braving the mountain passes this holiday season, you should wait until this weekend. Environment Canada meteorologist Matt...

'Didn't deserve to die'

The mother of a 17-year-old Kelowna girl who died from an overdose in March said her daughter was turned away from help before she could be saved....
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