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Shelley Jordan
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...
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...
West Kelowna tax notices mailed out this week
WEST KELOWNA - Start checking your mailboxes for the 2014 District of West Kelowna tax notices sent out this week to over 13,000 property owners. Taxes are due by 4:30 p.m. Friday, July 4 and can be paid through most financial institutions (online or in person); by mail or courier to 2760 Cameron Road, West...
Ottawa to open office in B.C. to woo B.C. First Nations on energy projects
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. – The federal government will set up a major projects management office in British Columbia to try to woo West Coast First Nations on the myriad of energy projects proposed in the province.
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.
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...
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...
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...
Spring community food drive to support area food banks.
This week, TELUS volunteers will be delivering food donation bags to residents in Glenmore, Rutland, Lakeview Heights, Shannon Lake and West Kelowna Estates. Residents are asked to place their filled bag on their doorstep before 10 a.m. for pick up on Saturday May 31. Donation bags will be collected by 2 p.m. “Hunger is a...
Highlights of the Regular Regional Board Meeting: May 26, 2014
Rescue Interagency Framework The Regional Board has approved a new framework for cooperation between Central Okanagan Search and Rescue and the Regional District. The agreement sets out a common understanding of the roles and responsibilities during search and rescue emergencies. This will help with effective deployment of resources and help minimize duplication of services between...
Intensive summer indigenous program offered by UBC
CREDIT COURSES ENHANCE UNDERSTANDING OF ARTISTIC AND THEORETICAL PRACTICES UBC’s Okanagan campus is offering the Intensive Summer Indigenous Program, designed to provide students cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary courses that enhance their understanding of Indigenous artistic and theoretical practices. This summer, UBC’s Aboriginal Programs and Services and Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies present two courses, both...
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...
MP Okanagan-Coquihalla: Midnight sittings, drug recalls & gas tax
This week is another very active one in Ottawa. On Monday our Government tabled a motion to extend the House of Commons sitting hours until midnight each evening to allow for more opportunity to debate the many bills still moving through the House. At the time of writing, the motion for extended hours has so...
Youth, children and families advisory committee application
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops is seeking applications for one representative from the Aboriginal community focused on supporting Aboriginal youth to serve on a voluntary basis for a two year term, 2014-15, for the following: Youth Children and Families Advisory Committee The mandate of the Committee is to act as an advisory body to...
Brown Road re-opens this week
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 to the public...
B.C. premier wants resolution to teachers’ dispute within 48 hours of meeting
VANCOUVER – B.C.'s premier is hoping a Labour Relations Board meeting will jumpstart a resolution to the teachers' dispute within 48 hours.
City Park parking lot closed for Relay for Life
City Park parking lot will be closed starting at 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 31 to accommodate the annual Relay for Life. This 12-hour overnight relay event will end at 8 a.m. Sunday, June 1 and City Park will be fully open to the public by 11 a.m. Event information is available online at relaybc.ca....
Regional Board meeting highlights: May 22, 2014
Selected highlights from the regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen held Thursday, May 22. Complete minutes of the meeting will be made available to the public following adoption at the next scheduled Board meeting June 5, 2014. The Naramata Fire Department has an opportunity to purchase a First...
Request for food vending services
The District of West Kelowna is seeking mobile vendors to provide food and beverage service for nine Music in the Park events. The events are held at Memorial Park, 3737 Old Okanagan Highway in West Kelowna. The Music in the Park program runs on Fridays from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on the following dates:...
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...
Bodies of three missing B.C. canoeists believed to be found in lake: RCMP
NEW DENVER, B.C. – Police in southeast B.C. say the bodies of three missing canoeists may have been found in a local lake.
Former U.S. president offers advice on prostitution to Canadian lawmakers
OTTAWA – A former U.S. president is urging Canada to go after pimps and buyers of sex when it revises federal prostitution laws.
SPCA recommends charges against B.C. woman in deaths of six dogs
VANCOUVER – The SPCA is recommending that animal cruelty charges be laid against a B.C. dog walker who's accused of leaving six dogs to die in a hot truck earlier this month.
Free transit rides for high school graduates
A record number of BC Transit communities are helping high school graduates celebrate their accomplishments with GradPASS. The special pass offers two days of free, unlimited transit travel during the month of June. A total of 19,500 GradPASS cards will be given to Grade 12 students in 30 communities. GradPASS was first introduced in Vancouver...