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Mission Creek Greenway underpasses open again
KELOWNA - Creek levels and flows have stabilized enough for two underpasses along Mission Creek Greenway to open once again for use. The Regional District closed trails under the Casorso Road Bridge and on the south side the Gordon Drive bridge earlier this month because of flooding. They are now open, though Regional Parks staff continue...
YLW switches daily flights from LAX to San Francisco
KELOWNA - Daily flights from Kelowna Airport to San Francisco via United Express begin September 20 and will replace most services to Los Angeles. United is the largest carrier at San Francisco International Airport with nearly 300 flights to more than 90 destinations in the United States and around the world. From the hub in...
West Kelowna man charged with creating child porn
WEST KELOWNA - The West Kelowna man arrested April 2 for allegedly communicating with a member of the RCMP posing as a 13-year-old girl in an online chat forum was officially charged Monday with child luring and making child pornography. Tyler James Nowek, 29, was arrested after an investigation by the B.C. Integrated Child Exploitation...
UPDATE: Mom came home to unresponsive baby, court hears
"I WAS TRYING TO GET ANY REACTION OUT OF HER" KAMLOOPS – A Barnhartvale mother delivered tearful testimony in Kamloops Supreme Court this morning about her husband's alleged assault on their infant daughter. Often pausing to collect herself, Cassandra Gunn, born in 1980, said she and her husband were often challenged by their daughter, who...
Time for tenderness: More post-coital cuddles, better sex life, study suggests
TORONTO – Devoting time to sharing post-coital kisses and cuddles with your partner could be a big boost to your relationship — and lead to a better sex life, new research suggests.
Bodies of three missing canoeists recovered from icy lake in southeast B.C.
NEW DENVER, B.C. - The bodies of three males have been pulled from an icy lake in southeast B.C., almost three weeks after the friends vanished in a canoeing accidents. RCMP Sgt. Darryl Little says the bodies were located in about 150 metres of water in Slocan Lake, near the community of New Denver. He...
Mike Harcourt rips up NDP card, says B.C. New Democrats not ready to govern
VANCOUVER - Former B.C. premier Mike Harcourt is ripping up his membership in B.C.'s New Democratic Party. Harcourt says he's been mulling his departure for some time, following what he calls a series of bad decisions by the party's leaders. He points to New Democrat opposition to the provincial carbon tax and the ouster of...
NHL to hold hearing into Rangers defenceman John Moore hit on Montreal’s Weise
NEW YORK, N.Y. – The NHL has scheduled a hearing today into Rangers defenceman John Moore's hit on Montreal forward Dale Weise (WEECE) in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference final.
Heavy rain forecast for Interior
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - A heavy rainfall alert was issued today for much of the Okanagan and Thompson regions. About 25 mm of rain is possible with a slow moving upper low moving into B.C. off the southern coast tonight. The areas under the alert include South and North Thompson, Nicola, North and South Okanagan, Central Okanagan...
Poet Maya Angelou, author of ‘I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,’ dies at 86 in North Carolina
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Maya Angelou was gratified, but not surprised by her extraordinary fortune.
Star place boil water notice removed
The Regional District of Central Okanagan, in consultation with Interior Health has removed the Boil Water Notice for eight properties served by the Star Place Water System off Trepanier Road in the Central Okanagan West Electoral Area. Recent water sample results have indicated turbidity levels have returned to acceptable safe standards recommended in the Guidelines...
Rails with Trails opens for National Health and Fitness Day
One location, two celebrations, five sports and a few Olympians – it must be National Health and Fitness Day. The City of Kelowna and PacificSport Okanagan will be celebrating both the opening of Rails with Trails Phase Two and National Health and Fitness Day at an event on Saturday, June 7. The event will be...
43 Avenue closes at Pleasant Valley for sewer repair
43 Avenue will be closed at Pleasant Valley Road starting Monday June 2 and continuing for approximately one week. The full road closure is required to replace water, storm and sanitary sewer piping in intersection. Traffic control will be in effect and detour routes posted in advance of the road closure.
UPDATE: Shots fired in north Glenmore came from starter pistol
KELOWNA - Police were at a north Glenmore home to investigate reports of gunfire Monday, but the sound didn't come from a handgun. Mounties surrounded a known trouble house at 1370 Glenmore Road and arrested eight people found inside. They then entered the house and seized a firearm and other weapons. No reason was given...
Brown Road re-opens this week
WEST KELOWNA - Work is complete on Brown Road in West Kelowna and will be open to motorists Saturday, May 31. The road has been closed since March 18 for the significant Westbank Centre Revitalization Project. Barricades and fencing will be removed by the end of day Friday and the newly-upgraded road will be open...