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Photographer finds mushroom-like ice figures on Okanagan Lake
After spotting mushroom-shaped figures made of ice and snow on what looks like old dock…
Jack Whyte, Kelowna author behind Dream of Eagles fantasy series, dies at 80
There wasn’t much that best-selling author Jack Whyte hadn’t done in his career. Whyte, who…
Affordable housing coming to Kelowna’s downtown near proposed UBCO campus
Nestled next to the proposed UBC Okanagan downtown campus will be a six-storey, 68-unit affordable…
Shipping Okanagan cherries around the world is more complicated than you think
When Beth Cavers grew up in the Okanagan, cherries ripened in late June or early…
It shouldn’t have been so hard to track wasteful spending at TNRD: Taxpayers Federation
Expense claims and credit card receipts incurred by senior bureaucrats should be posted online to…
Disgraced Kelowna social worker to be tried by judge alone
Disgraced Kelowna social worker Robert Riley Saunders will be tried for various charges of fraud…
Kelowna’s top cop apologizes for lack of consultation with LGBTQ+ community on new program
Kelowna’s top cop has put a safety program aimed at the LGBTQ+ community on hold…
Kelowna Pride concerned with lack of consultation on RCMP’s new LGBTQ+ program
Kelowna RCMP have launched a new program to offer safe spaces for members of the…
Ontario man wanted on Canada-wide warrant might be in Kelowna
The Greater Sudbury Police Service is requesting the public’s assistance in locating an Ontario man…
Kelowna’s top cops says call 911 for COVID-19 health order violations
Kelowna’s top cop is encouraging people to call police on those not following provincial health…
West Kelowna’s plan to legalize ‘party houses’ a ‘terrible’ idea: critic
Sabina Zerwes is ready to get out her picket signs and get back into her…
Kelowna’s new police chief supports decriminalization of drugs
In her first public report to Kelowna city council, RCMP Supt. Kara Triance was forthright…
With Tolko Mill closure, proposal for Kelowna’s Manhattan Point may set tone for redevelopment in area
A housing project that the developer says may set the tone for redevelopment of Manhattan…
COVID-19 outbreak at Kelowna General Hospital contained to one unit
There's been a COVID-19 outbreak on unit 4B in Kelowna General Hospital and, as of…
Waterfall part of 6-storey buildings proposed to overlook Gyro Beach in Kelowna
Two six-storey towers are proposed for the corner of Richter Street and Lakeshore Road, directly…
Suspect in custody after stabbing in Kelowna
Kelowna RCMP have a man in custody after an alleged stabbing yesterday afternoon. A 42-year-old…
UPDATE: Elderly driver hit Lake Country pedestrian on Highway 97
An elderly driver struck a 29-year-old Kelowna woman who was walking on Highway 97 last…
Esa Carriere was chased, punched, kicked before stabbing killed him in Kelowna: Crown
As Kelowna’s 2018 Canada Day fireworks display exploded in the sky, Esa Carriere fell to…
Sports cards, collectibles ‘crazy hot’ during pandemic
While thousands of laid off hospitality industry workers struggle to make ends, others are paying…
Okanagan pet food bank struggling to keep up with demand in pandemic
A little more than a year after a pet food bank opened in Kelowna, demand…
Vernon urging province to consider no-cost contraceptives in B.C.
Vernon is asking the province to consider no-cost contraceptives and other municipalities are following suite.…
With demise of mobile home parks in Kelowna, affordable home ownership slips away for many
It may take years, but another 133 affordable housing units will disappear out of the…
UPDATE: West Kelowna RCMP locate missing boy
UPDATED: Saturday, Feb. 20 The West Kelowna RCMP say a missing 10-year-old boy has been…
New home construction leading economic recovery in Thompson-Okanagan: report
There was a 13.3 per cent drop in new home construction starts in the Thompson-Okanagan…