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Kelowna News

Central Okanagan Foundation hires Albertan as executive director

Central Okanagan Foundation hires Albertan as executive director

Oct 2, 2023 / 7:49 pm

Central Okanagan Foundation has found a permanent executive director. Kristine Bugayong is the new boss of the foundation, taking over from interim executive...

Emergency personnel on scene of incident near hairpin on Highway 33.

Emergency personnel on scene of incident near hairpin on Highway 33.

Joe Rich Oct 2, 2023 / 7:00 pm

Emergency personnel from the Joe Rich Fire Department are on the scene of an incident near the hairpin on Highway 33. Not much is known at the moment, however...

Hiker spotted black bear on Knox Mountain Monday afternoon

Hiker spotted black bear on Knox Mountain Monday afternoon

Oct 2, 2023 / 5:00 pm

It's not unusual to see black bears roaming the area within Knox Mountain. However, any sighting should serve as a warning to anyone hiking the popular...

Grant for Wood Lake Project gives $25,000

Grant for Wood Lake Project gives $25,000

Oct 2, 2023 / 12:00 pm

The Okanagan Basin Water Board has awarded a $25,000 grant to the Wood Lake Project. Larratt Aquatic Consulting, in collaboration with the District of Lake...

Environment Canada says temperatures to reach six degrees above seasonal by Wednesday

Environment Canada says temperatures to reach six degrees above seasonal by Wednesday

Okanagan Valley Oct 2, 2023 / 4:00 am

It's going to get warm this week. Environment Canada says temperatures are expected to hover between four to six degrees warmer than normal for the majority...

Six months after Kelowna plant opened, Hexagon Purus expanding

Six months after Kelowna plant opened, Hexagon Purus expanding

Oct 2, 2023 / 4:00 am

The company behind an engineering and manufacturing facility for transport truck battery and hydrogen storage systems that opened in Kelowna last spring, has...

Okanagan College trying to bring employers and future employees together

Okanagan College trying to bring employers and future employees together

Thompson Okanagan Oct 2, 2023 / 4:00 am

Okanagan College has created a new program that will help its students get into the workforce. Careers Hub is an online tool designed to support students on...

Kelowna Fire Department on the scene of an accident at a home along Muir Road

Kelowna Fire Department on the scene of an accident at a home along Muir Road

Oct 1, 2023 / 7:12 pm

The Kelowna Fire Department is on the scene of an accident at a home along Muir Road in Rutland. A bystander says a truck destroyed another parked truck in a...

Kelowna firefighters stop garage fire from spreading to home

Kelowna firefighters stop garage fire from spreading to home

Oct 1, 2023 / 5:16 pm

Quick work by the Kelowna Fire Department helped save a home on Mustang Court near Academy Way Sunday afternoon. “When crews arrived initially there was...

People dumped piles of trash outside bottle depot Saturday

People dumped piles of trash outside bottle depot Saturday

Oct 1, 2023 / 4:00 pm

The assistant manager of Columbia Bottle Depots on Kent Road in Kelowna says she came into work on Sunday morning disgusted by what some members of the...

Castanet's Week in Review with Brayden Ursel

Castanet's Week in Review with Brayden Ursel

Oct 1, 2023 / 12:00 pm

Castanet's Week in Review for the week of Sept. 24 - 30, 2023.

Construction can now begin on expansion of the terminal at YLW

Construction can now begin on expansion of the terminal at YLW

Oct 1, 2023 / 4:00 am

Construction should begin soon on the large terminal expansion at Kelowna International Airport. The city this week issued a $70 million building permit for the...

Kelowna adventure racer headed to World Championship with two teammates he’s never met

Kelowna adventure racer headed to World Championship with two teammates he’s never met

Oct 1, 2023 / 4:00 am

A Kelowna adventure racer is hoping to reach the pinnacle of his sport. Curtis Johnson Morrison is training to compete in the Adventure Racing World...

Okanagan film and TV industry to hold second forum this year

Okanagan film and TV industry to hold second forum this year

Oct 1, 2023 / 4:00 am

The Okanagan TV and film industry is holding its second industry forum in October. Damon Gregory of EMC Studios says the event follows up the "big...

Kelowna, Vernon, the Shuswap added to the BC Bird Trail

Kelowna, Vernon, the Shuswap added to the BC Bird Trail

Southern Interior Sep 30, 2023 / 5:00 pm

Parts of the Okanagan and Shuswap are now on the BC Bird Trail. Launched in September 2020, the BC Bird Trail is a source of information on attractions,...

Ki-Low-Na Friendship Centre was packed for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation event

Ki-Low-Na Friendship Centre was packed for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation event

Sep 30, 2023 / 3:05 pm

The Ki-Low-Na Friendship Centre was packed with orange shirts Saturday afternoon, as people from the community came out to recognize National Day for Truth and...

KF Centre For Excellence takes top building prize

KF Centre For Excellence takes top building prize

Sep 30, 2023 / 2:00 pm

KF Centre For Excellence won big at the 2023 Thompson Okanagan Commercial Building Awards ceremony Thursday night at the Coast Capri Hotel in Kelowna. Out of 40...

Fifth annual Rotary Club Lobster Crawl returns in mid-October

Fifth annual Rotary Club Lobster Crawl returns in mid-October

Lake Country Sep 30, 2023 / 12:00 pm

Organizers of the annual Lake Country Rotary Club drive-thru lobster dinner are preparing to fly in 300 lobsters from the East Coast next month. The fifth...

Elderly woman struck by truck Friday afternoon, condition unknown

Elderly woman struck by truck Friday afternoon, condition unknown

Sep 30, 2023 / 9:40 am

Police are seeking witnesses after an elderly woman was struck by a vehicle near Kelowna's Capri Mall Friday, but details around the incident remain sparse....

Central Okanagan students paddle for truth and reconciliation

Central Okanagan students paddle for truth and reconciliation

Sep 30, 2023 / 4:00 am

Students of Constable Neil Bruce Middle School joined forces with the RCMP on Friday to canoe from Kelowna’s City Park to Westbank in advance of Truth and...

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