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Local man documents entire CN rail corridor for posterity
KELOWNA – An Okanagan man with a passion for local history has begun work on a video he hopes will preserve the significance of the CN Rail corridor for generations to come. Alan Gatzke spent dozens of hours and thousands of dollars from his own pocket to modify his pickup so it could be used...
UFC extends contract with Kelowna fighter
KELOWNA – Local UFC welterweight Matt Dwyer has had his UFC contract extended by four fights. Dwyer, 25, a Kelowna resident since he was two years old, fights out of Toshido MMA in Kelowna. He was signed to a remarkably rare four-fight contract with the UFC in 2014. Although his first appearance resulted in a...
Pilot of Carson Air plane that crashed near Vancouver was drunk
KELOWNA – The pilot for Kelowna-based Carson Air that crashed in the North Shore Mountains in April was severely intoxicated, according to toxicology results released by the B.C. Coroners Service Wednesday, Aug. 19. Robert Brandt, 34 was the captain of a Metro II cargo plane that left Vancouver International Airport in the early morning of...
Rafting accident claims life of Kelowna man ahead of wedding
KELOWNA – Less than a month before he was set to be married, a young Kelowna man has drowned while white-water rafting near Golden over the weekend. Rene Bourgault was rafting with three other people in Kicking Horse River Sunday, Aug. 16 when the group was thrown into the water roughly ten kilometres east of...
Apple Triathlon president finishes 15 year run
KELOWNA – After 15 years as president of the Apple Triathlon, Richard Montgomery is crossing the finish line and calling it quits. Montgomery has been head of the city’s biggest annual race since 2000 and says in that time he has seen participation go from roughly 300 racers to more than 1,800 and host six...
Feast of Fields has new location for farm to table festival
KELOWNA – The 7th annual festival celebrating locally grown food is happening in Kelowna this weekend. Okanagan Feast of Fields is one of three chapters started by FarmFolk CityFolk, a Vancouver organization dedicated to celebrating sustainable, local foods. Feast of Fields, which also takes place in Vancouver and on Vancouver Island, is a four-hour wandering gourmet...
Centre for the Arts partners with Okanagan Film Commission
KELOWNA – The Okanagan Film Commission and Kelowna’s Centre for Arts and Technology have formed an educational partnership to help keep aspiring filmmakers and animators in the Okanagan. The Centre and the Commission have worked together for years now, according to marketing director Amy Nutt, but this is the first time they’ve made it official...
Fat bikes, new terrain coming to Silver Star this winter
VERNON – The ever growing Silver Star Mountain Resort has announced several big changes this year, including more than 100 acres of new skiable terrain. Tree skiing for intermediates and experts will get more than 90 acres of new terrain to try and areas from Putnam Creek to Silver Woods will also be expanded. In...
VIDEO: Be the ball with this new sport
KELOWNA – Soccer just got a whole lot safer, and a whole lot more fun, with a sport which lets you feel what it’s like to be the ball. Bouncing Soccer Kelowna is behind the Okanagan’s newest and craziest outdoor sport. Started by Kelowna residents Rebeca Espinosa and her husband David Corbo, Bouncing Soccer lets...
Alleged drunk driver loses control, almost goes over embankment near Kelowna
KELOWNA – A local man suspected of drunk driving without a valid driver’s licence was arrested in Kelowna last night after he lost control of his car near Postill Lake Road around 8:30 p.m. According to Cpl. Joe Duncan the 32-year-old Kelowna man was behind the wheel of his 1989 Mustang last night, Aug. 5,...
Kitten rescued from rat trap needs a new home
KELOWNA – A young kitten is in need of a good home after a caring West Kelowna man rescued her from a rat trap last weekend. The kitten, which Dr. Moshe Oz of Rose Valley Veterinary Clinic says is around 10 weeks old, was found in a glue trap, which uses an adhesive substance to...
One of two Peachland dogs involved in New Years Day attack ordered euthanized
KELOWNA – A judge has ordered one of two dogs that attacked a 12-year-old lhasa apso cross on New Years Day be euthanized. The Central Okanagan Regional District alleged that Jake, a presa canario and Buddy, an American bulldog cross, were loose in a Peachland neighbourhood when they attacked and critically injured a much smaller...
New film ‘The Orchard’ shooting in the Okanagan
KELOWNA – An independent film company has chosen the Okanagan for an upcoming production that starts filming this weekend. Vancouver-based Mutant Films, Inc. starts shooting The Orchard, on Aug. 10 The film stars Matt Angel of R.L Stine’s The Haunting Hour, CSI Miami and CSI NY, and Morgan Taylor Campbell of Super Natural, Spooksville, and The Killing. It is written and...
Lake Country radio control club says district is out for revenge
KELOWNA - A local radio control flying club says the District of Lake Country is trying to run them out of town despite a court ruling that says they can stay. The Kelowna Ogopogo Radio Controllers Association moved from Kelowna to a farmer’s field in Lake Country two years ago. Club member Rick Dawdy told...
Rockets new head coach has a winning history
KELOWNA – After nearly a month-long search, the Kelowna Rockets have a new head coach. Brad Ralph, the former head coach of the Idaho Steelheads, has been signed to a three-year contract, Rockets president and general manager Bruce Hamilton announced Tuesday, Aug. 4. Ralph, 34, was a finalist for East Coast Hockey League Coach of...