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Kelowna News

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...

Kelowna developer donates $100,000 to help fight hunger for next three years

Kelowna developer donates $100,000 to help fight hunger for next three years

Apr 18, 2024 / 8:00 pm

The Central Okanagan Food Bank got a big financial boost from an Okanagan developer. The Callahan Property Group, owned and operated by Bruce & Bob...

Kelowna Gospel Mission celebrates more than 130 volunteers who help change lives

Kelowna Gospel Mission celebrates more than 130 volunteers who help change lives

Apr 18, 2024 / 6:00 pm

Kelowna’s Gospel Mission is celebrating volunteer appreciation week by recognizing the contributions of more than 130 regular volunteers. These volunteers...

Crime Stoppers event in Kelowna takes aim at illegal tobacco sales and organized crime

Crime Stoppers event in Kelowna takes aim at illegal tobacco sales and organized crime

Apr 18, 2024 / 5:04 pm

Crime Stoppers is hosting an organized crime training conference in Kelowna with a focus on the sale of illegal tobacco. Organizers say there is a strong...

Joe Rich garage fire deemed not suspicious

Joe Rich garage fire deemed not suspicious

Joe Rich Apr 18, 2024 / 4:39 pm

The Joe Rich Fire Department responded to a fire in the 5600 block of Goudie Road Wednesday night. Fire chief Greg Robson tells Castanet his firefighters...

Barriers installed at Kelowna homeless camp to help create clear spaces for tents

Barriers installed at Kelowna homeless camp to help create clear spaces for tents

Apr 18, 2024 / 4:06 pm

A total of 30 concrete barriers are being installed along the rail trail at tent city. Kelowna bylaw services supervisor Nick Bonnett tells Castanet that the...

Crashed Kelowna motorcycle rider had failed to stop for police: RCMP

Crashed Kelowna motorcycle rider had failed to stop for police: RCMP

Apr 18, 2024 / 2:36 pm

Police say a motorcycle that crashed in front of a Kelowna RCMP cruiser on Monday had failed to pull over for a traffic stop. The incident, which was partially...

BC Transit adds on-demand transit in Kelowna's Crawford neighbourhood

BC Transit adds on-demand transit in Kelowna's Crawford neighbourhood

Apr 18, 2024 / 1:52 pm

BC Transit is getting ready to launch on-demand service in Kelowna’s Crawford neighbourhood, giving residents an opportunity to catch a ride when and...

Kelowna officer failed to perform wellness check on gravely ill man who was found dead

Kelowna officer failed to perform wellness check on gravely ill man who was found dead

Apr 18, 2024 / 1:21 pm

A Kelowna RCMP officer who was tasked with performing a wellness check on a gravely ill person gave up after trying to access his apartment building for two and...

K.L.O. Farm Market invites Kelowna to first tulip festival

K.L.O. Farm Market invites Kelowna to first tulip festival

Apr 18, 2024 / 11:04 am

No need to travel to the Fraser Valley to take in a tulip festival. A Kelowna business is launching its own celebration of the spring-blooming flowers. K.L.O....

Staff proposal on beach booze expected in front of Kelowna city council next month

Staff proposal on beach booze expected in front of Kelowna city council next month

Apr 18, 2024 / 10:49 am

Warm, sunny spring days are here, and many have likely been cracking open a cold one on the beach to celebrate. But for now, public consumption of alcohol on...

Kelowna to continue advocating for more complex care beds

Kelowna to continue advocating for more complex care beds

Apr 18, 2024 / 4:00 am

The City of Kelowna will continue to lobby the province for more complex care beds within the city. This comes as the province announced another 20 complex care...

Judge approves sales process for redevelopment of Kelowna mobile home park

Judge approves sales process for redevelopment of Kelowna mobile home park

Apr 18, 2024 / 4:00 am

One of Kelowna's last mobile home parks is one step closer to being sold and developed after a judge recently approved a sales process for the property. The...

Plans unveiled for new housing development within Kelowna's Guisachan Village

Plans unveiled for new housing development within Kelowna's Guisachan Village

Apr 18, 2024 / 4:00 am

A new rental housing development is being proposed for Gordon Drive and Cameron Avenue within Kelowna's Guisachan Village Centre. An application now being...

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