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Shelley Jordan

Shelley Jordan

  • Joined: January 01, 2023
  • Articles: 5188

Annual traffic signal washing and maintenance

Beginning Monday, May 5, and lasting until Friday, June 27, traffic signal technicians will begin annual signal washing maintenance from 7:30 am to 4 pm. During this time, all intersections within Vernon, except for those on Highway 97 and Highway 6, will be occupied by the signal technicians for short durations to clean signal LEDs....

Graduate students open academic conference to public and media

About 70 graduate students, including 35 presenters, from a variety of post-secondary institutions, will gather for this year’s Interdisciplinary Graduate Student (IGS) Conference May 2 and 3 at UBC’s Okanagan campus. For the first time, conference presentations and events are open to media and public. Registration is not required. “The goal of this year's IGS...

Have your say about how to keep our air clean

There’s something fresh in the wind today as regional partners make plans to develop a 2014 Clean Air Strategy with residents’ input. While the vision statement is clear – have clean and healthy air for current and future generations – implementing that vision is hard work. From April 23 to May 6, Regional Services is...

Harper government invests to improve quality of B.C. grape and wine sector

LAKE COUNTRY- Canada's wine and grape sector has gained support in its efforts to become more competitive and sustainable with a $2 million investment from the Harper Government, Member of Parliament Ron Cannan (Kelowna-Lake Country) announced today, on behalf of Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. With this investment from AAFC's AgriInnovation Program, the British Columbia Wine Grape...

Window of opportunity bad for alleged drug trafficker

VERNON - Police didn’t have to look hard to make an arrest early this morning—they just had to peer through a window. While checking up on an individual with an 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew, a Vernon cop noticed the suspect through a window. The 22-year-old man was cutting a substance with a razor...

Rockets shot down in game 3 of 7 in Portland

PORTLAND - The Portland Winterhawks defeated the Kelowna Rockets 4-3 in overtime on Tuesday night at the Moda Centre in Portland, OR, to grab a two-games-to-one lead in the Western Hockey League's Western Conference final. The Winterhawks outshot Kelowna 65-33 but had to score twice in the game's final 2:59, both times with the goalie...

Kelowna Portland series living up to the hype

Heading into the Western Hockey League's Western Conference final between the Kelowna Rockets and the Portland Winterhawks, the series was hyped as the one that everyone wanted to see. Two of the top three teams in the CHL rankings, the top two teams in the WHL and intense rivals who had met in the playoffs...

GAME DAY: Kelowna in Portland for Game 3

Tonight’s Preview: The Kelowna Rockets face the Portland Winterhawks in game three of the Western Conference championship series. In game one the Rockets were a 5-4 winner before the Winterhawks countered with a 5-3 victory in game two. Game four in this series is tomorrow night at the Moda Center before the series shifts back to Kelowna for game five Friday night. This is the third time in the last four seasons these two teams have met in the playoffs. Back in 2011 they collided in round two before meeting in round one in the 2012 post season. The Winterhawks won both of those playoff series. These two teams met four times during the regular season with the Rockets going 4-0-0-0. Overall, the Rockets out-scored the Winterhawks 28-10 in the seasonal series including 12-5 on home ice and 16-5 on the road. The Rockets out-shot the Winterhawks in three of the four games. The Rockets are playing in the Western Conference final for the 6th time in franchise history and for the first time since 2009.