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Shelley Jordan

Shelley Jordan

  • Joined: January 01, 2023
  • Articles: 5188

Knox Mountain Drive fully open

Thanks to great spring weather, Knox Mountain Drive is now fully open for the season. The winter gate opened a couple weeks ago while the City was waiting for temperatures to stop dipping below zero. The first lookout gate to the park is now also open. Knox Mountain Drive is open to vehicles 9:30 a.m....

Performance students debut original stage work, Roundabout

UBC performance students are staging a rousing year-ender with a montage that pays homage to our eternal fascination with the automobile. Or in this case, the West’s favourite steed of the highway, the venerable pickup truck. Created and performed by bachelor of fine arts students in the interdisciplinary performance program in the Department of Creative...

Canadian Snowboard Cross National Championships at Big White’s TELUS Park

From April 3-6, 2014, Big White Ski Resort along with BC Snowboard are hosting the 2014 Sport Chek Canadian Snowboard Cross National Championships at Big White’s TELUS Park.  Riders from across Canada as well as riders who have joined us internationally will compete in their own respective categories which include Junior FIS, Senior FIS, U14...

Name change reflects institute’s research themes

The Okanagan Institute for Biodiversity, Resilience and Ecosystem Services (BRAES) has risen from the former Institute for Species at Risk and Habitat Studies (SARAHS) at UBC’s Okanagan campus. “The name change not only more accurately reflects the institute's research mandate, but also better positions the Okanagan campus as a centre of excellence for research in...

Robber flees on bicycle following insurance agency stick-up

KELOWNA - An insurance agent was robbed at gunpoint Tuesday morning prompting a police search of the area around Capri Insurance in Kelowna. Mounties arrived at the Capri Centre Mall shortly before noon April 1 following a report an unknown man entered the agency, threatened staff with a shotgun and demanded money. Officers were told...

Rockets steal Seattle’s thunder with 6-2 win

KELOWNA - The Kelowna Rockets drew first blood in its best-of-seven, second round WHL playoff series with Seattle on Thursday, skating to a 6-2 win over the Thunderbirds at Prospera Place in Kelowna. Rockets defenceman Damon Severson scored twice and added two assists to lead the Rockets who led 3-1 after the first period and...

You won’t believe this photo from former Rocket Mitchell Callahan

GRAND RAPIDS, Iowa - A gruesome selfie from former Kelowna Rocket Mitch Callahan was posted to Twitter after he took a puck to the mouth during an AHL game last night. Callahan, a centre with the Grand Rapids Griffins, was positioned in front of the Iowa Wild’s net during his team's 6-1 victory game when he...

Crime Stoppers most wanted: Clinton Jay How

Crime Stoppers is asking the public’s assistance in locating the following male who is wanted on a province-wide warrant as of April 4, 2014.  Clinton Jay How, 32, is wanted for four counts of driving while prohibited.  How is described as a white male, 5’11” tall and 210 lbs.  He has blonde hair and blue...

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...

Body removed from Hiawatha Mobile Home park

KELOWNA - RCMP Serious Crimes investigators cordoned off a home at Hiawatha Mobile Home park in Kelowna after finding a body inside Tuesday morning. At about 9 a.m. April 1, Mounties received a request to check the welfare of a Kelowna woman on the 3700 block of Lakeshore Road. The woman was found inside, dead,...

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.

Tickets still available for the Steve Miller Band

PENTICTON - Some people call him a Space Cowboy, while others refer to him as the Gangster of Love. Whatever your preference, those who love the blues infused classic rock sound of the Steve Miller Band can enjoy a live concert at the South Okanagan Events Centre next Friday. With more than 30 million records...

Charges laid in fatal Easter Sunday crash near Vernon

VERNON - Charges have been laid against a 22-year-old who was at the wheel during a crash on Highway 97 south of Vernon on Easter Sunday, 2013. Brandon McGregor of Spallumcheen is charged with dangerous driving causing death. Police say the accident happened at about 1:45 p.m. March 31 just north of the Baily Road...

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...