Julie Whittet

KELOWNA - Federal Liberal party leader Justin Trudeau shook hands with Kelowna residents on the downtown waterfront this morning. Kerry Park filled with people all of ages hoping to get photos, ask questions and chat with the leader who one day hopes to replace Stephen Harper as Prime Minister. Trudeau stepped away from parliament to...

KELOWNA - It's getting more expensive for two-parent and two-child families to get by in the Central Okanagan. Just how expensive? Each parent now has to make a minimum of $18.01 per hour—up nearly five percent from last year's figure—to meet their family's basic needs: food, rent, transportation, child care and education. According to the...

WEST KELOWNA - Fire crews were able to find the origin of the fire that spread through two hectares of Kalamoir park land on Saturday night. Human use of either flares or fireworks likely ignited the flames but West Kelowna Fire Department Assistant Chief Darren Lee says they couldn't find any trace of the materials....

Scotty Enberg has been tattooing in Kelowna for 20 years and next weekend he'll be attending the Okanagan's first ever tattoo convention. The Okanagan Tattoo Show will be setting up at the Parkinson Recreation Centre July 26th to unite both artists and admirers of inked skin. "When I came here there was only one other...

KELOWNA - This week is not the first time the Legacy condominiums have made headlines. The now roofless building at 770 Rutland Road was initially built to accompany one of the city's most historically significant residences. But Tuesday's devastating fire ignited by a patio barbeque made history many will want to forget. At the heart...

KELOWNA - Last night residents from the Legacy apartment building on Rutland Road gathered to meet with emergency social services at the Salvation Army Church. A fire ignited by a patio barbeque on Tuesday night ravaged the building, demolishing the roof and leaving close to seventy residents temporarily homeless. Kyle Wetton came out of tonight's...

After hours spent extinguishing the fire that scorched a Rutland apartment building yesterday, the Kelowna Fire Department has determined the cause of the inferno: a barbeque on a second floor balcony. Deputy fire chief Lou Wilde says residents were using the barbeque at the time, but it's still to be determined whether it was human...

In response to a devastating apartment fire that ousted residents at 445 Franklyn Road from their homes Saturday, the Red Cross is now offering additional support. Residents from Rutland's Bristol Apartment building can meet with the Red Cross today if they still require assistance with shelter, food and basic necessities. Emergency Social services has placed...

KELOWNA - The expanded emergency ward for Kelowna General Hospital will soon need its own parking lot. Interior Health wants to create that parking on the same site where a 74-year-old heritage home currently sits at 434 Royal Avenue. Yesterday, city council received Interior Health's application for a heritage alternation permit to demolish the house...

Since starting up over three years ago, the stalled development SOPA Square seems to be moving ahead and today developer P218 Enterprises is taking the project back to city council for a re-zoning approval. The developer is requesting to rezone properties on Groves Ave and Newsom Ave at the rear of the Square to create surface...

KELOWNA - A cigarette was found to be the accidental cause of an apartment fire that demolished two suites, sent two people to the hospital from smoke inhalation and left around 80 residents temporarily homeless this weekend. Fire department and Emergency Social Services met with residents at the Salvation Army church on Sutherland Road this...

The jury was out today - along with all other court officials, staff and public in the Kelowna court house when a fire alarm was pulled around 9:30 this morning. All proceedings came to a grinding halt when the fire department showed up and cleared the building. No one was allowed in or near the...