North Okanagan Regional District

More than 200 people marched around Oval Park at a vigil honouring slain Lumby mother Tatjana Stefanski Friday, April 26, 2024. (Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)

‘Justice for Tatjana’: Vigil honours memory of slain North Okanagan mother

The release of the suspect in the death of Tatjana Stefanski has the community angry and fearful

 

Tatjana Stefanski. (Facebook Photo)

Community rallies around family of slain Lumby woman

Fundraisers seeing immense support in small-town tragedy

 

Tatjana Stefanski's family is in hiding following her death and release of the suspect. (Jason Gaudreault photo)

Grieving Lumby family flees in fear as suspect in woman’s death released

Community seeking justice following death of Tatjana Stefanski

 

Plans are underway for a project that would see a gondola built near Vernon, climbing 1,600 feet above Kalamalka Lake. (Ridge North America photo)

Okanagan Gondola project takes another step forward

The RDNO Board of Directors passed zoning and development variance permits for the project

Plans are underway for a project that would see a gondola built near Vernon, climbing 1,600 feet above Kalamalka Lake. (Ridge North America photo)
Tatjana Stefanski's body was found April 14 in a rural area near Lumby. (Jason Gaudreault Facebook photo)

Schools on alert as Lumby death sparks community outrage

‘The grief is quickly turning into anger, as people go longer without any answers’: Mayor

Tatjana Stefanski's body was found April 14 in a rural area near Lumby. (Jason Gaudreault Facebook photo)
Police responded to call shortly after midnight on New Years that six people had been injured in an incident involving a bonfire. (Black Press file photo)

RCMP correct wrong, mispelled names in alleged Lumby abduction

Incorrect last name for suspect and wrong spelling of missing person’s first name

Police responded to call shortly after midnight on New Years that six people had been injured in an incident involving a bonfire. (Black Press file photo)
The Red Road Recovery Ranch is open in Lumby for those battling addiction. (Realtor photo)

Free addictions treatment recovery ranch opens in Lumby

Red Road is a 23-bed treatment facility with equine therapy

The Red Road Recovery Ranch is open in Lumby for those battling addiction. (Realtor photo)
Emelia Symington-Fedy’s true crime memoir, Skid Dogs, was published Sept. 9, 2023. (Zev Tiefenbach photo)

North Okanagan author in the running for prestigious non-fiction prize

Emelia Symington-Fedy, who published her debut memoir Skid Dogs in 2023, has been shortlisted for the Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize

Emelia Symington-Fedy’s true crime memoir, Skid Dogs, was published Sept. 9, 2023. (Zev Tiefenbach photo)
Three horses were seized from an Armstrong property by BC SPCA and one was euthanized. (Contributed)

BC SPCA seizes 3 horses in Armstrong, forced to put one down

Not the 1st time agency has visited, charges being recommended

Three horses were seized from an Armstrong property by BC SPCA and one was euthanized. (Contributed)
BC Timber Sales plans to harvest trees on Spallumcheen’s Rose Swanson Mountain, but a grassroots effort to create a conservancy is in the works to ensure the mountian’s non-timber values are preserved. (Danica Djordjevich photo)

Conservancy in the works to protect North Okanagan mountain from logging

Community advocates are looking to protect Rose Swanson Mountain, which BC Timber Sales plans to log

BC Timber Sales plans to harvest trees on Spallumcheen’s Rose Swanson Mountain, but a grassroots effort to create a conservancy is in the works to ensure the mountian’s non-timber values are preserved. (Danica Djordjevich photo)
Two live grenades, sets of body armour and more than 100 firearms were seized in a police raid in Spallumcheen Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (Black Press file photo)

Live grenades and over 100 firearms seized in North Okanagan police raid

A 38-year-old Spallumcheen man was arrested and remanded in custody

Two live grenades, sets of body armour and more than 100 firearms were seized in a police raid in Spallumcheen Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (Black Press file photo)
The Vernon North Okanagan RCMP found several explosive devices after conducting a traffic stop in Spallumcheen Monday night, Jan. 22, 2024. (Black Press file photo)

Explosives ‘resembling hand grenades’ found in car that fled B.C. police

RCMP confirm several items that resembled hand grenades contained explosives

The Vernon North Okanagan RCMP found several explosive devices after conducting a traffic stop in Spallumcheen Monday night, Jan. 22, 2024. (Black Press file photo)
The BC SPCA seized seven poorly looked after dogs from a property in Cherryville. (BC SPCA photo)

7 dogs seized from ice and snow of outdoor Okanagan pens

BC SPCA swoops in after call from citizen about poor living conditions for the dogs

The BC SPCA seized seven poorly looked after dogs from a property in Cherryville. (BC SPCA photo)
Highway 97 in Monte Creek has been closed in both directions due to a serious collision. A detour is currently being set up. (DriveBC)

4 people killed in a head-on highway collision southeast of Kamloops

A fifth person was airlfited to hospital in critical condition

Highway 97 in Monte Creek has been closed in both directions due to a serious collision. A detour is currently being set up. (DriveBC)
Cherryville youth were left waiting for a school bus that never showed up Jan. 12, in -28C weather. (Charlie Redstone photo)

Kids wait in -28 C cold for Okanagan school bus that never came

Route 42 was cancelled, but some had no notification

Cherryville youth were left waiting for a school bus that never showed up Jan. 12, in -28C weather. (Charlie Redstone photo)
The BC Supreme Court ruled Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, that two Jehovah’s Witnesses congregations, including one in Coldstream, must hand over personal information records requested by their former members to the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner. (File photo)

B.C. Court orders Jehovah’s Witnesses to hand over personal information

BC Supreme Court acknowledges infringement on religious rights, say those rights are not absolute

The BC Supreme Court ruled Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, that two Jehovah’s Witnesses congregations, including one in Coldstream, must hand over personal information records requested by their former members to the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner. (File photo)
The Avian flu has been detected in Summerland and a protected zone has been set up by the CFIA. (Black Press file photo)

Two cases of avian flu identified in Okanagan

Investigations underway in Central and North Okanagan

The Avian flu has been detected in Summerland and a protected zone has been set up by the CFIA. (Black Press file photo)
Vernon North Okanagan RCMP has offered up some tips to help safely do online shopping over the holiday season. (Vernon North Okanagan RCMP)

B.C. RCMP unwrap some safe online shopping tips for the holidays

Online shopping can be done safely and securely, if you take these precautions

Vernon North Okanagan RCMP has offered up some tips to help safely do online shopping over the holiday season. (Vernon North Okanagan RCMP)
A child was flown from Lumby by BC air ambulance to Kelowna April 4, 2020, where they died the next day. (File photo)

Death of child in Okanagan leads to neglect charges

2 facing failure to provide the necessaries of life to a child following 2020 death

A child was flown from Lumby by BC air ambulance to Kelowna April 4, 2020, where they died the next day. (File photo)
The Okanagan Indian Band Fire Department attended a trailer fire Sept. 23 where two bodies were discovered inside. (File photo)

2 bodies found in B.C. trailer fire

No criminality suspected in Westside Road blaze

The Okanagan Indian Band Fire Department attended a trailer fire Sept. 23 where two bodies were discovered inside. (File photo)