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Gas bar proposed for store at KLO and McCulloch roads

Gas bar proposed for store at KLO and McCulloch roads

Apr 21, 2024 / 4:00 am

Owners of the convenience store at the corner of KLO Road and McCulloch Road in Kelowna are hoping to get city approval to add a gas bar at the front of the...

Kelowna man to bike across Canada for people facing food insecurity

Kelowna man to bike across Canada for people facing food insecurity

Apr 21, 2024 / 4:00 am

A Kelowna father of three will be biking across Canada over the next couple of months to raise money for families and children facing food insecurity. Chris...

Non-profit society formed to help support displaced Ukrainians in the Okanagan

Non-profit society formed to help support displaced Ukrainians in the Okanagan

Okanagan Apr 21, 2024 / 4:00 am

A new non-profit society has been formed to help provide humanitarian support to newly arrived Ukrainians in the Okanagan, and to help those who remain in...

Wine Country Writers' Festival returns for fourth straight year

Wine Country Writers' Festival returns for fourth straight year

Apr 20, 2024 / 7:00 pm

Sharpen those pencils because a writers festival is officially open for submissions in Kelowna. The Wine Country Writers Festival is back for the fourth annual...

Man burned in fire at gas station, restaurant in Kelowna

Man burned in fire at gas station, restaurant in Kelowna

Apr 20, 2024 / 6:18 pm

A man has been transported to Kelowna General Hospital Saturday afternoon after a fire broke out at a gas station and restaurant located at the corner 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 20, 2024 / 3:34 pm

UPDATE: April 20, 3:33 p.m. According to the husband and father of two people involved in the crash Friday night, two pedestrians were caught in the accident...

Kelowna Fire Department holds traditional 'push-in' ceremony for new fire engine

Kelowna Fire Department holds traditional 'push-in' ceremony for new fire engine

Apr 20, 2024 / 1:00 pm

The newest addition to Kelowna's fleet of fire trucks was unveiled at Station 7 Saturday morning. The shiny new Fire Engine 7 was on display outside the...

Central Okanagan domestic violence unit receives $100K

Central Okanagan domestic violence unit receives $100K

Apr 20, 2024 / 11:30 am

The Central Okanagan Elizabeth Fry Society has received $100,000 from the provincial government to support women and children living through domestic violence....

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...

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...