Shelley Jordan
Prepare Your Family Before An Emergency
Your doorbell rings. When you answer, the emergency responder outside quickly tells you to gather your family and leave because of a threatening emergency. Are you ready? Two possible outcomes to this scenario have played out over the years in the Central Okanagan. You either feel the adrenaline rush, yet confidently respond with each member...
UBC graduate students host conference about the human body
While everybody thinks we know our bodies well, graduate students at UBC’s Okanagan campus want us to reconsider that notion and our body’s relationship with its surrounding environment. The Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies and the Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Association host their graduate conference this weekend. Researchers from across Canada have been invited to...
Expanded piping trades program now offered in Salmon Arm
Okanagan College has enhanced its pre-apprenticeship program for plumbing to expand employment options and meet the rising demand for pipefitters in northern B.C. and Alberta. The new 24-week Plumbing and Piping Trades Certificate program starts August 6, and for the first time is being offered through the Salmon Arm Trades Training Centre. A program information...
Poet Sonnet L’Abbé takes Canada’s pulse leading to 150th birthday
UBC teacher calls out to Canadians to build a national ‘crowdsourced poem’ Given thought to Canada’s upcoming 150th birthday? Our sesquicentennial is just around the corner – how should we celebrate? What do we love about being Canadian and how can we show it in local and nationwide events in 2017? Sonnet L’Abbé seeks answers...
Draft picks help boost Rockets engines for next season
Kelowna Rockets President and General Manager Bruce Hamilton has announced that the Rockets have made a trade at the Western Hockey League Bantam Draft. The Rockets have acquired the rights to 17-year-old forward Brennan Clark from the Victoria Royals in exchange for a 12th round WHL bantam selection in 2014 as well as a conditional...
Local Author Discusses Islamic Extremism
The Thompson-Nicola Regional District’s Library System is hosting a free talk by Dr. Max Zahir on Wednesday, May 15, 7 p.m., at the North Kamloops Library as he discusses his book 1947: A Memoir of Indian Independence and the broader topic of Islamic fundamentalism. The event is part of the Library System’s three-week Spring Author...
Men from Penticton arrested on drug charges
Police arrested two men while executing a drug warrant on a house in Penticton yesterday. Penticton RCMP came knocking on the door in the 200 block of Hastings Street and found various quantities of marijuana, LSD, MDMA, and hash oil. Rory Ivan Thayer, 24, and James Dean Matthew, 26 were taken into custody for court...
Fly ‘n’ Vote at YLW
Heading for a beach holiday or business trip and think you won’t have time to vote in the B.C. provincial election? Now there’s no excuse if you are flying through Kelowna International Airport between Wednesday May 8 and Saturday May 11. Kelowna International Airport (YLW) has been listed as an Advance Voting location by Elections...
West Kelowna Takes Stock of Assets
The District of West Kelowna will create its first Integrated Asset Management Plan, thanks to a grant through the Government of Canada’s Gas Tax Fund. The plan will be used to confirm the District of West Kelowna’s inventory of infrastructure and put an updated price tag on present value, ongoing operating and maintenance expenses and...
Dates Set For First Round Of $20 Dump Days
The Thompson-Nicola Regional District has confirmed the first round of dates for this year’s $20 Dump Days, which will take place at waste facilities throughout the North Thompson on Saturday, May 11, except for the Eagan Lake Transfer Station, which will host its event on Sunday, May 12. Residents can bring in any amount of...
Penticton woman killed after thrown from truck bed
A Penticton woman, Kyra Holt, died when she fell off the back of a pickup truck last Friday. Police say the 39-year-old was travelling home with friends after a ride out on the KVR trail near Naramata at around 9 p.m. April 26 when the accident happened. Holt and another woman were riding in the...
Crown appeals sentence for Vernon lawyer who helped Greeks gang
Crown appeals sentence given to lawyer who helped murderous B.C. gang
Drain winter pool water the right way
As many residents are busy preparing their swimming pools and hot tubs for summer enjoyment, the City of Kelowna is reminding residents of the proper procedure to drain winter pool water without putting a strain on the environment. Residents are encouraged to consider the following when draining their pools and hot tubs. · Drain to...
Update: Travel advisory lifted for Coquihalla
Update 7 a.m. April 30 Conditions continue to improve and although DriveBC reports compact snow, slushy and slippery sections, limited visibility and heavy snowfall, the travel advisory for the Coquihalla has been lifted. Drive safe. Update 6:15 a.m. April 30 Highway 97C remains under a travel advisory this morning due to limited visibility and heavy...
Go Fish program set to begin
For the 7th consecutive year, the Regional District of Central Okanagan, Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC and Ministry of Environment along with many local partners are preparing for the ‘Go Fish’ program providing children 15 years of age and under the opportunity to experience the sport of fishing and to foster an appreciation of the...