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North Okanagan siblings excel at Okanagan College Spaghetti Bridge Contest
KELOWNA – One family stood out at yesterday’s spaghetti bridge-making contest at Okanagan College in…
Lake Country council trying to sell Gable Beach again
LAKE COUNTRY – Lake Country councillors appear determined not to let over 1,500 residents stop…
Rental apartment building in downtown Kelowna a first in several decades
KELOWNA – A six-storey rental apartment building planned for Clement Avenue — one of the…
Winter blast keeps Kelowna’s favourite skating rink open late
KELOWNA – Cold weather of late means skating is still good to go at Stuart…
West Kelowna fentanyl dealer tries to take back guilty plea
KELOWNA – A local man charged with lacing drugs with fentanyl out of a warehouse…
Kelowna bus drivers hopeful shield prototype design will improve
KELOWNA – Al Peressini feels safer driving bus 6013. B.C. Transit began a test run…
Central Okanagan schools suffer extreme space crunch
CENTRAL OKANAGAN – It’s times like these, with enrolment growing and limited space, that Central…
Kelowna RCMP seek witnesses to collision
KELOWNA – An afternoon hit and run collision that sent two people to hospital yesterday…
Police dog catches suspect accused of early morning break in of Lake Country coffee shop
KELOWNA – One of two men seen breaking into a Lake Country coffee shop early…
‘I think it’s ugly as sin’: Sharron Simpson blasts proposed 33-storey hotel, condo project in Kelowna
KELOWNA – Sharron Simpson won’t be living in the shadow of the Westcorp building should…
New panhandling bylaw could create no-go zones around banks, liquor stores in Kelowna
KELOWNA – Expect restrictions on panhandling near banks and liquor stores in Kelowna under a…
Jailed Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy to speak at UBC Okanagan
KELOWNA – Press freedom and justice in the age of terror is the subject and…
Fight homelessness at Coldest Night of the Year charity walk in Kelowna this weekend
KELOWNA – The growing issue of homelessness will be the focus of a charity walk…
Pair of suspected car thieves busted in West Kelowna
WEST KELOWNA – Police have arrested two men in a stolen car after following up…
Possible child luring incident reported in Kelowna
KELOWNA – RCMP say a woman may have tried to lure a nine-year-old boy into…
Bryan Adams Ultimate Tour includes stop in Kelowna
KELOWNA – Home grown Canadian rocker Bryan Adams’ Ultimate Tour will make a stop in…
Modular housing for the homeless still on track in Kelowna
KELOWNA – It didn’t make it for this winter, but a modular housing project for…
Kelowna mom who lost two sons to overdose calls for mandatory prescription tracking
KELOWNA – If a system that’s already in place across B.C. had been used, Helen…
RETRACTED: Free help to be offered to abuse victims at upcoming Hedley concert in Kelowna
EDITOR'S NOTE: A story originally published Feb. 22, 2018 at 8 p.m. about a protest…
RCMP suspect Kelowna house fire was arson
KELOWNA – RCMP suspect a housefire in Rutland last week was arson. The fire started…
High-rise boom could soon change Kelowna’s skyline
KELOWNA – Construction cranes could soon be a common site on Kelowna’s downtown skyline if…
Big leak cuts water supply at Big White
BIG WHITE – A major leak caused by someone illegally hooking up to the water…
Could a changing real estate market leave a high-rise-sized hole on Kelowna’s waterfront?
KELOWNA – The tallest building ever approved by Kelowna city council will go ahead on…
Penticton sets cold temperature record, Kamloops and Kelowna come close
If you thought yesterday was especially cold in the Southern Interior, you were right. Penticton…