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Kelowna
Westbank First Nation looks to September election for chief and council
FAILED HOSPITAL PROJECT SURE TO BE ELECTION ISSUE WESTBANK FIRST NATION – Band administrators will…
Lakeshore meets forest floor as spring freshet cleans out creeks
KELOWNA – The record temperature-setting high pressure ridge last week combined with a well-above average…
Kelowna renters struggling with low vacancy rate, high housing costs
KELOWNA – The city’s razor thin rental vacancy rate continues on well below one per…
Central Okanagan towns move to align housing bylaws for temporary farm workers
CENTRAL OKANAGAN – Communities in the Central Okanagan are moving to synchronize their temporary farm…
Snowbirds make second pit stop of the month at YLW
KELOWNA – The Canadian Forces aerial demonstration team made a brief appearance at Kelowna International…
Enhanced health services coming to rural Interior Health communities
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – A program offering paramedicine to rural residents around the province is expanding to…
Temporary worker housing approved for Okanagan orchardists
RUTLAND BENCH ORCHARD WILL HOUSE 60 TEMPORARY FARM WORKERS KELOWNA – Despite the objections of…
Poor lane change causes crash on Kelowna road
KELOWNA – A collision at Clifton Road and Clement Avenue earlier today sent one driver…
Did you see the SUV that hit Rutland woman, then fled?
KELOWNA – A pedestrian was left unconscious after being hit by an SUV which did…
No Ogopogo? No way, Kelowna council tells staff
COUNCIL SINKS PLAN TO CHANGE FLOAT THEME KELOWNA – An attempt by staff to tinker…
Council to pay $150,000 for future vision of Kelowna
KELOWNA – To be fair, a strategic visioning process called Imagine Kelowna does have the…
More Kelowna bylaw officers to make up for missing RCMP
DELAY IN HIRING RCMP CREATES NEED FOR MORE BYLAW DURING 2016 TOURIST SEASON KELOWNA –…
Kelowna settles on 4.11 per cent property tax increase
KELOWNA – Property owners in Kelowna are facing an average 4.11 tax increase for 2016…
Rivers receding as streamflow advisory for Southern Interior ends
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Thanks to the cooler weather, river levels are dropping and the high streamflow…
Spring warmth continues in the Okanagan
OKANAGAN – After a week filled with record temperatures we can expect the mercury to…
Light rail transit looms larger in Kelowna’s future with Okanagan Rail Trail
RAIL TRAIL ALREADY RUNS ALONGSIDE KELOWNA'S MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR KELOWNA – Now that the deal-making’s…
Please slow down for emergency vehicles, Central Okanagan Mounties plead
CENTRAL OKANAGAN – There’s a whole lot of drivers in the Central Okanagan who apparently…
Daring departure proposed from Kelowna’s traditional Ogopogo float theme
KELOWNA – For the first time in ages Ogopogo may be out as the theme for Kelowna’s…
Province expects movement soon on irrigation district’s dispute with Kelowna
COMMUNITIES MINISTER PETER FASSBENDER SAYS BOTH SIDES HAVE A PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF THEM KELOWNA…
Newly created Mission Creek floodplain gets high-water baptism
KELOWNA – Mission Creek’s newly created floodplain is already doing what it was supposed to…
Rain and thunderstorms follow another day of record heat in the Okanagan
OKANAGAN – It was another record day for several communities in the Okanagan, but much…
Spring runoff causing water quality problems throughout Southern Interior
HIGH WATER FLUSHING ORGANICS AND BACTERIA DOWNSTREAM INTO SOME WATER SYSTEMS THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Spring runoff…
Third day of record temperatures in the Okanagan
OKANAGAN – Another round of record temperatures were set in the Okanagan yesterday, and today…
High waters force closures along creek trails in Kelowna parks
CENTRAL OKANAGAN – Rising water has caused the closing of two Mission Creek Greenway underpasses…