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Meow! 75 homeless kittens

Meow! 75 homeless kittens

Nov 17, 2011 / 2:46 pm

Seventy-five kittens are looking for 'forever' homes. Currently the little balls of fluff are spread out across the community, in foster homes, in...

Lake Country council highlights

Lake Country council highlights

Nov 17, 2011 / 11:30 am

The following are highlights from the District of Lake Country council meeting held Tuesday, November 15, 2011. MacDonald Lakeshore Properties Zoning In 2006...

Update: Hazmat team in Ellison

Update: Hazmat team in Ellison

Nov 17, 2011 / 10:01 am

It's still not known why a family suddenly became sick while in their home. Just before 5 p.m. Wednesday, a mother and her young child noticed a strange...

Treacherous winter roads

Treacherous winter roads

Nov 17, 2011 / 6:30 am

The first snow storm always comes as a bit of a shock to drivers. Const. Steve Holmes says police advised motorists, on Wednesday, to curtail their driving...

An extra set of eyes and ears

An extra set of eyes and ears

Nov 17, 2011 / 5:00 am

They are out in the community every day watching and listening. Over 800 realtors are now joining forces with the RCMP to assist the police, as an extra set of...

Snow and ice create havoc

Snow and ice create havoc

Nov 16, 2011 / 2:55 pm

Accidents are being reported all around the city as the first real snowfall blankets the city. Up and down the valley motorists are reporting poor driving...

Hit by dump truck,  one in hospital

Hit by dump truck, one in hospital

Nov 16, 2011 / 12:59 pm

An elderly woman is in hospital after her car was hit from behind by a dump truck carrying sand. The accident occurred on Harvey at Abbott, just at the...

Two grow-ops linked to one man

Nov 16, 2011 / 12:30 pm

Police in Kelowna and Lake Country were busy recently taking down marijuana grows linked to the same suspect. On November 8, Lake Country police searched a...

Fire rips through home

Fire rips through home

Nov 16, 2011 / 6:17 am

Three people were without a place to sleep Tuesday night, after a fire ripped through their home. Fire crews were called to a blaze at 1163 Morrison road, in...

Video: Fire destroys Ellison home

Video: Fire destroys Ellison home

Nov 15, 2011 / 4:00 pm

A family in Ellison is without a home after fire ripped through their house Tuesday afternoon. Fire almost completely destroyed the home at #11-4450 Postill...

Live online the Cast A Light auction

Live online the Cast A Light auction

Nov 15, 2011 / 12:58 pm

Kelowna Food Bank and Castanet.net kick-starts the fifth annual Cast A Light campaigns with a prize-filled Q 103 radio auction live from Orchard Park Shopping...

Last chance for yard waste collection

Nov 15, 2011 / 10:14 am

With winter on the way, there are just a two more weeks to have yard waste picked up from the curb. The bi-weekly fall yard waste pickup ends Novemeber 30,...

Council looking for cash for Knox Mtn

Nov 15, 2011 / 5:00 am

Kelowna City Council will need to find $160,000 in the 2012 budget, if it is to go ahead with a 15-year management plan for Knox Mountain Park. The 15-year...

Out of control on Valley Rd.

Out of control on Valley Rd.

Nov 14, 2011 / 4:23 pm

One man is in hospital after a single vehicle crash, Monday morning. Just after 9 a.m. a vehicle was traveling North along Valley Road, when the driver lost...

A storm blows into town

A storm blows into town

Nov 14, 2011 / 2:02 pm

A storm may be brewing in the Okanagan. Environment Canada Meteorologist, Doug Lundquist, says there is a possibility that a colder system will be moving into...

Free parking returns to downtown

Free parking returns to downtown

Nov 14, 2011 / 10:12 am

Barring an unforeseen change of heart, Christmas shoppers will again be allowed to park on downtown Kelowna streets every Saturday throughout the month of...

Nearly $7M for Knox Mtn Park upgrade

Nearly $7M for Knox Mtn Park upgrade

Nov 14, 2011 / 9:59 am

It could cost as much as $7M over the next 15 years to upgrade and maintain Knox Mountain Park. That according to a report City Council will review Monday...

Neighbours rush to save home

Neighbours rush to save home

Nov 13, 2011 / 4:16 pm

Quick thinking, by a group of neighbours, might have saved a house from burning down, Sunday afternoon. Around 3 p.m., Fire Crews were called to the 1000 block...

Fires in the Okanagan

Fires in the Okanagan

Nov 12, 2011 / 9:01 pm

Castanet viewers have reported two separate fires burning in the Okanagan Saturday. Burning was permitted and the Kamloops fire district is reporting no active...

Cheerleading rises to the top

Cheerleading rises to the top

Nov 12, 2011 / 2:00 pm

Anyone who thinks cheerleaders are just meant to be on the sidelines would be surprised to find out the sport is now front and centre on the main stage....