Kelowna

A disturbing incident in which someone dressed in a Cat in the Hat costume chased a teenager in West Kelowna, B.C., occurred amid an online trend that twists the popular children’s character into something sinister, leading police in some jurisdictions to warn of off-line consequences.

Police in West Kelowna, B.C., say they’re looking for someone who was wearing a Cat in the Hat costume when they allegedly chased a teenager walking in the Okanagan community.

A 62-year-old man is dead after a motorcycle crash in the B.C. Interior, and local Mounties say they believe the crash happened after he swerved to avoid hitting an animal in the road.

The mayor and council in Kelowna, B.C., have called on Ottawa to shut a supervised consumption site in the city’s downtown core, saying its impacts, including thousands of police call-outs and “significant and ongoing public safety risks,” have become unsustainable.

A 27-year-old woman is dead after a collision on Highway 97 in Lake Country Tuesday night, local Mounties say.

In the 110 years since weather records started being kept in Castlegar, B.C., no Aug. 26 had ever been hotter than the first one: 33.9 C on Aug. 26, 1916.

More than a dozen B.C. communities set or tied records for their hottest Aug. 21 ever Friday, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada.

Mounties in West Kelowna say they recently disrupted a counterfeiting operation at a home on Shannon Place.

Police in Salmon Arm say they arrested a man “well known” to them Wednesday after responding to a call about a smashed front door at a local business.

A person is facing six criminal charges in connection with two grass fires police allege were deliberately set in Vernon, B.C., earlier this month.

After an unconventional start to their lives, five tiny turtle hatchlings are busy exploring their temporary habitat at a wildlife rehabilitation centre.

Within a few hours of meeting his 17-year-old co-worker in July 2021, Bryan John Miles was sexually assaulting her in the backseat of a car.

Migrant workers who are key to British Columbia’s orchards, farms and ranches have been left with an uncertain future after a wildfire swept through the Okanagan near Summerland, forcing them to evacuate without knowing when they’ll be able to return.

A man who set multiple fires in Kelowna, B.C., and threatened a bylaw officer with a slingshot has been sentenced to jail after a judge found that significant mental health and substance-use issues reduced his moral culpability for the crimes.

B.C. has declared a provincial state of emergency after the fast-moving Bald Range wildfire swept through B.C.’s Okanagan Valley Friday night, forcing more than 20,000 people to evacuate their homes.