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Flights for $89 now possible out of Kelowna
KELOWNA - A new airline has chosen Kelowna International Airport as one of only three hubs in Canada where you can fly domestically for under $100. NewLeaf Travel will offer five flights a week departing from Kelowna for Winnipeg on Wednesday and Saturday, Regina on Sunday, Saskatoon on Monday and Friday and Hamilton on Sunday....

If your street looks like this, your complaint isn’t with snow plowing
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - As snow removal complaints begin to pile up and residents begin pointing fingers, one municipality is pointing the finger right back. The City of West Kelowna sent this picture to local media and posted it to its Facebook page to show residents what snow plow drivers face on a daily basis while trying...

New low cost airline routes out of Kelowna to be announced this week
KELOWNA - Specifics on the routes for a new low cost airline flying out of Kelowna and two other cities will be unveiled at Kelowna International Airport this week. NewLeaf Travel spokesperson Bob Jones said in June that the privately-owned airline will start service from Kelowna to Hamilton and Winnipeg by the end of the...

Search for missing Kelowna man ends tragically
WEST KELOWNA - The search for a local man who was missing for over a month ended with a tragic result today, Jan. 5 after RCMP confirmed he was located deceased in a shed. Police positively identified the remains as Peter Schouten, a Kelowna man who was reported missing Dec. 8. The body was found...

Kelowna suspects charged with stealing truck, dirtbike and fleeing police
KELOWNA – Two Kelowna men have been charged in connection with the theft of a truck and several break-ins earlier this week. RCMP allege that 31-year-old Walter Mitchell and 38-year-old Heath Anderson stole the Dodge Ram 2500 from a residence on Froelich Road in Rutland just before 10 a.m. Jan. 5. They also allege the...

Award-winning cookbook series once again highlighting the Okanagan
OKANAGAN - A local author’s third book in her award-winning series will be released this spring, and it will be focused on the Okanagan. Jennifer Schell released her first book, The Butcher, The Baker, The Wine and Cheese Maker: An Okanagan Cookbook, in 2012. It features recipes made with locally sourced ingredients as well as...

Local UFC fighter back in the octagon this month
KELOWNA - Local MMA welterweight Matt Dwyer will be back in the UFC octagon for the fourth time at the end of this month. Dwyer, 25, a Kelowna resident since he was two years old, fights out of Toshido MMA. He was signed to a remarkably rare four-fight contract with the UFC in 2014 and although...

Kelowna business group votes to allow female members
KELOWNA - Women will finally be allowed into an exclusive business group in Kelowna. The Kelowna Jaycees, a chapter of Junior Chamber International, voted last night to allow women to join their club for the first time in decades. A release this morning says more than 75 per cent of 60 Jaycees who attended last...