Golf
Swing into spring with early opening at North Okanagan golf course
VERNON – With more green than white on the ground, at least one local golf…
Kamloops golfers may be able to skip Hockey Day and hit the links
KAMLOOPS – Golf might be an option for families this weekend as Mt. Paul Golf Course…
Kelowna Rockets raise thousands to help kids with autism play hockey
KELOWNA – Players, coaches, scouts and fans of the Kelowna Rockets helped raise more than $15,000 to help children with autism enter hockey programs Friday morning. The sold out Rockets Alumni Foundation 15th Annual Golf Tournament teed off July 17 as they attempt to raise $100,000 over the next three years for the Canucks Autism...
Golfers rejoice: Local course to open Thursday
SPALLUMCHEEN - At least one local golf course is boasting an early March opening. The Spallumcheen Golf and Country Club is opening its driving range Thursday, Mar. 5. — one of the earliest dates around. The course at Predator Ridge is eyeing an April 8 opening, and the Vernon Golf and Country Club says the...
Course operators look forward to February golf
KELOWNA — Forget the groundhog, hardcore golfers are the new harbinger of spring. At least at Kelowna Springs Golf Club and some other Central Okanagan golf courses where agreeable weather is allowing for the earliest opening some courses have ever seen. “This is unheard of in 20 years,” Ian Robertson, general manager of Kelowna Springs,...
Vernon council backs down from golf course water rate hike
VERNON – Golf courses who buy reclaimed or grey water from the City of Vernon to irrigate won’t be gouged with an almost doubling of rates after all. City councillors voted unanimously this week to freeze the rates for spray irrigation at 2013 levels. Representatives from the local golf courses pleaded with the councillors at...
Local golf courses plead with city over escalating water rates
VERNON - Local golf courses are pleading with the City of Vernon for a break on escalating water rates, calling this the most challenging time the industry has ever faced. Four local golf courses—Predator Ridge, The Rise, Vernon Golf & Country Club and Hillview Golf—told Vernon council they are paying inordinate fees compared to other...
UPDATE: Standoff over at notorious house
KELOWNA – One-by-one nine people walked out of a house on Glenmore Road Friday morning with their hands over the heads and in the gun sights of RCMP officers surrounding the home. It took a police negotiator two hours to coax the suspects and their two dogs out of the house at 1370 Glenmore Rd....