Princeton Similkameen Spotlight

South Okanagan sees only 5 new cases in last week

The weekly COVID-19 map for June 6 to 12. (BC CDC)

The Similkameen Valley went a second week without any new cases

by Brennan Phillips
11h ago

The Latest

Bear wanders Kelowna on June 15. (Michelle Wallace/Facebook)

Bear climbs fence, uses crosswalk in Kelowna
- 12h ago
Transgender in a small town – Princeton B.C.
- updated 11h ago
Second dose vaccinations accelerating throughout region: Interior Health
- 14h ago
COLUMN: Reopening the international border
- 15h ago
Thompson-Okanagan ready to welcome back tourists

This photo of the small wildfire burning above Naramata was taken at 8 p.m. on Thursday, June 17, 2021 (Monique Tamminga Western News)

Teachers’ union wants more COVID transmission data as B.C. prepares for back-to-school

by Katya Slepian

8h ago

Vaccines, low COVID case counts increase Father’s Day hope, but risk is still there

The border crossing on Highway 11 in Abbotsford heading south (file)

VIDEO: Western premiers call for clarity, timelines on international travel, reopening rules

People watch a car burn during a riot following game 7 of the NHL Stanley Cup final in downtown Vancouver, B.C., in this June 15, 2011 photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Geoff Howe

10 years ago: Where were you during the 2011 Vancouver Stanley Cup Riots?

Singer-songwriter Jann Arden is pictured with a draft horse. (Canadian Horse Defence Coalition)

Jann Arden backs petition to stop live horse export

Man who redesigned downtown Revelstoke honoured with lifetime achievement award

Robert Inwood has worked on historical projects across the province

by Liam Harrap

updated 8h ago

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry outlines B.C.’s COVID-19 restart plan, May 25, 2021, including larger gatherings and a possible easing of mandatory masks on July 1. (B.C. government photo)

B.C. records 120 new COVID-19 cases, second vaccines accelerating

Lower Pfizer deliveries for early July, Moderna shipments up

by Tom Fletcher

updated 8h ago

South Okanagan sees only 5 new cases in last week
- 11h ago
Summerland’s Good Neighbour Bylaw to address unsightly properties
- 9h ago
‘I was taunted and harassed’ as a youth, Supreme Court nominee Mahmud Jamal says
- updated 9h ago
Heffley Creek-area peacock hops logging trucks in search of love
- updated 5h ago
2 deaths from COVID-19 Delta variant in Alberta, 1 patient was fully immunized
- updated 9h ago

Nadal, Osaka both out for Wimbledon; she’ll go to Olympics

Rafael Nadal and Naomi Osaka are sitting out Wimbledon, leaving the oldest Grand Slam tennis tournament without two of the sport’s biggest stars

by The Canadian Press

10h ago

Kawasaki City Institute for Public Health Director General Nobuhiko Okabe speaks during a press conference after a roundtable on COVID-19 countermeasures at Tokyo 2020 Games in Tokyo, Friday, June 11, 2021. A group of experts participated in a third roundtable on COVID-19 countermeasures proposed for audience-related infection control. (Franck Robichon/Pool Photo via AP)

Japan eases virus emergency ahead of Olympics

In Tokyo, new cases are down to 500 per day from about 1,100 in mid-May

by The Canadian Press

14h ago

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