Somebody who purchased a lottery ticket in Pitt Meadows has won some serious coin in the Friday, Dec. 26 Lotto Max draw. The winning ticket is worth $230,915 with six of the seven plus numbers matched. There was one other winner whose ticket was purchased in Surrey. However, nobody got all seven numbers, so there […]

Vernon Vipers defenceman Dome Szongoth will return to the North Okanagan with some pre-Christmas jewelry. Szongoth, who will turn 20 on Jan. 18, helped his native Hungary win the International Ice Hockey Federation’s 2026 World Men’s Division 1 Group B hockey championship gold medal in Milano, Italy, Dec. 8-14. As the winner of the six-team

A tiny survivor named Apollo, a pair of orphaned otters, an emaciated pup and the redemption of humans are among the stories being celebrated province-wide by the BC SPCA for 2025. Apollo was one day old when discovered with two siblings in a Kelowna scrap yard. Gathered up by their finder, one sibling was euthanized

Ridge Meadows Search and Rescue have joined the hunt for a man last seen on Sunday, Dec. 14. Timothy Eyolfson, 62, is described as five foot, 10 inches tall, and weighing around 235 pounds. He has grey hair and hazel eyes. His vehicle, a 2006 Black Mazda 3 hatchback, was located on a logging road

An LGBT2Q+ lounge in Kelowna is changing hands and will be getting a re-brand. Last Friday, Dec. 26, the current owners of the Friends of Dorothy lounge in downtown Kelowna announced the establishment was being sold after six years of operation. On Dec. 29, the new owner was revealed to be Dustyn Baulkham, founder and