Julie Whittet

KELOWNA - If you're driving the Connector this weekend be prepared for some frosty weather. The Okanagan Connector from Merritt to Kelowna got a dusting of snow early this morning with an air temperature of -6 C and road surface temperature of -1 degrees.  Environnment Canada issued a special weather statement forecasting a Pacific Weather...

KELOWNA - An audience of up to three million is getting a flavourful introduction to Kelowna. October's Chatelaine - in stands now - is giving readers across Canada a whirlwind tour of the city's food culture, from its well established wineries to its newest boutique shops. Eight pages of the magazine (flip to page 82)...

KELOWNA - With the final piece of a five million dollar marina now in place, Okanagan Lake has its first floating public pier. It won't officially open for business until May 2014 but moorage will be free of charge for the rest of the fall season. It features a boardwalk, three small cabins, a seating...

KELOWNA - It might be a good time to break out your snow tires. The rain showers expected Friday could turn into snow along the highway from Merritt to Kelowna. Higher elevations on the Okanagan Connector, including the Pennask Summit, could get anywhere from 2 - 4 cm of snowfall. A weather system coming in...

KELOWNA – When taken into police custody June of 2010 Joelon Verma shared personal details with someone he believed to be a fellow cellmate. That individual, however, was an undercover police officer, planted in his cell as part of the homicide investigation into the death of Brittney Lee Irving. The officer—whose name cannot be published—testified...

KELOWNA – When Joelon Verma was arrested for the murder of Brittney Lee Irving in June 2010, he soon found himself sharing a cell with a talkative cellmate. Verma was first placed in alone in a cell and watched as another man put up a fight and was even tasered before being placed in the...

KELOWNA – A stretch of agricultural land south of Springfield Road will soon be sprouting new office buildings and shops. The plan to exclude nearly ten acres of land between Spall and Cooper Road from the Agricultural Land Reserve was drafted fifteen years ago, but yesterday City Council gave their final approval.  Their decision paves...

KELOWNA – Brittney Irving never showed up for a planned meeting on the last day she was seen alive, according to Joelon Verma, the man accused of killing her. In a video statement Verma gave police a week after she disappeared, Verma said he spent April 6, 2010 at his cousin's house waiting for Irving...

KELOWNA – Land owners on Cooper Road will have to fill their fruit baskets if they want to convert farmland into an RV park. Their request to re-zone agricultural land in the South Pandosy area to create an agritourism destination didn't get far with city council yesterday. The proposal calls for a 10-unit mobile home...

KELOWNA - Over 40 local artists will have the city as their stage this weekend. A series of free shows and cultural events start this Friday to kick off the fourth year of Kelowna's Culture Days. From September 27 to 29 venues throughout the city invite the public to check out a variety of local...

KELOWNA – Local UBC Okanagan students may have already outgrown their new Quail Ridge bus line. Just introduced last year the Route 13 community bus services a burdgeoning student community nestled in the Quail Ridge area. But with a schedule confined to select morning and evening hours, the 20-seat shuttle is leaving some students in...

KELOWNA – The only witness who dealt drugs to both Brittney Irving and the man alleged to have shot and killed her testified today in Kelowna Supreme Court. Former pot broker David Osborne told a fourteen member jury he met both Irving and Joelon Verma coincidentally at a Rutland tattoo shop about a week prior...

KELOWNA – It's official, the cool evening temperatures are here to stay as the fall season begins Sunday - but don't head indoors just yet. With rain showers and a possible thunderstorm forecast for Saturday, you'll want to dress accordingly for the Grant Thornton Run in Colour. More than 500 have already signed up for...

KELOWNA - Tonight local residents, their friends and families are invited to make some noise after dark in the streets of downtown Kelowna. A 7 p.m. gathering at Stuart Park will kick off the annual Take Back the Night march calling attention to sexualized violence. The Central Okanagan Elizabeth Fry Society and Okanagan Roller Derby...