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Kelowna and West Kelowna News‹ Mar 11 to 17, 2018 ›
St. Paddy's Day takes over
The bars of Kelowna were awash with green Saturday, as party people of all ages got a little bit Irish. With March 17 falling on a Saturday this year, St....
RCMP involved in crash
A police SUV was involved in a two-vehicle collision in Kelowna Saturday afternoon. The crash occurred just after 3 p.m., at Glenmore Drive and Highland Drive,...
Seeking three-round heroes
A Kelowna boxing gym is looking for its next group of three-round heroes. For the second year, MadKatz Boxing is promoting a charity boxing event featuring...
Driver flees crash scene
Emergency crews had the off ramp to Highway 97C to Peachland blocked off Friday night following a report of an accident. Crews responded at 10:52 p.m. and...
If you tax us, keep it here
The City of Kelowna is adamantly opposed to a speculation or "vacant home" tax as introduced by the provincial government in last month's budget....
Town hall on new taxes
BC Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson will hold a town hall meeting in Kelowna March 25. Wilkinson wants to know what British Columbians think of the NDP...
Grads look to stay local
About 50 recent graduates at Kelowna's Centre for Arts and Technology showed off their talents at the Innovation Centre Friday night, during the...
Housing prices set to calm
Home prices in Kelowna will continue to rise over the next couple of years, but not as fast as they did in 2016 and 2017, according to Taylor Pardy, a senior...
$250K for JoeAnna's House
The dream of JoeAnna's House is a quarter million dollars closer to becoming a reality following a significant donation. The planned residence will provide...
Murder trial evidence ends
The 12-person jury in Chad Alphonse's second-degree murder trial finished hearing evidence Friday afternoon, after two weeks of trial. Alphonse is accused...
Pouring the perfect pint
St. Patrick's Day often sits well with the perfect pint of Guinness. But, in order to have the perfect pint, you must also have the perfect pour. At Kelly...
Fields need time to dry
Sports such as soccer and football will have to wait about a month before they hit city sports fields. Sports field supervisor Ted Sophonow says fields around...
WFN to expand school
Westbank First Nation will spend $1.459 million to expand and renovate the Sensisyusten House of Learning. The school is an independent elementary school in...
Pickup destroyed in fire
A pickup truck has been destroyed by fire. Crews in West Kelowna were called to the blaze shortly after 1:30 Friday afternoon. The truck was inside the gates of...
Castanet Kid Report
This week's Castanet Kid Report with pint-sized correspondent Ariella Amato.
Car smashes into storefront
A car crashed into the front doors of a Kelowna store, Friday. A Subaru smashed into the doors at Buckerfields on Springfield Road about noon. An 84-year-old...
First step on homelessness
West Kelowna is taking its first steps in tackling mounting social issues. A social issues research paper presented to council this week recommended four areas...
Landfill a bad neighbour?
A major housing development planned for the hillside directly south of the Glenmore landfill could be a nuisance. That's the conclusion of city planning...
Spring travel plans?
Spring break starts today for many B.C. students and Kelowna International Airport is anticipating another busy spring break. More than 100,000 passengers are...
On edge after B&Es
Kelowna residents living on Kirschner Mountain have been faced with multiple vehicle break-ins for many months and have finally had enough. Aiden Nix caught a...
Sweeping in the spring
Motorcycle riders rejoice, street sweepers are hitting the ground running in the Central Okanagan. Kelowna's public works manager, Darryl Astofooroff, says...
School and kids helping
The Kelowna community has been banding together to support a family who tragically lost a mother in a recent house fire. The early-morning blaze at a home on...
Can't remember stabbing
The day after Waylon Jackson was stabbed to death in his Rutland home, Chad Alphonse told an interrogating officer he knew he did it, but couldn't remember...
DJ accused of sex assault
Kelowna DJ and producer Datsik has cancelled his tour and stepped down from the record label he founded amid multiple sexual assault allegations. The...
