Julie Whittet

KELOWNA - Should the city be putting a tourism building in one of its most prized park spaces? After a public survey on City Park re-designs closed July 15 the conversation - and controversy - is still going strong about whether the city should make room for a new visitor's centre in the park. City...

KELOWNA - One of Canada's largest electro-dance festivals is revving up on the damp sands of the City Park waterfront.  The countdown is over for those eagerly awaiting the sold-out Centre of Gravity festival and if you're late in the game, a limited amount of reserved tickets go on sale today. Some of the most...

KELOWNA –  If you have a dog with a valid 2013 license expect to find something special in your mailbox. All qualifying pet owners are now automatically enrolled in the My Dog Matters rewards program which fetches you savings on everyday pet purchases. Discounts on anything from groomers to pet stores, doggy daycare, veterinarians, even...

KELOWNA – A confession to a 2012 arson on Large Avenue was judged to be fair game as evidence in the trial for Brandon Seberras-Pick. The accused is facing three charges in connection with a house fire, car fire and break and enter in a Black Mountain neighbourhood on Feb. 2, 2012. Seberras-Pick, then 18...

KELOWNA - The dial on the fire hazard sign at the entrance to Knox Mountain Park is now in the red - indicating an extremely high risk for a wildfire. The city has responded by closing the upper portion of Knox Mountain Drive to vehicle traffic starting Aug. 1. Cars will not be allowed up...

KELOWNA – You won't find an iPhone on his desk or catch him Googling his research, but that hasn't stopped Mike Roberts from giving Okanagan audiences a well crafted weather story. Prepping tonight's broadcast, Roberts admits he's not entirely up to speed with today's web driven culture. Glancing through scenic wildlife photos emailed from Global...

KELOWNA - Following yesterday's fire in North Glenmore area residents were put on a boil water notice. So how exactly did people's drinking water come into the equation? Glenmore Ellison Improvement District operations manager Darren Schlamp says typically in residential areas the fire department can access hydratants with 150 feet, but yesterday's fire broke out...

KELOWNA - Residents in Glenmore are advised to boil their drinking water following this morning's brush fire. The Glenmore Ellison Improvement District has issued a Boil Water Notice for customers in the vicinity of Scenic Road "due to the activities" of today's firefighting efforts.  Residents on the following roads will be affected: Appaloosa, Arab, Augusta, Bonn,...

KELOWNA - As tensions simmer between Interior Health's hospital expansion and Pandosy area residents, city councillors are trying to cool things down. But negotiating fair boundaries for the hospital's parking area is proving a difficult task without knowing exactly how much land Interior Health has its eyes on. Two weeks ago it announced its purchase...

KELOWNA - Premier Christy Clark is officially the new MLA for Westside-Kelowna. She was sworn in by the clerk of the house today at the Vancouver Premier's Office at Canada Place. It was a small ceremony attended only by cabinet members including Minister of Transport Todd Stone, Minister of Agriculture Pat Pimm and Minister of...

KELOWNA - A segment of park land in the Mission's Ponds neighborhood will now be part of a long awaited school site for students Grades 6 through 8. With city approved rezoning of the site, School District No. 23 can now go forward with their purchase of the land to build a new middle school...

KELOWNA - A smooth, scenic new stretch of highway from Winfield to Oyama should be open to traffic in a month's time. Now getting a second layer of pavement, the $77.9 million six-lanes of Highway 97 should be complete by August. Ministry of Transportation project manager Rampaul Dulay says the project is right on schedule...

KELOWNA - A new producer-run curbside recycling program is coming to the city next year and it boasts savings for taxpayers. But those savings could be a flash in the pan if the program gets more costly down the road.  After a 2011 change in B.C.'s environmental policy all major producers (from restaurants to newspapers)...

KELOWNA - Are you satisfied with the quality of life in the Central Okanagan? If you're a resident in Peachland, West Kelowna, Kelowna and Lake Country you have until August 8th to express your thoughts and suggestions for anything from fair wages, water consumption, affordable housing and childcare.  Through a community feedback survey the 2013...

KELOWNA - Tourists soaking up the sun on the downtown waterfront today were scratching their heads over yesterday's report the city is home to the country's highest crime rate. Out of 33 Canadian cities, Kelowna came number one for the highest rate of police reported crime in 2012 according to Statistics Canada. Edmonton resident Dennis...

KELOWNA - On the same day it was declared Kelowna has the highest crime rate in Canada – partly due to an increase in property crime – two Rutland businesses reported break and enters just minutes apart from each other. The Berezan Liquor Store and My Neighborhood Restaurant located on Roxby Road reported the incidents...

KELOWNA - Crime rates may have declined across the country in 2012 but Kelowna's crime rate has climbed—and now leads the country. According to a Statistics Canada report released this morning on 2012 police-reported crime, crime in Kelowna was up six per cent from 2011, with a rate of 8,875 crimes per 100,000 population. But Kelowna...

"LYNN AND I HAD A GREAT RELATIONSHIP:" TEARFUL WIENS ON THE WOMAN HE MURDERED KELOWNA - Former Mountie Keith Gregory Wiens wept openly, wiping tears from his face, as he apologized to the court and the family of his common-law wife Lynn Kalmring, who he shot in the face over an argument about money. He...