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Lots of official eyes on downtown Kelowna streets

KELOWNA - Having eyes on the street is one of the keys to safe city streets, according to the downtown plan, and Kelowna’s urban core now has quite a few with more coming. The primary eyes are Kelowna RCMP, followed by the City of Kelowna bylaw officers, transit security, the downtown ambassadors and private security...

B.C. has highest rate of illegal cigarettes in Western Canada, study finds

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - As the province with the most contraband cigarettes in Western Canada, the amount of illegal tobacco in B.C. remains steadily high. The statistics come from the latest study commissioned by the Western Convenience Stores Association. In September researchers collected discarded cigarettes at various locations throughout the province to determine which were illegally purchased....

New concert tour bringing Hedley back to Kelowna

KELOWNA - Hedley is set to make another stop in Kelowna, this time as part of the Hello World Tour 2016. The B.C. natives announced the tour stop, which will include Carly Rae Jepsen, another B.C. favourite, and Francesco Yates, this week. The cross-country tour begins in Newfoundland in April and ends in Vancouver on...

Whitewater Cooks author to stir the pot in Kelowna

KELOWNA - The author of a bestselling line of cookbooks will be in Kelowna next week signing autographs and speaking about her famous line of sauces. The author of four bestselling cookbooks, Shelley Adams of the Whitewater Cooks series was the former head chef at Fresh Tracks Café at Whitewater Ski Resort in Nelson. Her...

Time appears right for petition to dump daylight saving time

KAMLOOPS - It’s been a couple days since Bob Dieno and Tara Holmes created a petition and Facebook page asking the B.C. government to consider doing away with daylight saving time and they are getting strong support from many in the province. The petition ‘stop the time change in British Columbia’ received hundreds of signatures...