Back to normal at YLW
UPDATE: 430 p.m. YLW staff and passengers are relieved to see the fog has lifted and the sunshine is out. The canceled flights from this morning have been...
16 too young to vote?
Green Party Leader Andrew Weaver is hoping the third time's a charm when it comes to lowering the voting age in B.C. to 16. He introduced a private...
Park closes for movie shoot
Part of West Kelowna's Glen Canyon Park will be closed for a movie shoot this weekend. The southern portion of the park will be closed to public access on...
One word nixes RV bylaw
A BC Supreme Court ruling this week says a City of Kelowna bylaw restricting tourist RV accommodations on agricultural land is invalid. In his decision, Justice...
Murder charges upped
A man accused of killing his wife and two daughters days before Christmas may see his charges increased from second- to first-degree murder. Jacob Daniel Forman...
'Going nuts' over Skittles
Some rare candy is causing a stir on social media in the Okanagan. Gord MacDonald purchased the white Skittles, created for Pride Month, when they first went on...
Sun sets, pedestrian struck
RCMP tell Castanet that a 67-year-old Kelowna man is recovering after being struck by a vehicle at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday night at the intersection of Sarsons Road...
Outsiders need not apply
B.C.'s new speculation tax continues to sound alarm bells in the Okanagan and beyond. The mayors of both Kelowna and West Kelowna have come out against the...
'A huge problem': parents
Parents are feeling more upset and dismissed after a public board of education meeting Wednesday night. About a dozen of the more than 60 people who filled the...
Sparg new chamber head
Kelowna Chamber of Commerce has elected a new president and board of directors. At the chamber’s annual general meeting, Tuesday, members elected Carmen...
'You're going to kill him!'
“Stop, you’re going to hurt him, you’re going to kill him!” Naomi Foureyes screamed at her common-law spouse as he beat Chad Alphonse...
Tourism jobs up for grabs
The tourism industry wants you. If you're in the market for seasonal or permanent jobs in the tourist industry, you'll want to check out an industry job...
153 km/h on Hwy 97
Spring leadfoots beware, RCMP have nabbed several excessive speeders in the Central Okanagan since the weather turned last week. Police are warning drivers to...
Moving on after fatal fire
A family who lost both a mother and partner in an early morning fire Tuesday is desperately trying to pick up the pieces. Loree Dubuque, her husband Michael Van...
Crash at Burtch and Hwy 97
A collision at the intersection of Burtch Road and Highway 97 is slowing traffic through Kelowna. The crash appears to involve two compact cars, and one has...
KGH security tightened
UPDATE: 12:40 p.m. Interior Health says even one violent attack on a nurse is too many. Health service administrator Andrew Hughes said Wednesday:...
Flood response 'appropriate'
An independent review of last spring's historic flooding across the Southern Interior has concluded decisions made at the Penticton dam and throughout the...
Kasugai Gardens to reopen
It's a sure sign of spring in Kelowna. Kasugai Garden Park will reopen for the season on Thursday. The popular downtown gardens will be open daily from 9...
Pushing for new school
Talks between the province and School District 23 are underway for a new middle school in Rutland. During a discussion in the legislature Monday concerning...
Informants led to gang arrest
A recently released court decision shows the extent of the police investigation that led to a "veteran" gang member’s drug charges and movements...
Reservists assured work
Starting this summer, Canadian Army Reservists will have full time, summer employment for four years. Harjit Sajjan, Minister of National Defence, made the...
Fatal blaze accidental
UPDATE: 9:48 p.m. A house fire in which a woman died has been deemed accidental. “RCMP fire investigators have now fully completed their examination of...
Railing against spec tax
West Kelowna wants out of the provincial government’s planned speculation tax. City council agreed Tuesday to petition Minister of Finance Carol James to...
Frantic 911 call in court
“My sister's boyfriend is dying, you need to send an ambulance right away!” Phillisede Foureyes frantically screamed to a 911 operator two years...
