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Former governor general to attend ceremony for fallen Penticton soldier
Adrienne Clarkson and John Ralston Saul will be guests during a tribute to a fallen Penticton soldier. A walkway behind the Penticton Lakeside Resort will be officially renamed to honour Capt. Jonathan Snyder, a soldier from Penticton who died at the age of 26 while serving in Afghanistan five years ago. Former governor general Adrienne...
First graduates of Interdisciplinary Performance to cross stage
Students celebrate success as artists in exceptional UBC fine arts program Sometimes small and nimble trumps the notion that bigger is better. Just ask this budding group of students taking to the world’s stage. UBC’s Okanagan campus will see the first-ever graduating class from its Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Interdisciplinary Performance program at...
West Kelowna’s “Most Beautiful” Contest
If you just KNOW that you have the most beautiful garden in West Kelowna and want to prove it, there is still time to enter the District’s Most Beautiful Contest. All District of West Kelowna residents and businesses are invited to put their gardening and yard maintenance skills to the test and see who really...
Class action alleging harassment in the RCMP to begin today
VANCOUVER – A class action lawsuit brought against the RCMP on behalf of women who allege they were harassed while on the force begins today in Vancouver.
Bank robbed using threat of bear spray
A suspected bank robber may have used used bear spray to threaten tellers into turning over cash during a heist Friday evening. West Kelowna RCMP are searching for a man who entered the TD Canada Trust located at 525 Hwy 97 south at 7:40 p.m. wearing a ski jacket, baseball cap, jeans, sunglasses and a...
Woman saved from drowning thanks to family and RCMP
A woman became stuck in a mucky marsh and was on the edge of succumbing to hypothermia when she was rescued by police Sunday night. Kelowna RCMP received a call from worried family members about 11 p.m. June 2 asking them to search for the 26-year-old who left a Rutland recovery house earlier in the...
Regional Quality of Life survey closes on June 7, 2013
The community interest in the Regional Quality of Life Survey has been incredible, with over 1,000 surveys returned in the last three weeks. With less than a week before the survey closes on June 7, 2013, Anthony Kittel, the Regional Growth Strategy Coordinator “is encouraging everyone to take 10 minutes to complete a survey and...
B.C. celebrates Canadian Environment Week
This week the environment is taking centre stage as British Columbia continues to preserve and protect the environment and celebrate Canadian Environment Week June 2 to 8, as well as Clean Air Day and World Environment Day on June 5. Environmental protection and stewardship is the foundation on which to build a growing economy, and the B.C. government has...
Chase and District Health Centre celebrates 25th anniversary
This year, June 11 marks the 25th anniversary of the official opening of the Chase and District Health Centre. Interior Health staff plan to mark the occasion with a week-long celebration. “I would like to congratulate the staff at the Chase Health Centre as they recognize this significant milestone in their history,” said Interior Health...
Volunteer community clean-up Saturday
The District of West Kelowna and Westbank First Nation are hosting the fourth annual Volunteer Community Clean-Up this Saturday. Volunteers will be roaming the streets in West Kelowna and Westbank First Nation clearing litter and debris from roadsides in an effort to make our communities even more beautiful. Last year, 70 volunteers participated and more...
Explosion in building at suburban NYC college blows out windows, injuries reported
NYACK, N.Y. – An explosion in a college campus building north of New York City blew out windows, and officials say there are reports of injuries.
Canada-wide charity ball-hockey game to boost local food bank
KELOWNA — Five Hole for Food has been taking their hockey charity events across the country for three years, and the city of Kelowna will get a chance to play for the first time this year with the hope of helping a local food bank fill their shelves. The big game takes place at Stuart...
Police take down a West Kelowna grow op
The West Kelowna drug unit found what they were looking for when they executed a warrant on a suspected grow operation at 2300 Devon Court last week. When Mounties arrived May 23 they found a man inside the home, and seized 242 plants and approximately 30 lbs of dried bud. The man was later arrested...
West Kelowna RCMP searching for assault suspect
West Kelowna RCMP are searching for a man accused of assaulting someone in the parking lot of A&W located at 3640 Gellatly Road. A man approached a vehicle in the lot and threw a slurpee into the small pick-up truck, then punched the male occupant in the head, say police. The hit resulted in a...
RCMP Volunteers help deliver crime prevention message
Kelowna RCMP Citizen Patrol will be distributing crime prevention notices to cars throughout the city in the coming weeks. The notices will contain crime prevention tips. - Lock your vehicle when leaving it unattended - Remove valuables from your vehicle or at least remove them from public view Notices will be placed on windshields as...