The property is situated near Peanut Pond, adjacent to Highway 3 (Main Street), Vedette Drive and Valiant Lane. The proposal will consist of building on the southwest corner of the property a 3-storey addition to the Super 8 Motel. The new hotel wing will add 1,242 sq. m (13,371 sq. ft.) of floor space consisting […]

 Dorette Elizabeth Brown January 13, 1944 – May 10, 2018     On Thursday, May 10, 2018, Mrs. Dorette Elizabeth Brown of Oliver passed away suddenly at the Kelowna General Hospital at the age of 74 years. Dorette will be fondly remembered by her loving family including husband Richard; daughter Adina (Gary); son Trevor (Angela); […]

OKANAGAN – Emergency operations officials throughout the Okanagan have known since at least Monday that Okanagan Lake is likely to rise to near historic levels but revealed it Thursday. Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources says the lake will likely rise to 343 metres and may go higher, but that information was largely withheld […]

44 members of the Canadian Armed Forces (Edmonton) camped at Vernon – sandbagging a water source pump house south of the Twin Lake Golf Course. The area has been dealing with extraordinarily high water this spring. Last week, crews hired by the RDOS constructed large gabion walls and built up a road to protect several […]

Titled Mom and I Taken by Russell Work The people in the picture not identified

  An Osprey by Audrey MacNaughton

RDOS has approved the construction of a marijuana grow facility on the old Weyerhaeuser site in Okanagan Falls.The property has been empty since the mill closed over a decade ago. The development permit, required no rezoning or variances. A 17-acre greenhouse, production  is being built by Sunniva Inc. The facility will employ 240 people. Sunniva  purchased the […]