Fight over grade changes
A group of West Kelowna parents is ready to fight a school board decision to reconfigure grades in September. The board recently voted 5-2 to go ahead with a...
YLW stunt: who owns plane
A search on the tail letters of a private jet that performed a dangerous stunt at Kelowna International Airport last week shows it is owned by a leasing and...
Leading Owls to gold
For the first time in school history the KSS Owls senior girls’ basketball team are BC Provincial champions. Last weekend they answered their critics and...
3 fires keep crews busy
Fire crews were hard at work well before 9 a.m. Tuesday. Kelowna fire crews and RCMP arrived to Kelowna Yarn and Needlecraft at Harvey and Kirschner just after...
Dog in truck = fine
A man driving a truck with a dog sitting on top of a tool box could face fines from RCMP if caught. The driver was spotted in West Kelowna on Main Street, and a...
Tackling the housing crunch
The City of Kelowna hopes a multi-layered approach will help with Kelowna's housing crunch. With a rental vacancy rate of 0.2 per cent and the increasing...
Sniffing out superbugs
Angus may look like an ordinary dog, but he's been trained to sniff out a superbug that's the bane of hospitals across B.C. The super sniffer can smell...
Rutland power restored
UPDATE: 8 p.m. Power has now been restored to the remaining customers in Rutland. UPDATE: 5:35 p.m. Power has been restored to most residents in the Rutland...
Council taking heat over tax
Comments Kelowna's mayor made last week opposing the provincial government's proposed new speculation tax has drawn the ire of some of his constituents....
KFD expanding dispatch
The Kelowna Fire Department is expanding its regional dispatch service. City council Monday approved a contract to provide the service to the Regional District...
Olympic torch reunion
A Kelowna woman has been rejoined with a Vancouver 2010 Olympic torch that was taken to Value Village by mistake. Jenifer Calhoun found out her mother-in-law...
Medical issue behind crash
A medical issue behind the wheel led to a crash in West Kelowna, Monday afternoon. A woman driving a full-size Ford pickup went into the ditch at Boucherie and...
Shots fired, gun seized
UPDATE: 12:30 p.m. A resident who lives nearby the house where multiple bullets were fired says she has lived in the area for over seven years and numerous...
Sunny days ahead
Sunnny skies will stick around for the next couple of days, according to Environment Canada. "We are still dealing with a ridge of high pressure that will...
Black Mountain crash
A fender-bender slowed the morning commute for residents of Kelowna's Black Mountain neighbourhood on Monday. Two vehicles collided at the base of Black...
Rollover on Old OK Hwy
Emergency crews are on the scene of a motor vehicle incident this morning in West Kelowna. Crews responded to the rollover crash on Old Okanagan highway near...
Par for the course
It’s time to put away the skis and dust off the golf clubs, golf season in the Okanagan Valley has arrived. Over 500 people, came out for opening weekend...
Shootout on Coronation Ave
A Saturday night shooting on Coronation Avenue in Kelowna has left behind numerous bullet holes and a shattered glass door. RCMP police vehicles were stationed...
Rocket player 'Fly'-ing high
A Kelowna Rockets player will take flight in the big leagues, after signing a contract with the Philadelphia Flyers. Carsen Twarynski, a 20-year-old forward,...
Olympic torch misplaced
An Olympic torch passed down from a father to a daughter was given to a Value Village store by mistake. Jenifer Calhoun frantically searched her entire house...
Stoking interest in science
The Central Okanagan School District switched gears this year, hosting an “Inquiry Expo” rather than their standard science fair. This year's...
Dog's life at risk: witness
A man is furious after he witnessed a driver on the road put a dog’s life at risk. Kevin Alexander was driving on Main Street in West Kelowna on Saturday...
Castanet's week in review
Castanet's week in review with Nich Johansen.
Time change dangers
Safety experts are warning us to be careful Monday as the change to daylight savings time has more consequences than just adjusting the clock by an hour. ICBC...
