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Shelley Jordan
Provincial grants benefit Kelowna-area athletic and arts organizations
KELOWNA – Nine community organizations received a total of more than $288,275 in gaming grants as part of the province’s Community Gaming Grant Program. The B.C. government awarded grants to the following community organizations: - Okanagan Artists Alternative Association $32,000 - Kiwanis Music Festival Society of Kelowna $20,000 - Ogopogo Summer Swim Club $32,400 -...
School support staff across B.C. reach tentative five-year contract
VANCOUVER – Education support staff in B.C.'s public schools have reached a tentative contract with the province.
UPDATE: Bomb squad arrives to investigate pipe bomb explosion
PENTICTON - Residents came out of their homes Friday afternoon to watch the Vancouver RCMP Explosive Disposal Unit blow up explosives materials found at the home where another bomb went off unexpectedly June 5. Police speculate the pipe bomb was left outside yesterday and heat from the sun set it off. After hearing a loud...
Man in fatal traffic accident near Vernon identified
VERNON - The B.C. Corners Service has identified the man who died in a traffic accident June 4 on Highway 97 near Vernon. He was Brian Victor Dolman, 64, of Oyama. Dolman was the driver and only person inside the Subaru SUV when he veered out of the southbound lanes near the Birnie Road turnoff...
Police seize 1446 plants in Spallumcheen
SPALLUMCHEEN - Mounties dismantled a large grow-op in a rural area outside of Armstrong Tuesday. An investigation into the possible operation in the 3300 block of Hope Drive in Spallumcheen started in October. On June 3, officers from the Vernon/North Okanagan detachment and a dog services team arrived at the residence with a search warrant...
UPDATE: Man in fatal Vernon traffic accident was from Lake Country
VERNON - The driver of a Subaru who died in a crash yesterday on Highway 97 was a 64-year-old man from Lake Country. The two men in a truck hit head-on near the Birnie Road turnoff were from Vernon. RCMP confirmed details about the crash today in a press release. RCMP spokesperson Gord Molendyk says...
First Nations PhD graduates take knowledge back to community
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION AND GRADUATE STUDY OPPORTUNITIES GROW FOR ABORIGINAL PEOPLE OKANAGAN - UBC Okanagan’s first two Aboriginal PhD graduates are taking what they have learned back to their Okanagan communities. The Syilx (Okanagan) traditional territories extend from B.C.’s south central interior to north-central Washington. UBC’s Okanagan campus is located within this territory. Nsyilxcn (Okanagan language)...
Neighbours stunned to learn of Justin Bourque’s alleged involvement in shootings
MONCTON, N.B. - Neighbours in the Moncton, N.B., area where alleged gunman Justin Bourque grew up are offering their support to his family. A local church administrator says she feels terrible for Bourque's parents Denise and Victor, whom she calls good people. Dianne LeBlanc says she hasn't seen Justin Bourque at church for years, but...
Moncton rallies around RCMP after three murder charges laid in Mountie deaths
MONCTON, N.B. – A man facing murder charges after three RCMP officers were gunned down in Moncton appeared briefly in court Friday, 17 hours after his arrest ended a manhunt that kept the small city in southern New Brunswick on edge with people locked in their homes.
Ask the big questions, Nobel Laureate tells UBC grads
SCRAP CONVENTIONAL WISDOM AND YOUR OWN IDEAS, JACK SZOSTOK'S CONVOCATIONAL MESSAGE KELOWNA - The importance of life after university is to continue asking the big questions, says Nobel Laureate and UBC Honorary Degree recipient Jack Szostak. Challenge accepted conventions, prejudices and preconceptions, Szostak told the 2014 graduating class at UBC’s Okanagan campus Convocation on Friday....
Pushor-Mitchell award marks five years of support for student leaders
KELOWNA - Alexa Geddes, graduating with a bachelor of science honours with a major in biology and a minor in psychology from UBC’s Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, is the winner of this year’s $10,000 Pushor Mitchell LLP Gold Medal Leadership Prize. Now in its fifth year, the prize honours a top...
City Park Concept Plan workshop sign-up
The City of Kelowna will host a community workshop to help refine the City Park Concept Plan on June 25 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Coast Capri Hotel. Kelowna residents are invited to take part in shaping the Downtown’s signature waterfront park by registering through the following methods: - online at kelowna.ca/mycitypark -...
Jobs abound for College’s Trades graduates
KELOWNA - Alexandra Staple chose to become a welder because she wanted a different future. “I really wasn’t going anywhere in life doing what I was doing,” says the 23-year-old from Kelowna. “And I wanted a career with a future, not just a job.” Staple, who had been working in food and beverage service for...
Youth volunteers thanked by Interior Health
On June 5, Interior Health Volunteer Services in Kelowna hosted a BBQ to thank young volunteers in the Candy Striper and Cadets program. Youth like Shaun Taylor, 17, and Brianna Weiss, 18, volunteer their time and energy to make a difference for hospital patients and long term care residents. Learn more about Volunteer Opportunities at...
Discount on City compost
Penticton – Green thumbs, mark the calendar: you can stock up on black gold during two weekends in June. The City of Penticton is offering purchases of its bulk weight compost from the landfill at a discount – 50 per cent off – while quantities last. “We have a large supply of compost material available,...