Klfeb2015

Lack of funding forces closure of Kelowna overnight homeless shelter
KELOWNA - Homeless people in need of a warm place to spend the night will have fewer options next week. In an effort to protect their year-round services, Inn From the Cold is closing their overnight services as of March 1, 2015 due to lack of funding, according to a media release. Normally, the overnight...

Why is this man standing by a pile of dirt in downtown Kelowna? Hint: it involves the RCMP
KELOWNA - Andrew Gibbs manages projects for the City of Kelowna. To hear him talk, shepherding the $48-million police services building through its design and construction is no big deal, in some ways similar to all the other projects he’s managed for the city. Except it’s the biggest he’s ever handled. And it’s one of...

Trailer Park Boys actors sell out show in Kelowna
KELOWNA – A couple of cast members from the hit Canadian TV show The Trailer Park Boys were in Kelowna for a sold-out comedy show Thursday night. Around 250 people packed the Habitat for the adults-only show featuring actors John Dunsworth, better known as the drunken manager of Sunnyvale Trailer Park Jim Lahey and his...

Kelowna’s Matt Dwyer fighting in Brazil this weekend
KELOWNA – Toshido MMA’s Matt Dwyer is in Brazil this weekend for a UFC welterweight fight against William Macario in what Sherdog.com calls a “loser leaves town matchup.” This is Dwyer’s second UFC appearance since his debut against Albert Tumenov in which he was stopped by a surprise head kick in the first round. Although...

Westbank First Nation land swap deal finally hammered out
KELOWNA – The Westbank First Nation will finally be compensated for the land it agreed to give up a decade ago for construction of the Westside Road interchange. The tentative deal between the province and the First Nation was announced today, Feb. 20, in a media release. The land and cash deal includes four separate...

Community centre set to reopen nearly 18 months after arson
WEST KELOWNA - The Westbank Lions Community Centre, the unofficial meeting place for the West Kelowna community, has officially recovered after being destroyed by fire nearly 18 months ago. The hall was set on fire in September 2013 and while it was initially thought it would need to be torn down the structure was able...

Bobbitt not happy with how he was portrayed during trial
KELOWNA – David Wesley Bobbitt, who pleaded guilty to sexually and physically assaulting a 22-year-old Penticton woman in 2011, isn’t feeling well. And he doesn’t like his lawyer either. Final submissions in the Supreme Court case that began last year concluded Friday, with Bobbitt, 39, saying he wasn’t happy with how his lawyer James Pennington...

UPDATE: Police report tragic end to case of missing man
GOLDEN – RCMP have recovered the body of a former Kelowna man from the Columbia River near Golden.