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New sign honours the late Rob Flockhart at Sicamous and District Recreation Centre

Ron Flockhart and sister, LaVerne—who’s holding her grandson, Conner—at the Sicamous and District Recreation Centre for the unveiling of the sign honouring Rob Flockhart on June 6, 2021. (Contributed)

The sign was unveiled on June 6 to a small group of Flockhart’s family members

by Zachary Roman
6h ago

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Bear wanders Kelowna on June 15. (Michelle Wallace/Facebook)

Bear climbs fence, uses crosswalk in Kelowna
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North Okanagan-Shuswap School District hires new superintendent
- 7h ago
City of Salmon Arm appoints acting chief administrative officer
- updated 9h ago
Column: The saga of the Dirty Dirt Farm Co-op
- 14h ago
VIDEO: 14-year-old Salmon Arm rodeo athlete Brook Kosick competes at provincial level

This photo of the small wildfire burning above Naramata was taken at 8 p.m. on Thursday, June 17, 2021 (Monique Tamminga Western News)

Teachers’ union wants more COVID transmission data as B.C. prepares for back-to-school

by Katya Slepian

8h ago

201 First Street West 1980s. Prior revitalization. (Photo from Revelstoke Museum and Archives)

Man who redesigned downtown Revelstoke honoured with lifetime achievement award

by Liam Harrap

updated 8h ago

Vaccines, low COVID case counts increase Father’s Day hope, but risk is still there

The border crossing on Highway 11 in Abbotsford heading south (file)

VIDEO: Western premiers call for clarity, timelines on international travel, reopening rules

People watch a car burn during a riot following game 7 of the NHL Stanley Cup final in downtown Vancouver, B.C., in this June 15, 2011 photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Geoff Howe

10 years ago: Where were you during the 2011 Vancouver Stanley Cup Riots?

Singer-songwriter Jann Arden is pictured with a draft horse. (Canadian Horse Defence Coalition)

Jann Arden backs petition to stop live horse export

B.C. records 120 new COVID-19 cases, second vaccines accelerating

Lower Pfizer deliveries for early July, Moderna shipments up

by Tom Fletcher

updated 8h ago

The weekly COVID-19 map for June 6 to 12. (BC CDC)

South Okanagan sees only 5 new cases in last week

The Similkameen Valley went a second week without any new cases

by Brennan Phillips

11h ago

Summerland’s Good Neighbour Bylaw to address unsightly properties
- 9h ago
‘I was taunted and harassed’ as a youth, Supreme Court nominee Mahmud Jamal says
- updated 9h ago
Heffley Creek-area peacock hops logging trucks in search of love
- updated 5h ago
2 deaths from COVID-19 Delta variant in Alberta, 1 patient was fully immunized
- updated 9h ago
Festivals Kelowna cancels Canada Day celebrations for second year in a row
- 11h ago

Nadal, Osaka both out for Wimbledon; she’ll go to Olympics

Rafael Nadal and Naomi Osaka are sitting out Wimbledon, leaving the oldest Grand Slam tennis tournament without two of the sport’s biggest stars

by The Canadian Press

10h ago

Kawasaki City Institute for Public Health Director General Nobuhiko Okabe speaks during a press conference after a roundtable on COVID-19 countermeasures at Tokyo 2020 Games in Tokyo, Friday, June 11, 2021. A group of experts participated in a third roundtable on COVID-19 countermeasures proposed for audience-related infection control. (Franck Robichon/Pool Photo via AP)

Japan eases virus emergency ahead of Olympics

In Tokyo, new cases are down to 500 per day from about 1,100 in mid-May

by The Canadian Press

14h ago

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