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UPDATE: Woman reported missing in Kelowna located
UPDATE: Friday, Jan. 20, 2023 Kelowna RCMP say a 34-year-old woman reported missing in Kelowna…
Kelowna French bistro ordered to pay $25K in sexual harassment case
A Kelowna fine dining restaurant has been ordered to pay a former server $25,000 after…
Okanagan ski hills still cleaning up after 1-in-50-year ‘rime snow’ attack
Ski hills are used to getting lots of snow, but the heavy, wet rime snow…
Kelowna ‘freedom rally’ racked up 200 unpaid tickets before being taken to court
In the past two-and-a-half years, the organizers of the weekly ‘freedom rallies’ at Stuart Park…
Kelowna multi-millionaire loses appeal against highrise neighbour
Charles Fipke made his fortune in diamonds and is one of Kelowna’s richest citizens. But…
Erratic driver nearly hits child in West Kelowna, gets busted for drug dealing
An erratic driver was arrested with a car full of drugs earlier today after the…
Kelowna RCMP arrest a suspect for child sexual exploitation
A suspect was briefly detained for having child pornography in Kelowna earlier this month. Kelowna…
Kelowna’s first cat cafe a whisker away
A Kelowna woman who has been working hard to open the city’s first cat café,…
How Drag Story Time became a thing at Kelowna’s downtown library
Libraries everywhere work hard to encourage children to discover the joys of reading books. That’s…
B.C. SPCA in Kelowna scrambling to find owner of dog hit by car
B.C. SPCA is looking after a pit bull and searching for its owner, after it…
Rent for Kelowna one-bedroom apartment dips below $2,000
While rents across Canada increased by 1% in December versus November, Kelowna’s rents actually fell…
Cybercriminals are after everyone, not just big organizations like Okanagan College: expert
A cyberattack knocked Okanagan College offline for more than a week. It is just now…
City of Kelowna seeks injunction against anti-vax protesters
Anti-vaccine "Freedom Rally" protesters have used Stuart Park to host their protests since early on…
Birders flock to Kelowna to get photo of rarely seen species
When Kelowna birder Chris Charlesworth was told by a friend that a bird rarely seen…
Kelowna taxi driver assaulted and robbed
A Kelowna taxi driver was assaulted and robbed when he showed up for passengers this…
Dozens of Kelowna tenants being evicted for being ‘beacons for social disorder’
The City of Kelowna is well into its third year of cracking down on the…
iN TRAFFIC: Fog and some slippery sections on Thompson-Okanagan highways
Fog will make driving difficult on many highways this morning, Jan. 17, and through mountain…
Lake Country taxes to jump by at least 10% this year
Growth and inflation have triggered the need to increase property taxes substantially in the District…
Alleged Kelowna thief caught with hammer in hand
A repeat offender was caught trying to break into a business using a hammer in…
Okanagan College’s computer system slowly coming back to life
After a week of having its phone and computer systems shut down throughout the region,…
Cheaper to rent a home than own one in Kamloops and most of Okanagan
Across Canada, homeowners spend $300 more per month in shelter costs than renters. That ratio…
IN TRAFFIC: Mountain highways in the Thompson Okanagan are slippery today
DriveBC says there are slippery sections on the Coquihalla Highway from 6 km south of…
Housing prices stronger in Okanagan, Kamloops than rest of B.C.
While housing prices fell 11.5% across B.C. in December versus a year earlier, the picture…
Winter blues in Kamloops or the Okanagan? You’re not alone
Long, dark nights. Scarce sunshine. Christmas bills rolling in. Failed New Year’s resolutions. These are…