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Kelowna RCMP catch man suspected of breaking into cars
KELOWNA – Police have a suspect in custody in connection with vehicle break-ins in downtown…
Distracted driver runs red light, hits city bus in Kelowna
KELOWNA – A Penticton woman, police suspect was distracted while driving, ran a red light…
Victim joined by bystanders to catch Kelowna purse snatcher
KELOWNA – A man is in custody facing charges after he tried, and failed, to…
Squirrel damage blamed for downtown Kelowna power outage
KELOWNA – A small power outage in downtown Kelowna is being blamed on “squirrel damage.”…
Restaurant competition heats up in downtown Kelowna
KELOWNA - So you wanna open a restaurant in Kelowna? Better bring your A-game because there’s a lot of competition. BNA Brew Co. is just the latest on the scene with its 8,000 square feet location in a historic former warehouse next to Flashbacks nightclub on Ellis Street. “We’re a restaurant that brews its own...
Campfire in downtown Kelowna sparks car fire
KELOWNA – Someone built a campfire next to a car on outside the Level nightclub in downtown Kelowna early this morning, and the car caught on fire. Fire crews were called to 275 Leon Ave. at about 2:50 a.m., Sunday, March 15, arriving to find the car fire had just spread to the adjacent building....
How the city is going to try to make it easier for tourists in downtown Kelowna this summer
KELOWNA - Summer in downtown in Kelowna is going to be all about construction, traffic congestion and scarce parking as the city deals with an unusual number of big, building projects. “The biggest concern is construction during the summer when the volumes are highest and parking stalls are used the most,” Purvez Irani says. He's...
Road hogging continues as big block construction projects dominate downtown
KELOWNA - If you think Kelowna has endured a lot of big-ticket construction projects in the last few years, you would be right. If you thought it was over, you would be wrong. A number of large building projects, and all that goes with it — detours, lost parking spaces, narrowed roadways — have either...
Kelowna man badly beaten downtown
KELOWNA – RCMP are looking for your help to find two suspects wanted in connection with an assault on a 47-year-old man in downtown Kelowna early Friday morning. According to witnesses, two men jumped out of a small, grey pickup truck on Leon Avenue near Ellis Street at around 1:25 a.m. and attacked the Kelowna...