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The insurance broker for Lake Okanagan Resort is denying claims made in a civil suit that blames the company for a lack of restored water and sewer services after the resort burned down in the 2023 wildfire. Lake Okanagan Resort was destroyed after the McDougall Creek wildfire ripped through the Central Okanagan in August 2023. […]

Dear Editor, Re: tree planting. Just wait for summer. Every tree with its precious shade will be appreciated. With any luck our citizens will water and otherwise nurture them. Linda King, Maple Ridge

Another year, another update on the proposed national park for the South Okanagan that shared brief information on how negotiations remain ongoing. The negotiations began in 2020, following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the governments of Canada and British Columbia and the Syilx Okanagan Nation, represented by the Osoyoos Indian Band and

A bear cub was rescued near Heffley Lake and spirited away by various caretakers on a long journey to a shelter in Smithers on World Bear Day. It all began on Sunday, March 22, when Heffley Lake locals found the black bear cub all alone. Angelika Langen, executive director of the Northern Lights Wildlife Society

The B.C. premier’s office confirmed that efforts to engage with First Nations on the development of amendments to the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA) are underway, but will not provide details of what is in the proposals. First Nations leaders are scheduled to get a technical briefing on the proposed amendments