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Nova Scotia allows wine shipments from B.C.
KELOWNA – Wine lovers at both ends of the country have a reason to tip…
Kelowna Mountie injures himself with own gun
KELOWNA - An RCMP officer is under investigation after he somehow shot himself with his own gun. This incident occurred around 6:10 p.m. tonight, June 26, when the officer was responding to a break and enter in progress, according to a release by RCMP Sgt. Mona Kauffeld. "During the response, the police officer's firearm discharged,...
Cracks were showing in Westbank First Nation’s private hospital plan last year
WESTBANK FIRST NATION - Despite assertions from the partners behind Canada’s first for-profit private hospital that it is proceeding as planned, documents show the deal to develop the Lake Okanagan Wellness Centre was in disarray last year. When it became clear in October 2014 that Ad Vitam Health Care was out of money and unable...
FINAL UPDATE: Crews gaining ground on West Kelowna grass fire
WEST KELOWNA - A one-hectare wildfire near the Rose Valley Reservoir is now out. West Kelowna Fire Rescue Chief Jason Brolund says while wind fanned the fire to a rank three with visible flames on a steep slopes, no homes were ever in danger, in a news release at 9:30 p.m. tonight, June 26. The...
Mother of boy run over by van says he is out of intensive care
KELOWNA – The 8-year-old boy run over by a work van in his West Kelowna neighbourhood earlier this week is out of the Intensive Care Unit at B.C. Children's Hospital in Vancouver. Jonah Pevach was airlifted to Vancouver after he was allegedly run over by an employee of Abstract Design and Painting the evening of...
West Kelowna becomes province’s 51st city
WEST KELOWNA - Premier Christy Clark recognized the former District of West Kelowna at a brief ceremony this afternoon as the province’s 51st city. “I think most of you would agree this has been a city for some time in all but name,” Clark says. “There is 30,000 residents and 1,400 businesses. It’s time to...
UPDATE: Crews battle grass fire in East Kelowna
KELOWNA - Firefighters have put out a grass fire in East Kelowna this afternoon. Fire crews were called at about 3 p.m., June 26, to a fire on a slope above the 3000-block of Pooley Road near McCulloch Road Platoon captain Kelly Stephens says the blaze grew to about 350 feet by 300 feet before...
Big White Ski Resort not big enough
KELOWNA – Big White Ski Resort, one of the largest in B.C., is not quite big enough to qualify as a municipality. At least not yet. For the last year the Big White Chamber of Commerce has been actively investigating the possibility of becoming a Mountain Resort Municipality, similar to Sun Peaks Resort in Kamloops....
Kelowna crack dealer busted by officer who lived in same building loses appeal
KELOWNA – A Kelowna man arrested after an investigator who lived in his apartment building saw him selling drugs, has had his appeal dismissed in a Vancouver court. Peter Andrew Webster was arrested in the elevator of his building Dec. 16, 2008, after a surveillance team saw him hand a plastic bag to another man...
Canada Day fireworks still a go in Kelowna despite fire danger
KELOWNA – The annual Canada Day fireworks in Tugboat Bay will go ahead as planned despite the extreme risk of fire issued by Wildfire B.C. Festivals Kelowna executive director Renata Mills says one of the benefits of holding the celebration over Okanagan Lake is dry conditions don’t put forests or structures at risk. “The obvious...