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Video: Animal Cruelty Terror

Video: Animal Cruelty Terror

Jun 14, 2011 / 4:00 pm

Toshi Weisbeck and her Loseth Road family are being terrorized by an animal killer. So far, Weisbeck has lost her dog and a goat. The most recent attack...

Man in underwear runs from police

Man in underwear runs from police

Jun 14, 2011 / 3:39 pm

Update: 3:39 p.m. - RCMP arrested Bradley Voykin in the 1300 block of Gordon Drive Tuesday afternoon. Voykin will appear in court Wednesday. A wanted man was...

Downtown busy for Dad's day

Downtown busy for Dad's day

Jun 14, 2011 / 2:59 pm

Downtown will be buzzing this Sunday, June 19, as people gather to celebrate Dad's and the automobile at the annual Father's Day Car Show. If...

My Downtown photo contest winners

My Downtown photo contest winners

Jun 14, 2011 / 2:13 pm

The results are in! Photography staff at Castanet went through over 200 submissions for the 'My Downtown' photo contest, a winner from each category...

Heron won't fly in Kelowna

Jun 14, 2011 / 1:48 pm

Kelowna City Council has said thanks, but no thanks, to a free piece of public art. Heron's Landing, was produced by West Kelowna artist, Jock Hildebrandt....

YLW on schedule despite strike

YLW on schedule despite strike

Jun 14, 2011 / 12:45 pm

Travellers at Kelowna International Airport have been largely unaffected by Air Canada's strike -- so far. Monday night, nearly 4,000 Air Canada service...

Armed robber flees empty handed

Armed robber flees empty handed

Jun 14, 2011 / 11:00 am

An armed robber in Glenmore Monday night ended up leaving without his loot. The incident occurred at 9:40 p.m. on June 13. "A male went to the...

New trial for convicted murderer

New trial for convicted murderer

Jun 14, 2011 / 7:00 am

B.C.'s highest court has overturned a murder conviction and ordered a new trial for a man who claims his handgun went off accidentally when he killed a...

Warnings for lakefront property owners

Warnings for lakefront property owners

Jun 13, 2011 / 4:30 pm

Another warning for lakefront property owners. The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations expects Okanagan Lake will surpass its full pool...

Kelowna lifts emergency status

Kelowna lifts emergency status

Jun 13, 2011 / 4:00 pm

The local state of emergency was lifted Monday afternoon for two properties along Mission Creek, as the water level recedes and a dike bolstering operation is...

Upper Mission water restrictions lifted

Jun 13, 2011 / 2:30 pm

The successful installation of a temporary pump at the Cedar Creek pump station allows properties in the Upper Mission to resume outdoor water use. The City of...

Drunk driver flips car, lands in court

Jun 13, 2011 / 2:00 pm

On June 11 at 2:15 a.m. police attended the scene of a motor vehicle rollover that occurred in the 4800 block of Lakeshore Rd. Evidence suggested that a...

Video: Pirate ship finally floats

Video: Pirate ship finally floats

Jun 13, 2011 / 1:49 pm

Castanet's Kelly Hayes reports. A pirate boat set sail in Lake Okanagan on Monday, June 13. The 50 foot 'Poplar Point Pirate Ship' will be...

Beating victim in intensive care

Beating victim in intensive care

Jun 13, 2011 / 1:09 pm

Update: 1:09 p.m. - Police have confirmed that three of the individuals of one group, which included the victim, are related. Two individuals of the other group...

Greenway reopens as creek recedes

Jun 13, 2011 / 12:30 pm

The barricades, fences and ‘Closed’ signs are coming down as Phase 2 of Mission Creek Greenway Regional Park is open again for use. The section...

'Go Fish' program extended

'Go Fish' program extended

Jun 13, 2011 / 7:30 am

Thanks to the efforts of the BC Freshwater Fisheries Society and the Summerland Trout Hatchery, the popular Regional Parks ‘Go Fish’ program has...

Beating leaves man hospitalized

Beating leaves man hospitalized

Jun 12, 2011 / 9:00 pm

RCMP say a beating in Kelowna Sunday evening has left a man in hospital. At approximately 6 p.m. on June 12 two rival groups met up at McCurdy Road East and...

Upper Mission water restrictions

Jun 12, 2011 / 6:23 am

Due to maintenance issues at the Cedar Creek Pump Station, the City of Kelowna has implemented temporary outdoor water restrictions for the Upper Mission,...

Fat Cats weekend

Fat Cats weekend

Jun 12, 2011 / 5:00 am

Who doesn't love a Fat Cat? The 2011 Fat Cat Children's festival took over Kelowna's waterfront Saturday and Sunday June 11 and 12. Hundreds of...

Love Kelowna

Love Kelowna

Jun 12, 2011 / 4:30 am

Hundreds of people hit the streets of Kelowna Saturday for a project called "Love Kelowna". Spearheaded as a joint venture by the churches of...