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Bring the sunscreen, plenty of sunshine for spring break at Big White

Bring the sunscreen, plenty of sunshine for spring break at Big White

Big White Mar 14, 2024 / 4:00 am

The sun will be blazing bright at Big White Ski Resort for the start of spring break this week. Senior vice-president Michael J. Ballingall expects the mild...

'Tacos and Tequila' event coming to Kelowna

'Tacos and Tequila' event coming to Kelowna

Mar 13, 2024 / 8:00 pm

Calling all taco and tequila lovers! This spring, Kelowna residents will be able to take part in the inaugural Tacos and Tequila event, celebrating Mexican...

Kelowna city parks waking up after winter

Kelowna city parks waking up after winter

Mar 13, 2024 / 5:57 pm

Spring is here and city parks in Kelowna are coming to life. Kelowna Memorial Park Cemetery will open extended hours from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. seven days-a-week...

Event at Rotary Centre raises $5K for Kelowna Women's Shelter

Event at Rotary Centre raises $5K for Kelowna Women's Shelter

Mar 13, 2024 / 3:34 pm

More than $5,000 was raised for the Kelowna Women’s Shelter at an event Friday to mark International Women’s Day. The sold-out event, Stories &...

PBR Canada’s Elite Cup bull-riding series returns to Kelowna

PBR Canada’s Elite Cup bull-riding series returns to Kelowna

Mar 13, 2024 / 2:39 pm

The best bull riders in North America will be back in Kelowna this summer. The Professional Bull Riders will be bucking into Kelowna for the fourth time for the...

BC Transit digital payment system launches in Okanagan

BC Transit digital payment system launches in Okanagan

Okanagan Mar 13, 2024 / 12:58 pm

There's a new way to pay for BC Transit services in the Okanagan BC Transit has launched Umo (pronounced “you-mo”) a new electronic fare system...

GEID and City of Kelowna sign agreement to merge utilities within three years

GEID and City of Kelowna sign agreement to merge utilities within three years

Mar 13, 2024 / 12:09 pm

Operations of the Glenmore Ellison Improvement District will be transferred to the City of Kelowna over the next three years as part of a transition agreement...

Look out for street cleaners as Kelowna's annual cleanup takes place

Look out for street cleaners as Kelowna's annual cleanup takes place

Mar 13, 2024 / 4:00 am

It's a sure sign that spring is on the way; street sweepers are out across the City of Kelowna. Andrew Schwerdtfeger, manager of roadways operations, says...

Thieves use traffic control truck in series of thefts in Kelowna neighbourhoods

Thieves use traffic control truck in series of thefts in Kelowna neighbourhoods

Mar 13, 2024 / 4:00 am

The Kelowna RCMP is investigating a series of thefts that appears to be linked to a vehicle belonging to a Kelowna-based traffic control company. Images shared...

Country Mixtape Tour featuring trio of hitmakers to play Kelowna April 11

Country Mixtape Tour featuring trio of hitmakers to play Kelowna April 11

Mar 12, 2024 / 9:00 pm

The Country Mixtape Tour featuring Andrew Hyatt, Shawn Austin and Tyler Joe Miller will make a stop in Kelowna next month. The trio is embarking on a cross...

UBCO engineering team wins the Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Competition

UBCO engineering team wins the Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Competition

Mar 12, 2024 / 7:00 pm

A team of 28 undergraduate UBC Okanagan engineering students took home the top prize at this year's Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race in Newfoundland....

Family of eight loses nearly everything in Kelowna house fire

Family of eight loses nearly everything in Kelowna house fire

Mar 12, 2024 / 5:00 pm

A Kelowna family of eight is starting from scratch after a house fire last week. Shannon Mingo has launched a GoFundMe for her daughter and son-in-law and their...

Kelowna council voice concerns over property acquisition wording on Manhattan Point

Kelowna council voice concerns over property acquisition wording on Manhattan Point

Mar 12, 2024 / 2:17 pm

Kelowna city council has endorsed a staff plan that would see six properties along Manhattan Drive designated as future park as part of the north end...

Independent produce store, Old Town Market permanently closes

Independent produce store, Old Town Market permanently closes

Mar 12, 2024 / 12:07 pm

An independent Kelowna produce store has gone out of business. The Old Town Market, at the corner of Highway 33 and Hollywood Road in Rutland, sold fresh...

Kelowna council lobbying province as farmers face massive losses

Kelowna council lobbying province as farmers face massive losses

Mar 12, 2024 / 11:13 am

Kelowna city council has pledged its support to the agriculture industry as it faces tens of millions of dollars in crop losses due to this winter's bitter...

District of Lake Country issues boil water notice for Beaver Lake water system

District of Lake Country issues boil water notice for Beaver Lake water system

Lake Country Mar 12, 2024 / 10:57 am

The District of Lake Country in conjunction with Interior Health has issued a boil water notice for all customers on the Beaver Lake source. The notice takes...

New concert fundraiser for KGH Foundation will have 'Woodstock vibes'

New concert fundraiser for KGH Foundation will have 'Woodstock vibes'

Mar 12, 2024 / 9:20 am

Big White Ski Resort and a group of music lovers have come up with a new way to support the Kelowna General Hospital Foundation. "Rock the Foundation...

Councillors unsuccessful in delaying heritage area densification bylaw

Councillors unsuccessful in delaying heritage area densification bylaw

Mar 12, 2024 / 4:00 am

Kelowna councillors Charlie Hodge and Ron Cannan led a charge around the city council table to try and delay the implementation of bylaws designed to add...

Kelowna cannabis store ordered to close for week after selling gummies to minor

Kelowna cannabis store ordered to close for week after selling gummies to minor

Mar 12, 2024 / 4:00 am

A Kelowna cannabis store will be closed for a week next month after being caught selling THC gummies to a 16-year-old. According to a decision from the BC...

A few days left to take part in Central Okanagan Food Bank raffle

A few days left to take part in Central Okanagan Food Bank raffle

Central Okanagan Mar 12, 2024 / 4:00 am

The Central Okanagan Food Bank is hoping the community will once again open their wallets to support the second annual Pot of Gold 50/50 Raffle. The raffle...