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Value Village workers find large sum of money in pocket of donated pants
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. – Someone who donated pants forgot a large sum of money in a pocket.
Police: Teen father arrested in Northern California for biting nose off 1-month old infant
FAIRFIELD, Calif. – A teen father in Northern California is under arrest after police say he bit the nose off his 1-month-old son because he was frustrated with the infant's crying.
Write on! Registration opens for Okanagan College Three-hour Poetry Contest
Versifiers, rhymesters and sonneteers from throughout the region will congregate on all four Okanagan College campuses on Thursday, April 3 to put their deftness with doggerel and love of lyric to the test in the first annual Okanagan College Three-hour Poetry Contest. Beginning at 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 3, aspiring poets who are Okanagan...
Nationally accredited Pharmacy Technician program prepares students to launch careers
Okanagan College’s Pharmacy Technician certificate program has achieved national accreditation through the Canadian Council for Accreditation of Pharmacy Programs (CCAPP), and is now one of six post-secondary institutions in B.C. to have successfully navigated the rigorous review process. “Pursuing accreditation was driven by changes to the pharmacy technician profession and a shifting regulatory environment,” said...
Slide upgrade coming to Quilchena Park
The City of Kelowna will be removing the long hillside slide at Quilchena Park on Tuesday, March 18. The slide is scheduled to be replaced this year and the old slide will be removed for safety considerations. Families will still be able to safely enjoy the other play structures at the park, including the water...
City fields closed despite warm weather
The City of Kelowna would like to remind residents that all City sports fields are still closed. Residents and sport teams are asked to respect all field closure signs. The grass needs to be actively growing and the fields need to dry out before the upcoming spring and summer seasons to ensure the best quality...
Highway 6 safety upgrades completed
COLDSTREAM - Highway 6 has received $11 million worth of upgrades to improve road safety and a better flow of traffic. Approximately 2.2 kilometres of Highway 6 between Grey and Ricardo roads have been realigned and resurfaced. New railway crossing signals have been added, domestic and irrigation waterlines have been improved and stream upgrades will...
Donation box for Tim Bozon tonight at Blazers game
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers will have a donation box behind Section K tonight for the “Tim Bozon Trust” that is in the process of being established by the Western Hockey League. All the funds will be directed to medical and rehabilitation costs for Tim. From a WHL press release, “There have been many enquiries...
Visiting scholar looks at Stalin’s great purges as clan wars
Soviet dictator Josef Stalin destroyed much of the Soviet regional elite in the Great Purges of 1937 to 1939. While many explanations have been offered over the years, none has satisfactorily fit the evidence. Applying anthropological methods to new archival material, Prof. Arch Getty, professor of history, University of California, suggests that the Stalinist system...
US officials pursuing theory that someone caused the disappearance of Malaysia plane
WASHINGTON – A U.S. official says investigators are examining the possibility that someone caused the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines jet with 239 people on board, and that it may have been "an act of piracy."
Burning in Four Regional Parks
The Regional District of Central Okanagan advises that controlled burns are underway in four regional parks to dispose of fire hazard fuels. Crews are burning today in Stephens Coyote Ridge, Coldham, Rose Valley and off Brown Road in a portion of Glen Canyon Regional Park. With good air quality and venting conditions open burning is...
Crime Stoppers most wanted: Adam Lane Wallace
Crime Stoppers is asking the public’s assistance in locating the following male who is wanted on a province-wide warrant as of March 14, 2014. Adam Lane Wallace, 26, is wanted for one count of break and enter. Wallace is described as a non-white male, 5’7” tall and 170 lbs. He has black hair and brown...
City of Vernon Public Notice: Load Restrictions
Pursuant to Section 606 of the City of Vernon Traffic Bylaw #2747, notice is hereby given that load restrictions will be in place, effective 12:01 a.m. Monday, March 17, 2014, on all roadways in the City of Vernon. All roads will be limited to legal axle loading 70 per cent. Overweight permits will not be...
Americans line up for blocks to attend Denver’s marijuana industry job fair
DENVER – When Tim Cullen was opening his first marijuana business four years ago, the high school biology teacher turned pot entrepreneur struggled to get resumes and references from job applicants.
Mississippi man, 78, dies 2 weeks after being found alive in body bag at funeral home
LEXINGTON, Miss. – A 78-year-old Mississippi man has died two weeks after he woke up in a body bag at a funeral home after being mistakenly pronounced deceased, a coroner said.
Fire on McKinley Road likely caused by battery charger
KELOWNA - A fire erupted in the basement of a home on the 800 block of McKinley Road just after 3 p.m. Thursday. The Kelowna Fire Department rushed to the scene to find smoke coming from around the chimney area. The smoke was actually coming from the basement and the fire itself was quickly doused....
Highlights of the regular Regional Board meeting – March 13, 2014
Mission Creek Greenway Regional Park The Regional Board has approved renewing an agreement between the Regional District and City of Kelowna for Regional District management and operation of Mission Creek Greenway Regional Park. The agreement will run for five years. In addition, the Regional Board supports allowing staff to submit an application to the Province,...
India’s navy, air force, coast guard join search for missing Malaysia Airlines plane
NEW DELHI – India says its navy, air force and coast guard are now looking for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane as the search has expanded to cover an area stretching from the South China Sea to the Andaman Sea.
Documentary about injured snowboarder slated for special viewing
BrainTrust Canada, in partnership with City of Vernon and BMO, is presenting a one-time-only viewing of the documentary The Crash Reel, the story of U.S. snowboarder Kevin Pearce who sustained traumatic brain injury just weeks prior to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. The presentation, which brings awareness to the serious issue of brain injury...
Top teen musicians give free concert
Two Enderby Army Cadets will take to the stage when the 2014 B.C. Cadet Honour Band performs at the Vernon Performing Arts Centre on Tuesday March 22, 2014 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Cadet Sergeants Galen March, and Robert Lewis, both snare drummers, will perform as part of the larger band and also in a...
Real Estate Board announces 2014-2015 president and directors
The Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board (OMREB) is pleased to announce the election of REALTOR® Darcy Griffiths of Vernon to the position of President for the 2014-2015 term. She was installed along with 11 Directors representing the Central Okanagan, North Okanagan and Shuswap zones at OMREB’s Annual General Meeting on March 13, 2014. Griffiths replaces...
Avalanche centre issues special warning after 4 deaths over 6 days
REVELSTOKE, B.C. – A warning has been issued by the Canadian Avalanche Centre after four deaths over six days in B.C. and Alberta.
For the love of macarons and a great cause
KELOWNA – This year’s ‘Jour du Macaron’ will be twice the fun - these colourful confectionaries will be celebrated not for one day, but for two! This sweet day has been a hit all around the globe and thanks to Sandrine French Pastry and Chocolate, it was brought to Kelowna in 2012. Join in on...
UBC graduate student Ashley Little nominated for two BC Book Prizes
AUTHOR OF THREE NOVELS GETS UNPRECENDENTED RECOGNITION Ashley Little, a master of fine arts student with UBC’s Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, has been nominated for two B.C. Book Prizes – for two of her novels. Little is nominated for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize for her most recent book, Anatomy of a Girl...