Adam Proskiw

KELOWNA – A professor from UBCO is leading the way in a new field of psychology that looks at how to increase happiness in both children and adults. “If you ask adults what they want and what they want for their children, across five continents and across almost 40 countries, people say the same things...

WEST KELOWNA – The West Kelowna Warriors will have a trio of special guests at their final home game of the season – the Hanson brothers from the 1977 cult movie Slap Shot. Real life hockey players Steve Carlson, Jeff Carlson and David Hanson played the bruising, fight-loving brothers in the movie that starred Paul...

KELOWNA – Smoke coming from a property north of the Glenmore Landfill is from burning piles of dead trees infested with mountain pine beetle. Eldorado Ranch, a cattle ranch hit hard with the invasive pine beetle, has been conducting wildfire beetle-kill mitigation for the last few months. Property owners will continue with the burn as...

"I'D LIKE TO GIVE SOMETHING BACK TO THE CULINARY COMMUNITY." KELOWNA – The cooking world will soon get a taste of what Kelowna cuisine has to offer. Evelynn Takoff is the head chef at Micro Bar and Bites and was recently named one of 13 Canadians selected to appear on the hit Food Network show...

WEST KELOWNA - Westbound traffic was down to a single lane following a two vehicle accident in West Kelowna near the bridge Friday morning. According to a witness at the scene, the driver of a mid-size sedan was passing a Waste Management flat bed carrying portable toilets when he clipped the front tire, spinning his...

KELOWNA – An assembly was held at Rutland Middle School Thursday afternoon to show support for a former student who is representing Canada at the 2014 Olympics. Eric Neilson is currently in Sochi, Russia as he prepares to take on the best skeleton racers in the world. He graduated from Rutland Middle in 1996 and...

“I’M PINCHING MYSELF.” KELOWNA - Hey Kelowna, next time you complain about traffic or weather or anything else, consider this: Moving to Kelowna is a dream for some people. Just ask Anne-Sophie Dumetz of Ottawa who sat on sunny Knox Mountain and recorded her vow to make her dream of moving here a reality and...

KELOWNA – The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi are set to begin Friday, and Kelowna local Kelsey Serwa says she is ready for whatever happens. Serwa is a freestyle skier and member of the Canadian national ski cross team. She is also the reigning FIS Champion and Winter X Games Champion. She is currently in...

KELOWNA – A driver was ticketed for tailgating after his white SUV crashed into the back of a small car on Leathead Road shortly after 1 p.m. Wednesday. Police say the impact of the accident sent the car half a block into a residential laneway. The driver of the SUV tells police he was distracted...

KELOWNA - The City of Kelowna recently announced they will put up $100,000 for improvements in the Rutland area, and they are looking to the public for suggestions on how it should be spent. The project is in partnership with the city, the Uptown Rutland Business Association, the Rutland Residents Association and The Rutland Unified Stakeholders Team. Sustainablity...

KELOWNA – Keloha, the weekend music festival held in downtown Kelowna and featuring some of the biggest names in indie, rock and alternative music, has received a one-time grant of $15,000 from the City of Kelowna to help keep it financially viable. The festival is in its third year and bills itself as an “all...

"I CAME OUT OF THE GARAGE AND I SAW FIRE EVERYWHERE" KELOWNA - A fire that started at a townhouse in Rutland sent one man to hospital and left several residents shivering in the cold and wondering where they would be sleeping Tuesday night. Kelowna Fire Department got the call shortly after 11 p.m. that...

"IT COULD LOOK LIKE WE'RE FOREGOING A WHOLE BUNCH OF FUNDS." KELOWNA – Bad debts totalling more than half a million dollars were wiped from Kelowna’s books by City Council Monday. The debts, some of which date back two decades, are made up of $111,000 in property taxes that were either mistakenly charged twice or...

KELOWNA – A pair of men are being sought by RCMP after the Liquids liquor store on Gordon Drive was robbed Saturday night. The two men, both wearing black and with their faces concealed, entered the liquor store minutes before it was set to close at 11 p.m.  One of the men began putting bottles...

KELOWNA – A 49-year-old Kelowna woman is facing possible impaired driving charges after a reported hit and run on Springfield Road Friday night. RCMP received a call at 10:25 p.m. that a woman had apparently been rear-ended by a driver of a brown Chevy Cavalier she believed was impaired. Police located the vehicle on the...

KELOWNA – It’s Super Bowl weekend but there’s more to do in Kelowna than watch TV. From Date Night at the H20 Centre to a garden themed display at the Art Gallery, Kelowna's got you covered from Friday morning until Sunday night. Start the weekend off with a drink or two at the Absolut World...

KELOWNA – If an awkward ride on a chair lift is your idea of a great way to spend Valentine’s Day, then chair lift speed dating at Big White on cupid's favourite day is probably for you. “Boys in one line, girls in another line, seven minutes on the chair and you can decide to...

ATHLETES HAVE TO WORK TWICE AS HARD TO KEEP OUR GRADES UP AND TO NOT GET FINANCIAL RECOGNITION LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A KICK IN THE CHIN. KELOWNA – As if she isn't busy enough, Olympics bound freestyle skier and Kelowna born Kelsey Serwa is raising money for athletes who don’t...

KELOWNA - The city is inviting the public to get involved with the planning of the Pandosy waterfront. Input from residents will be collected through a website until Feb. 21, when the information will go to a public design workshop called a charrette, scheduled for Feb. 25-26. The group will be made up of volunteers...