1+ hour, 46+ min ago  (125+ words) Published 2:54 pm Wednesday, July 15, 2026 Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) is tracking a potential thunderstorm capable of producing hail and heavy rain in the South Okanagan on Wednesday evening, July 15. A severe thunderstorm warning was issued for the region — including…...

6+ hour, 27+ min ago  (222+ words) Published 12:16 pm Wednesday, July 15, 2026 Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) hit parts of B.C. Interior with a heat warning on Wednesday, July 15, as temperatures rise above 30 C. The warning was issued just after 11 a.m. and includes all of the Okanagan Valley, Lillooet, South…...

7+ hour, 57+ min ago  (55+ words) Published 8:43 am Wednesday, July 15, 2026 A 0.1 hectare out-of-control wildfire has sparked south-west of Princeton. According to BC Wildfire Service (BCWS), the suspected cause of the blaze is lightning. The fire was discovered on July 15 at around 10:10 a.m. It is currently listed at…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago  (436+ words) Published 9:15 pm Tuesday, July 7, 2026 Dark smoky skies in Kamloops on July 7, due to the Brunswick complex wildfire. (Facebook) Highway 1 view of smoke column Ainslie Creek wildfire. (BCWS) The Fraser Valley Regional District has upgraded the evacuation alert to an evacuation…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (309+ words) Published 2:00 pm Saturday, June 13, 2026 As spring turns to summer in the Okanagan, residents and visitors may notice more deer activity, particularly the arrival of baby fawns. ​Fawning season runs from mid-May to late June, marking the period when female deer…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (558+ words) Published 3:15 pm Tuesday, May 26, 2026 Students check out a number of different projects at the Expo of Awesome on May 26 (Brayden Ursel / Black Press) Students gather around a project presentation at UBCO’s Expo of Awesome on May 26 (Brayden Ursel / Black Press)…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (498+ words) Published 3:30 pm Thursday, May 21, 2026 Student teams gathered at UBCO for the 12th annual SumoBot competition (Brayden Ursel / Black Press) Two students set their robots for battle at the UBCO SumoBot competition (Brayden Ursel / Black Press) Two robots battle it out on…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (729+ words) Published 7:00 am Sunday, May 3, 2026 By Karen Siemens North Okanagan Naturalist Club Imagine a bird weighing 2.5-3.5 grams flying over 3,800 kilometres, hoping that sites where they rested and ate the year before are still there. If they are not they have to…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (125+ words) Published 8:23 am Saturday, April 25, 2026 Merritt was the coldest city in B.C. on Friday, April 24, dropping to -7.2C. (Wikipedia) The recent sunny weather across the Eastern Fraser Valley and Interior has not been accompanied by warm temperatures, especially in one B.C. town. On Friday,…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago  (512+ words) Published 3:00 pm Monday, March 16, 2026 A security camera in Chilliwack caught the moment the night sky lit up Tuesday, followed by a boom. (Special to Langley Advance Times) Direction of March 3 meteor according to data from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration…...