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Kelowna cannabis tour company could go up in smoke if regulations don't change

Kelowna cannabis tour company could go up in smoke if regulations don't change

Apr 20, 2024 / 4:00 am

More than five years after cannabis was legalized in Canada, many in the industry are struggling to survive. When the Cannabis Act came into force in October...

Two significant rental developments come before Kelowna council

Two significant rental developments come before Kelowna council

Apr 20, 2024 / 4:00 am

Kelowna city council will review two rental apartment applications when it sits Monday afternoon. If ultimately approved, the developments would add 192 units...

Small shop weekend underway in downtown Kelowna

Small shop weekend underway in downtown Kelowna

Apr 20, 2024 / 4:00 am

This weekend is the perfect opportunity to do some local shopping as the Downtown Kelowna Association has set up three days of shopping opportunities that help...

Dyas excited for Kelowna to host Canadian Country Music Awards

Dyas excited for Kelowna to host Canadian Country Music Awards

Apr 20, 2024 / 4:00 am

Nashville North? One can always dream, right. That's the level of excitement Kelowna's mayor is showing as the city begins more than a year of...

Two vehicle accident with crash into bank on Hwy 33 snarls traffic through Rutland

Two vehicle accident with crash into bank on Hwy 33 snarls traffic through Rutland

Apr 19, 2024 / 9:15 pm

UPDATE: 9:15 p.m. Reports are coming in that emergency crews have left the scene and Highway 33 has reopened to traffic at Rutland Road. ORIGINAL: 8:50 p.m. A...

Classical Valley International Chamber Music Festival coming to Kelowna in May

Classical Valley International Chamber Music Festival coming to Kelowna in May

Central Okanagan Apr 19, 2024 / 8:00 pm

The Classical Valley International Chamber Music Festival is back for its third season, this time with a series of concerts in the Kelowna region. The festival...

UBC Okanagan awards researcher of the year

UBC Okanagan awards researcher of the year

UBCO Apr 19, 2024 / 7:00 pm

The University of British Columbia Okanagan is celebrating three faculty members who have received worldwide recognition in their fields. The school's...

Lake Country's Chris Buck Band releases new song featuring Gord Bamford

Lake Country's Chris Buck Band releases new song featuring Gord Bamford

Lake Country Apr 19, 2024 / 5:36 pm

A singer from Lake Country has teamed up on a new song with one of Canada’s biggest names in Country Music. The Chris Buck Band collaborated with multiple...

Crown seeks six-year jail sentence for Kelowna bookkeeper in $1.35M fraud case

Crown seeks six-year jail sentence for Kelowna bookkeeper in $1.35M fraud case

Apr 19, 2024 / 5:34 pm

The former bookkeeper of a publicly-funded Kelowna company is facing up to six years in jail and a possible court order that she pay back the more than $1.35...

Expect some traffic disruptions along Kelowna's Harvey Avenue between Abbott and Pandosy

Expect some traffic disruptions along Kelowna's Harvey Avenue between Abbott and Pandosy

Apr 19, 2024 / 3:56 pm

Motorists can expect some traffic disruptions on a portion of Harvey Avenue beginning Monday. In a news release the city says sidewalk, signal and utility work...

Water restrictions for all Kelowna water users coming amid drought

Water restrictions for all Kelowna water users coming amid drought

Apr 19, 2024 / 12:51 pm

The City of Kelowna is contemplating wide ranging water restrictions that would affect both residential and agricultural users. With the region experiencing...

Kelowna beer scene getting recognition

Kelowna beer scene getting recognition

Apr 19, 2024 / 12:22 pm

A number of breweries in Kelowna walked away with awards from the Penticton Fest of Ale last weekend and people in the industry believe the Central Okanagan is...

Kelowna-area fruit packer fined another $78K for failed septic system

Kelowna-area fruit packer fined another $78K for failed septic system

Apr 19, 2024 / 11:37 am

A Kelowna-area fruit packing plant has been fined another $78,368 for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. Neighbours of Sandher Fruit Packers on...

Okanagan Forest Task Force hosts second annual fundraiser Saturday

Okanagan Forest Task Force hosts second annual fundraiser Saturday

Apr 19, 2024 / 9:00 am

The Okanagan Forest Task Force expects to collect over one million pounds of trash from the backcountry this year. That work comes with a cost, so the...

B.C. cannabis firm sues Kelowna-based transporter for $834K after U.S. border seizure

B.C. cannabis firm sues Kelowna-based transporter for $834K after U.S. border seizure

Apr 19, 2024 / 5:52 am

A B.C. cannabis company is suing a transport firm for $834,901 after a shipment was seized at the U.S. border. In an April B.C. Supreme Court notice of civil...

’Never seen a crop this low’: Okanagan cherry farmers having a terrible year

’Never seen a crop this low’: Okanagan cherry farmers having a terrible year

Okanagan Apr 19, 2024 / 4:00 am

A budding disaster is unfolding across the Okanagan-Similkameen. Now that blossoms are starting to appear, cherry growers are realizing they face a significant...

Kelowna winery alleges former employee stole $450k over 30 months

Kelowna winery alleges former employee stole $450k over 30 months

Apr 19, 2024 / 4:00 am

The owners of a Kelowna winery allege a former employee stole nearly $450,000 over a 30-month period. A recent BC Supreme Court judgment outlines the...

Naked Cafe, Kelowna plant-based restaurant, up for sale

Naked Cafe, Kelowna plant-based restaurant, up for sale

Apr 19, 2024 / 4:00 am

The Naked Cafe is up for sale. The well-known downtown Kelowna plant-based restaurant shared the sale on Facebook Marketplace earlier this month. The restaurant...

Canadian Armed Forces holding an open house at the Brigadier Angle Armoury Saturday

Canadian Armed Forces holding an open house at the Brigadier Angle Armoury Saturday

Apr 19, 2024 / 4:00 am

If you ever wanted to know what goes on behind the doors at the Brigadier Angle Armoury in downtown Kelowna, here's your chance. The Canadian Armed Forces...

Aberdeen Hall opens $12.5M athletics and wellness centre

Aberdeen Hall opens $12.5M athletics and wellness centre

Apr 18, 2024 / 9:00 pm

Aberdeen Hall Preparatory School in Kelowna has announced the opening of its new $12.5 million athletics and wellness centre. The addition to the campus will...