A pair of Shuswap Nation brothers aged eight years apart are attending UBC Okanagan's nursing program at the same time. For elder brother Adrian Van de Mosselaer, 30, it was a career in professional hockey that sparked a curiosity for helping others.

Conservation policies to save the woodland caribou population in B.C. from becoming extinct is not as simple as protecting habitat loss, according the director of the provincial Caribou Recovery Program.

The endangered woodland caribou of Western Canada will be lost forever if direct action isn't taken soon, according to a new study funded in part by B.C., Alberta, and the federal government. 

The Golden Skybridge, located just outside of the town of Golden, B.C, will open to the public in June and be home to not one but two massive suspension bridges. 

About 50 Grade 6 students from KVR Middle School will become pen pals with residents of the Cherry Park Retirement Residence, with plans to exchange regular notes and letters through the school year.

North Okanagan Regional District is reconsidering plans to sell off a 50-plus hectare parcel

Outreach minister says closed buildings and social distancing are affecting support services and adding to the isolation.

Now Clive Callaway, 76, and Cathryn Rankin, 70, say the province needs to do more to protect low-income landlords who rely on rent to make ends meet.

The Westbank First Nation's annual "Salmon Day" aims to restore traditional food systems in pandemic times and help members prepare for the winter.

The B.C. Liberals and the federal Conservatives have ousted a prominent party executive in Kelowna after he said a raised fist in support of racial justice was "no different than a Nazi salute."

With the summer markets for his wares closed by the pandemic, Salmon Arm potter Bruce Nyeste donated 100 handmade bowls to raise money for the local food bank.

A conservation officer in the Okanagan is calling for a ban on sharp, spiked fencing around yards after a moose impaled itself and died on Friday.

Howse Pass route through Banff proposed as safer, "gentler path" than Highway 1's Kicking Horse Canyon for traffic between central Alberta and B.C.

Municipal leaders hoped for a return of the $25-million Rural Dividend Program in the recent provincial budget to fund community projects in small towns. Instead, the funds have been diverted to help unemployed forest industry workers.

A popular activity centre in Vernon has launched a "furnace fundraiser" as it faces possible closure over crushing debt and a failing heating system.

Residents in the southern Interior community of Coalmont are frustrated with Canada Post because they haven't had mail delivery to their town since before Christmas.

The former Regimental Sergeant Major of the B.C. Dragoons of the Department of National Defence's 39th Brigade Group, based in Kelowna, B.C. has pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography.

Isabella Hodson's work at a dark-sky preserve in Alberta led her to spot the potential for a similar designation of a 405-hectare park on the south slopes of Kelowna.

Vernon, B.C. ultra-triathlete Shanda Hill has become the first Canadian to complete a double-Deca triathlon - a gruelling race equivalent to 20 Ironman triathlon races.

Jacob Forman admitted to killing his wife and two daughters in the family home in December of 2017. He has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 35 years.

Curtis Sagmoen, accused of threatening a sex trade worker with a shotgun while wearing a mask, has pleaded not guilty to five charges. The alleged incident occurred in August 2017 near his parents' property south of Salmon Arm, B.C.

Ernie Gabbs died after a collision with a semi-trailer truck on Monday at the intersection of Dilworth Drive and Harvey Avenue. Kelowna RCMP are asking anyone who may have seen the fatal crash to come forward with information.