Kelowna news
Kelowna removes Keep Christ in Christmas sign from downtown nativity display
The annual nativity scene display in downtown Kelowna included a sign that read “Keep Christ…
Kelowna RCMP arrest 47 suspected shoplifters in one week
Kelowna RCMP cracked down on shoplifting last week in an effort dubbed “Project Barcode”. Police…
Mayor’s task force wants to grow Kelowna’s performing arts scene
Kelowna’s mayor put together a task force that came up with a list of ways…
Kelowna RCMP budget doubled over past five years
Kelowna is preparing its budget for 2025, and the RCMP is going to cost the…
Mortgage on Kelowna starter home double what most people can afford
The average mortgage payment for a starter home in Kelowna is double what two-thirds of…
Long legal battle ahead for Kelowna residents displaced by UBCO downtown highrise
Residents in an affordable housing building in downtown Kelowna had to evacuate their homes in…
Kelowna developer wins fight with city over future road to second Okanagan Lake bridge
An Okanagan developer has won a legal battle against the City of Kelowna paving the…
Changing behaviour key to preventing destruction of homes by wildfire: Okanagan study
A study on the wildfires in the Okanagan in 2023 emphasizes ember resilience as a…
‘Primal need’: Kelowna’s Scratchy Girl offers sensory touch therapy
A mix of essential oils and various scented sprays infuse the air as a soft…
Winter storm bringing heavy snow to passes on Coquihalla, Trans-Canada this weekend
Heavy snowfall is expected this weekend on the Coquihalla and Trans-Canada with freezing rain on…
Municipal budget season means a preview of tax hikes in Kamloops, Okanagan
It’s municipal budget season so Kamloops and cities around the Okanagan have begun releasing property…
Central Okanagan school district breaks ground on $124M high school, more schools still needed
The Central Okanagan School District is over capacity, but $162 million from the province is…
Chopping down your own Christmas tree this year? Not so fast…
Now that December is here, and people have started decorating for Christmas, a reminder to…
Affordable housing coming to Kelowna’s downtown near proposed UBCO campus
Nestled next to the proposed UBC Okanagan downtown campus will be a six-storey, 68-unit affordable…
UBCO’s new Kelowna downtown highrise damaging neighbouring buildings
At least three buildings near UBC Okanagan’s new downtown campus have been damaged as construction…