Students from across the Okanagan took over Okanagan College’s Kelowna campus on Feb. 20 for the Skills Canada BC Central Okanagan Regional Competition. Hundreds of youth proved their skills at sumo bots, welding, cooking, automotive services, carpentry and more in hopes of advancing to provincials taking place April 15 in Abbotsford. Some future leaders in […]

In wake of the Tumbler Ridge shooting, many support services are available to the public 24 hours a day, seven days a week: 310-Mental Health Support at 310-6789; Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868 or text CONNECT to 686868; Suicide Crisis Helpline: 988; KUU-US (Indigenous) Crisis Line: 1-800-588-8717; Métis Crisis Line: 1-833-638-4722; Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868. B.C.’s

Premier David Eby says B.C. will look at its options to bring legal pressure in the United States to force the cancellation of more tariffs after the Friday (Feb. 20) U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down the main batch of levies. “I think it opens up the possibility for us to challenge, or for others

There’s a Scouts fundraiser happening this Saturday, Feb. 21 in Maple Ridge. The First Laity View Scout group is having a bottle and clothing drive from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The drop-off location is St. Paul’s Lutheran Church at 12145 Laity Street. The troop is collecting cans, bottles, and cartons; and used clothing, linens

Preliminary data from the B.C. Coroners Service shows more than 1,800 people died from toxic drugs in 2025, a 21 per cent decrease from the previous year. The latest data, released Thursday (Feb. 20), says 1,826 people fatally overdosed in 2025 from unregulated drugs in the province. It’s the first time since 2020 that deaths