Kelowna News
UBCO business students win simulated business competition
A group of UBC Okanagan business students came home with the top prize at the Argus Cup business challenge recently. The Peachland Andrews team of Kelly...
Local Canadian Home Builders' Association starts scholarship for female students
The Central Okanagan chapter of the Canadian Home Builders’ Association has launched a scholarship to help female students who are taking a...
3 Kelowna councillors fail in bid for remuneration vote do-over
The final vote on adoption of a new Kelowna council remuneration package will stand — unanimous, despite attempts by three councillors for a do-over....
Gallagher’s Canyon community prepares for fire season
A resident of Kelowna’s Gallagher’s Canyon says its a matter of when, not if a wildfire affects the community. Regan Borisenko is the emergency...
Homicide investigators called in after body found in creek east of Kelowna
The Southeast District RCMP’s major crime unit has taken over the investigation after a man's body was found in a creek near a forestry road off Big...
Rotary takes over performing arts festival from Kiwanis Club
The Kelowna Kiwanis Festival is no more, but in name only. After nearly a century, the showcase of local youth performers has a new title sponsor, the Rotary...
Interior hotel, GM and chef up for BC Hotel Association awards of excellence
The Thompson-Okanagan has three nominees for BC Hotel Association Awards of Excellence that will be revealed early next month. The finalists for the seven...
Okanagan Clinical Trials is looking for Type 2 diabetes patients for study
If you're living with type 2 diabetes and are between the ages of 19 and 75, Okanagan Clinical Trials would like to hear from you. Okanagan Clinical Trials...
Tick season has arrived in the Thompson-Okanagan
Tick season is here, and although Lyme disease isn't the dominant tick-borne illness across the Okanagan, it is becoming more prevalent. Janet Sperling,...
Kelowna RCMP searching for missing senior
Kelowna RCMP are asking for the public’s help locating a missing senior. Mounties say an 80-year-old man has been missing since April 16. Family is...
Man finds body in a creek on forestry road near Big White Saturday
A deceased person was found in a creek near a forestry road off Big White Road Saturday afternoon. Big White resident Eric Bergeron was riding quads with his...
Kelowna's Summit insurance company raises $3.5 million during seed round
A Kelowna commercial insurance brokerage and risk management firm has generated $3.5 million during its seed round of financing. Summit, which was founded in...
Castanet Event Calendar with Brayden Ursel
A sneak peek of upcoming events in the Thompson-Okanagan this week.
Hockey fans believe Canucks are favoured to beat the Predators
The Vancouver Canucks face the Nashville Predators in Round 1 action of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs. It's their first time playing playoff hockey in front...
Kelowna business Lomi will pick up your food waste as part of new recycling program
A Kelowna company that created a countertop composter is now offering to pick up the waste that the devices produce. The Lomi Food Waste Recycling Program will...
Const. Lacy Browning remains employed by RCMP, but on leave for unknown reasons
The Kelowna RCMP officer who was caught on surveillance footage in 2020 assaulting a young nursing student while she was experiencing a mental health crisis...
Gas bar proposed for store at KLO and McCulloch roads
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
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
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
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...