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Disgraced former Kelowna social worker living with sister while on day parole

Disgraced former Kelowna social worker living with sister while on day parole

Apr 24, 2024 / 3:19 pm

After serving just 14 months of his five-year sentence in jail, Robert Saunders has lived at his sister’s house for the past six months. And the Parole...

Vaisakhi parade in Kelowna could draw up to 10,000 people

Vaisakhi parade in Kelowna could draw up to 10,000 people

Apr 24, 2024 / 2:48 pm

A celebration that dates back thousands of years will bring colour, faith, food and community together in Kelowna this weekend. The annual Vaisakhi parade will...

Kelowna breaks ground on new DeHart Park in Lower Mission

Kelowna breaks ground on new DeHart Park in Lower Mission

Apr 24, 2024 / 2:19 pm

A new community park is coming for Kelowna residents living in the Lower Mission. Mayor Tom Dyas and several city councillors met at the site of the new DeHart...

Central Okanagan high school students become firefighters for a day

Central Okanagan high school students become firefighters for a day

Apr 24, 2024 / 12:49 pm

High school students from across the Central Okanagan took part in a firefighter bootcamp on Wednesday. Students in Grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 were put through...

Kelowna council applauds steps taken by developer on rental project

Kelowna council applauds steps taken by developer on rental project

Apr 24, 2024 / 12:10 pm

Kelowna city council heaped praise on a rental apartment set to be built at the corner of Gordon Drive and Lawson Avenue. The six-storey, 130-unit Troika...

Mountain biker stumbled upon dying dachshund on Postill Lake Road last month

Mountain biker stumbled upon dying dachshund on Postill Lake Road last month

Apr 24, 2024 / 11:34 am

A mountain biker stumbled upon a dying dog off Postil Road last month. But the dachshund is now on his way to make a full recovery. The BC SPCA says the small...

Search for missing elderly Kelowna man continues after truck found in backcountry

Search for missing elderly Kelowna man continues after truck found in backcountry

Lake Country Apr 24, 2024 / 8:04 am

Members of Central Okanagan Search and Rescue have returned to the backcountry east of Lake Country Wednesday to continue the search for a missing, elderly...

Anaida Poilievre in Kelowna meeting with local business women

Anaida Poilievre in Kelowna meeting with local business women

Apr 24, 2024 / 4:00 am

She's certainly a long way from home. Anaida Poilievre, wife of Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre, has been making the rounds in Kelowna the past...

Dog meet-ups hosted on Knox Mountain by developer

Dog meet-ups hosted on Knox Mountain by developer

Apr 24, 2024 / 4:00 am

A development company is getting creative with their latest project, incorporating the community's love of dogs. Meridian Developments, along with...

Help send deaf children to camp, one joke at a time with Mamas For Mamas

Help send deaf children to camp, one joke at a time with Mamas For Mamas

Apr 24, 2024 / 4:00 am

If you're looking for a good cause to support while having a laugh, Mamas For Mamas may have just what you need. Mamas For Mamas, in collaboration with The...

Portion of Kelowna's Water Street will be closed around Stuart Park Saturday

Portion of Kelowna's Water Street will be closed around Stuart Park Saturday

Apr 23, 2024 / 8:00 pm

A portion of Water Street will be closed for much of the day Saturday as the annual MapleFest festival takes over Stuart Park. The city says Water Street in...

Fragility on display at new Kelowna Art Gallery exhibition

Fragility on display at new Kelowna Art Gallery exhibition

Apr 23, 2024 / 7:00 pm

Two Master of Fine Arts candidates at UBC Okanagan explore fragility in a new exhibition at the Kelowna Art Gallery. Kelowna-based Victoria Verge and Salmon-Arm...

Interior Health fights back against vaccine exhaustion

Interior Health fights back against vaccine exhaustion

BC Interior Apr 23, 2024 / 5:04 pm

Interior Health held its second public vaccination event in a month Tuesday amid slumping childhood vaccine statistics post-pandemic. The health authority...

Kelowna RCMP continue search for missing senior

Kelowna RCMP continue search for missing senior

Apr 23, 2024 / 2:25 pm

UPDATE: 2:25 p.m. Kelowna RCMP say a search is underway in the area around Beaver Lake and Dee Lake roads for Allan Francescutti. RCMP say officers and members...

Kelowna, West Kelowna on new provincial housing target list

Kelowna, West Kelowna on new provincial housing target list

Apr 23, 2024 / 1:27 pm

The Ministry of Housing has unveiled its second list of B.C. "priority communities" identified to receive housing targets. Kelowna and West Kelowna...

Kelowna woman wins $675,000 in Set for Life lottery

Kelowna woman wins $675,000 in Set for Life lottery

Apr 23, 2024 / 11:01 am

Maureen Lee was speechless after learning she had hit it big in the Set for Life Lottery. The Kelowna retiree won the lottery's top prize of $675,000. Lee...

Arkells and Evanesence planning tour stops in Kelowna

Arkells and Evanesence planning tour stops in Kelowna

Apr 23, 2024 / 10:00 am

A pair of concerts were announced Tuesday morning for Kelowna's Prospera Place. Canadian rock band the Arkells will be playing Prospera on Nov. 14, 2024....

Some risk ahead for Kelowna's water supply

Some risk ahead for Kelowna's water supply

Apr 23, 2024 / 4:00 am

The planning manager for Kelowna's utilities is painting a less than rosy outlook for Kelowna's water supply. While Rod MacLean says the drinking water...

RDCO open burning season set to wrap up April 30

RDCO open burning season set to wrap up April 30

Central Okanagan Apr 23, 2024 / 4:00 am

The wildfire season is off to an early start in B.C., but open burning is not being curtailed ahead of schedule in the Regional District of Central Okanagan....

Ballet Kelowna reprises its full-length adaptation of 'Macbeth'

Ballet Kelowna reprises its full-length adaptation of 'Macbeth'

Apr 23, 2024 / 4:00 am

Back by popular demand, a Shakespeare classic is returning to the Kelowna Community Theatre. Ballet Kelowna is set to close its season with the return of...

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