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Interior Health is ready for all but the worst case COVID-19 scenario
Prevention through things like social distancing is still the best way to keep the impact…
RCMP to salute Kelowna health-care workers with lights and sirens
Kelowna RCMP officers will honk their horns outside of KGH to show their support for…
Kelowna grants itself special powers because of COVID-19
Kelowna City Council gave itself special powers earlier this week in the wake of social-distancing…
Kelowna RCMP seize drugs, cash at Rutland home for 2nd time in 2 months
The Kelowna RCMP Community Safety Unit seized suspected illicit drugs from a Kelowna home for…
City-owned buildings may be pressed into service for COVID-19
It came as no surprise to some city officials when the province said that municipal…
Report card on B.C. social-distancing is coming next week
Numbers are the focus of Dr. Bonnie Henry’s opening comments during her daily COVID-19 updates.…
Update: Multiple COVID-19 cases reported on Kelowna and Kamloops flights
The BC Center for Disease Control is trying to reach passengers who shared flights with…
Conservation officers seek public’s help after bighorn sheep shot on Westside Road
The B.C. Conservation Officer Service is looking for help from the public as it investigates…
Dr. Henry has an estimate of COVID-19 cases in B.C. and she’ll tell us Friday
The number of people infected with COVID-19 being reported every day by provincial health officials…
Funeral homes facing new challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic
Funeral homes in the Okanagan are doing their best to continue operating safely while serving…
iN VIDEO: Residents drive by Kelowna hospital with signs to show support for health workers
People around the world are finding ways to show their support for front-line health care…
Regional district asking residents to limit trips to Glenmore landfill to avoid crowding
One day after the City of Kelowna dropped parking fees downtown because COVID-19 was keeping…
Man found dead in vehicle after shots fired in Kelowna
Kelowna RCMP have launched a homicide investigation after a man’s body was found in a…
Government financial support for COVID-19 won’t help with April’s rent
Despite many government programs being announced in recent days to help people who can’t work…
Edmonton child sexual assault suspect may have connections to Vernon, Kelowna
A 37-year-old man charged in connection to a child abduction and sexual assault in Edmonton…
Okanagan Spirits Distillery overwhelmed by sanitizer demand from essential service workers
Although Okanagan Spirits Craft Distillery had originally planned to distribute its free hand sanitizer to…
‘It doesn’t seem like reality’: Kelowna swimmer’s Olympic dream on hold
Kierra Smith has been training for years for a chance to earn an Olympic medal…
If you have any symptoms of COVID-19, stay inside: Dr. Bonnie Henry
While 472 B.C. residents have been diagnosed with COVID-19, there are hundreds, likely thousands, who…
Need COVID-19 information from your local politicians? Here’s your chance
Beset by requests for webinars with “actual facts and useful information,” about COVID-19, Kelowna-Lake Country…
Essential visits only at all Interior Health facilities
Only essential visitors are being allowed at Interior Health sites, effective immediately. "This decision supports…
Free parking in parts of Kelowna due to COVID-19 pandemic
Pay parking is being waived in two areas of Kelowna because of the COVID-19 pandemic.…
2020 Memorial Cup has been cancelled
The 2020 Memorial Cup, which was set to be held in Kelowna in May, has…
Kelowna cops arrest man after woman flees his vehicle screaming for help
A Surrey man has been arrested in Kelowna and charged with assault causing bodily harm…
Kelowna closing playgrounds but trails stay open for now
Kelowna Mayor Colin Basran announced today, March 23, that all 81 city playgrounds and all…