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The school district paints rainbow crosswalks and other artwork as a way to invite people to school and make sure everyone feels welcome and included.

“We recognize and appreciate that it is difficult news often for area residents and businesses,” said City of Kelowna social development manager Colleen Cornock.

“My house is usually surrounded by deer, they sleep in my backyard, I have no fear of them ... But this deer just decided it was going to kill me and my dog."

COLWOOD, B.C. — A Halloween candy scare has been resolved in Colwood, B.C. RCMP in the community west of Victoria had issued a news release asking parents into check their children's trick-or-treat candy.

DEASE LAKE, B.C. — A new agreement between the province and an Indigenous government in northern British Columbia will require the nation's consent ahead of any significant changes at a major copper and gold mine.

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government has introduced legislation aimed at easing the housing crisis by spurring the development of small-scale and multi-unit homes.

The proposed 215 km pipeline would be located 25 km northwest of Wonowon, B.C., connecting to a site in the Gordondale area of Alberta, just east of the B.C. and Alberta border.

Fund currently has 25 properties across the province under consideration for acquisition, according to the organization’s first report.

“We have many reports of people (teens and adults) hitting, grabbing, and punching - so aggressively in fact, that some volunteers have large visible bruises."

Central Okanagan wineries are having to work extra hard to draw in visitors after wildfires this summer had a major impact on their busiest season of the year