KLDEC2023

High tech way to keep an eye on the kids at Big White
A new tracking device made especially for parents and caregivers to track their kids at…

Kelowna’s AI is fielding 100,000 calls from residents this year
In 2022, there were about 14,000 calls and texts handled by Kelowna City Hall’s Artificial…

iN VIDEO: This $12M Peachland vineyard could be a winery or a new neighbourhood
Two properties overlooking Okanagan Lake near the south end of Peachland are on sale for…

Growing number of laser hits on Kelowna aircraft likely due to ignorance
Since 2004 there have probably been 120,000 laser beams hitting aircraft cockpits worldwide, says Florida-based…

How the 1952 election transformed Kamloops, the Okanagan and all of BC
While they were each dubbed with quirky monikers, two men from Kelowna and Kamloops came…

Partial grassroots victory may not keep Osoyoos tax and fee hike much below 40%
Shocked by the prospect of a 40% increase in their 2024 taxes and fees bills,…

Don’t be dreaming of a white Christmas in Kamloops or the Okanagan
The early November snow of 2022 and cold temperatures made Christmas Day in Kamloops and the…

BC realtors were scammed, then hit with quarter-million dollars in fines
Four people and their real estate firm have been hit with $275,000 in fines after…

Kelowna RCMP recover $30,000 worth of stolen property
Kelowna RCMP have recovered an estimated $30,000 worth of stolen property. On Dec. 14, the…

Number of homeless people dying in Okanagan, Kamloops rising dramatically
Over the past nine years, 66 homeless people have died in Kelowna, 62 in Kamloops…

West Kelowna getting its own ICBC licencing office
West Kelowna residents will no longer have to cross the bridge into Kelowna to access…

FortisBC raising electricity rates by more than 6% next year
FortisBC is increasing its electricity rates by more than six percent for all its clients…

iN VIDEO: Kelowna pays $18M for lakefront property, triple assessed value
A 1.8-acre property bordering Mission Creek and Okanagan Lake has been bought by the City…

Interior Health rebuked again for failing to return eye surgeon to OR
Despite an order compelling Interior Health to return an eye surgeon to Kelowna operating rooms,…