“I held him while he was being euthanized." Those are the words Sidney resident Michelle Sopczak said as her cat, Joey died on Friday, Nov. 2 after being exposed to methamphetamine. On Wednesday ...

More than 1,000 Vernon and Silver Star residents have been left in the dark Friday evening. Power went out at 4:40 p.m. Nov. 1 east of Keddleston Road. A BC Hydro crew has been assigned. It's unknown ...

What is the number one enemy of pumpkins once Halloween is over? In Vernon, the answer is gravity. Vernon Firefighters Local 1517 held its third annual Pumpkin Drop at Fire Station 1 on 30th Street ...

Kootenay Lake's ferry crossing will be shut down by striking workers with labour negotiations stalled. The B.C. General Employees' Union announced that starting Sunday at noon, the ferries running ...

We had a delightful surprise last week while gazing out our front window during breakfast. I spotted what at first appeared to be a coyote next to the truck and then it moved to gaze at our chickens, ...

Harrison Hot Springs' mayor and resort management met this week to hash out mutual solutions after popular hot springs pools were filled in with boulders last week. Talen told The Observer that resort ...

Kamloops RCMP are reminding guardians to check their children's Halloween haul after a razor blade was found inside a piece candy. A mother called the RCMP on Nov. 1, after her daughter, who had been ...

A search warrant executed by Lake Country RCMP and the Southeast District Emergency Response Team led to the seizing of 20 guns. On Thursday, Oct. 24, the search warrant was made at a home on Pheasant ...

One-thousand and sixty-four horsepower. Let that number sink in. That’s the output of the 2025 Corvette ZR1. The ZR1 badge is saved for the most potent of Corvettes, ever since the original 1990 ...

The Penticton Fire Department (PFD) responded to a mobile home fire at the intersection of Westminster and Burnaby Avenue on Thursday. The call came in just before 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 31, with crews ...

North Okanagan murder suspect Vitali Stefanski has elected to be tried by a Supreme Court judge and jury. Stefanski appeared in provincial court in Vernon Wednesday morning for the purpose of electing ...