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Documentaries explore issues around community design, aging and health
KELOWNA - On Thursday, April 10 a free public screening of two documentaries will examine the implications of community design from different points of view. I'd Rather Stay explores the joys and challenges of growing older in one’s own home and neighbourhood, and the importance of developing age friendly communities. Researchers will be present to...
Tree coupons are back
As of Monday, April 7th, 2014, the City will have tree coupons valued at twenty dollars ($20) available to the public. Residents who would like a tree coupon can pick one up at City Hall at 7 Victoria Street West, or the Public Works Centre at 955 Concordia Way, during regular business hours, Monday to...
Controlled burning in two regional parks: April 1, 2014
The Regional District of Central Okanagan advises that controlled burning is underway today (Thursday, April 3rd) in an approximately 20-hectare area of Scenic Canyon Regional Park and in a nine hectare section of Coldham Regional Park. With good air quality and venting conditions open burning is allowed today for those eligible Central Okanagan property owners...
Urban Growth Strategy/Official Community Plan amendment
Town Hall Meeting—6pm Monday, April 7 Please join us at 6 p.m. on Monday, April 7 at the Summerland Secondary High School Gym, 9518 Main Street to learn more about the proposed Urban Growth Strategy/OCP Amendments. Staff will give a presentation and explain why changes are being considered, Council will provide their opinions, and residents...
Spent take a satirical look at the 2008 financial meltdown
UBC’s Theatre 26 and the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies presents Spent, a fast-paced, satirical commentary on the greed that caused the 2008 financial crisis. Spent arrives in the Okanagan after a Dora Award-winning run in Toronto and sold-out run at the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe. Conjuring the madness of the 2008 economic downturn, the...
Highlights of Kelowna City Council meeting: March 31, 2014
Glenmore carwash Council considered a rezoning application to allow for a carwash on 469 Glenmore Road and forwarded it to a Public Hearing on Tuesday April 15. Interested members of the public are encouraged to contact Council and/or attend the public hearing to state their views directly to Council. Pleasantvale Lane road closure Council gave...
NeighbourWoods trees going fast
It’s been five days since the City of Kelowna opened registration for the 2014 NeighbourWoods program and now only 120 trees remain.
Unmanned subs could be key to finding vanished jet if searchers can narrow crash zone
Two miles down or more and darker than night, the ocean becomes a particularly challenging place for human searchers. If the wreckage of a missing Malaysian airliner rests somewhere in the Indian Ocean's depths, then investigators will likely need to entrust the hunt at least partly to robot submarines and the scientists who deploy them...
Fort Hood orders all personnel at the Texas Army base to ‘shelter in place’
FORT HOOD, Texas – Fort Hood has ordered everyone at the Texas Army base to "shelter in place."
Distracted driving kills more than drunk driving, B.C. considers higher fines
VICTORIA – Distracted driving is killing more British Columbians than drunk driving and Attorney General Suzanne Anton says the government is considering higher fines and penalties to put the brakes on the carnage.
Local mom chooses College’s Practical Nursing program to launch a new career
For one mom, Okanagan College’s Practical Nursing program was the best way to get back into the workforce after raising her kids. “I always wanted to be a nurse and I chose to go to Okanagan College because it has an amazing reputation for nursing,” said Marie Walker, a 2013 graduate of the Practical Nursing...
Water conservation and quality improvement grant awards, 2014
Regional District North Okanagan Available funds: $57,000 Total Requested: $45,700 Recommended Funding: $45,700 Project Title: North Kalamalka Lake Intake Protection Zone Storm Water Reclamation Project Organization: Greater Vernon Water Project Goals: Kalamalka Lake is a major domestic water source for Greater Vernon, providing about 40% of water to customers. In 2011, Greater Vernon Water received...
66-year-old B.C. man without driver’s licence guilty of killing pedestrian
KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops man who has never held a driver’s licence but has been busted behind the wheel five times in the last three years has been convicted of killing a pedestrian.
Have you thanked a volunteer today? Interior Health helps mark Volunteer Week
Interior Health is celebrating its thousands of volunteers during National Volunteer Week April 6 – 12. Volunteer Week is an opportunity to recognize and thank volunteers for the work they do to enhance health care delivery throughout the region. Volunteer recognition events will be held at many local hospitals and residential care facilities throughout the...
Have you thanked a volunteer today? Interior Health helps mark Volunteer Week
Interior Health is celebrating its thousands of volunteers during National Volunteer Week April 6 – 12. Volunteer Week is an opportunity to recognize and thank volunteers for the work they do to enhance health care delivery throughout the region. Volunteer recognition events will be held at many local hospitals and residential care facilities throughout the...