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Okanagan video company teaming up with Academy Award winning effects studio
KELOWNA – Immersive Media of Kelowna and Hollywood’s Digital Domain Holdings have struck a joint venture called IM360 to create ground breaking immersive entertainment. The “immersive entertainment” will be for multiple platforms, including virtual reality systems, and playback on tablets, smart phones and televisions, according to a media release. Immersive Media, with its head office...

How to help the victims of the earthquake in Nepal
Over a thousand people are dead and tens of thousands of people are homeless after a powerful earthquake struck in Nepal on Saturday and officials warn the death toll will rise as more reports come in. The magnitude 7.8 quake originated outside the capital of Kathmandu. Within hours of the earthquake, emergency relief organizations sprung...

Crash on Okanagan Connector sends two to hospital
WEST KELOWNA – Two people were taken to hospital after their car crash on the Okanagan Connector near West Kelowna this morning. The Hyundai Genesis crashed at about 11:10 a.m., April 25, on Highway 97C just west of Trepanier Road, according to Capt. Lionel Bateman with West Kelowna Fire Rescue. He says two patients were...

WHL PLAYOFFS: Rockets edge Portland in game one Western Final
KELOWNA - The Kelowna Rockets defeated the Portland Winterhawks 3-2 on Friday night in game one of the WHL Western Conference final at Prospera Place in Kelowna. The Rockets scored three times in the second period to erase an early deficit and shut down the Hawks in the win, April 24. Rourke Chartier scored the...