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Three-year sentence for Kelowna man found with fentanyl, crossbow

Three-year sentence for Kelowna man found with fentanyl, crossbow

Mar 12, 2024 / 4:00 am

A Kelowna man who was under a lifetime firearms prohibition has been sentenced to three years in prison after RCMP found a crossbow and arrows in his home. The...

Philanthropists help launch endowment fund at UBC Okanagan

Philanthropists help launch endowment fund at UBC Okanagan

Okanagan Mar 11, 2024 / 8:00 pm

Kelowna philanthropists Terry and Mary Jane Flannigan have made a donation to UBC Okanagan to launch an endowment fund. The couple’s gift of $25,000 was...

A violent repeat offender program in the Central Okanagan is showing results

A violent repeat offender program in the Central Okanagan is showing results

Mar 11, 2024 / 7:30 pm

A provincial program born out of a report with roots in Kelowna is showing some positive signs across the Central Okanagan. The Repeat Violent Offender...

Comedy for a cause: Raising money for medical supplies in Ukraine

Comedy for a cause: Raising money for medical supplies in Ukraine

Mar 11, 2024 / 7:00 pm

During a recent visit to Ukraine by Canadian officials the daily struggle to find medical supplies was brought into stark relief. Major Heath Robson, the...

15th annual Swinging With The Stars Gala raises over $530K

15th annual Swinging With The Stars Gala raises over $530K

Mar 11, 2024 / 4:11 pm

The 15th annual Swinging With The Stars Gala broke records with its fundraising haul for the Central Okanagan Hospice Association. The event was held on...

Welton Arms closing its restaurant and brewery due to financial constraints

Welton Arms closing its restaurant and brewery due to financial constraints

Mar 11, 2024 / 2:34 pm

One of the many breweries that popped up in Kelowna’s North End three years ago is closing. Welton Arms, located at 890 Clement Ave., announced on its...

Central Okanagan School District looks to raise busing fees $50

Central Okanagan School District looks to raise busing fees $50

Mar 11, 2024 / 2:24 pm

The Board of Education of the Central Okanagan School District is being asked to increase busing fees by $50 to $450 per student for the 2024-2025 school year....

Fire destroys tents at Kelowna's rail trail encampment

Fire destroys tents at Kelowna's rail trail encampment

Mar 11, 2024 / 2:21 pm

UPDATE: 2:20 p.m. Multiple tents have been damaged after a large tent fire at Kelowna’s rail trail encampment. A resident of the rail trail tells Castanet...

Kelowna man dies in avalanche in Kananaskis

Kelowna man dies in avalanche in Kananaskis

Kananaskis Mar 11, 2024 / 11:57 am

A 19-year-old Kelowna man was killed in an avalanche east of Mount Engadine on Tower Peak in Kananaskis Sunday afternoon (March 10). Canmore RCMP said it...

Police ask for public's help finding missing Kelowna woman

Police ask for public's help finding missing Kelowna woman

Mar 11, 2024 / 10:38 am

The RCMP is asking for the public's help in locating a missing Kelowna woman. Police say Krista Nicole Goodon, 37, was last seen on December 23, 2023,...

BC Supreme Court rejects SD23 bid for secret recordings

BC Supreme Court rejects SD23 bid for secret recordings

Central Okanagan Mar 11, 2024 / 4:00 am

The third time was not a charm for the Central Okanagan School District in their bid to get their hands on an employee's secret recordings she made of...

Central Okanagan Search & Rescue K9 member killed in 'tragic accident'

Central Okanagan Search & Rescue K9 member killed in 'tragic accident'

Central Okanagan Mar 10, 2024 / 1:30 pm

One of the Okanagan's very good boys died in a tragic accident last week. Chase, Central Okanagan Search and Rescue's first certified K9 member, was...

UBCO study finds 85 per cent reduction in pathogens when accounting for airflow dynamics

UBCO study finds 85 per cent reduction in pathogens when accounting for airflow dynamics

UBCO Mar 10, 2024 / 12:45 pm

New research from the University of British Columbia Okanagan might help explain why some people catch colds and others do not. Turns out that where they are...

Castanet Event Calendar with Brayden Ursel

Castanet Event Calendar with Brayden Ursel

Mar 10, 2024 / 12:00 pm

A sneak peek of upcoming events in the Thompson-Okanagan this week.

Central Okanagan Hospice Association hosts 15th annual Swinging with the Stars event

Central Okanagan Hospice Association hosts 15th annual Swinging with the Stars event

Mar 10, 2024 / 4:00 am

Hundreds of people filled the Delta Grand Hotel in Kelowna on Saturday evening for the 15th edition of Swinging with the Stars, a fundraiser to raise money for...

Kelowna man pleads guilty to possessing fentanyl for trafficking

Kelowna man pleads guilty to possessing fentanyl for trafficking

Mar 10, 2024 / 4:00 am

Nearly four years after police raided his Dilworth home and found large amounts of a variety of drugs, a Kelowna man pleaded guilty to several drug charges...

UBCO helps create light-weight, 3D printed devices that can change the face of satellite communication

UBCO helps create light-weight, 3D printed devices that can change the face of satellite communication

UBCO Mar 10, 2024 / 4:00 am

The University of British Columbia Okanagan is part of a team that has come up with a new way to build space-age antennas to improve satellite communication. In...

Okanagan film and TV industry to hold third forum in March

Okanagan film and TV industry to hold third forum in March

Mar 9, 2024 / 2:05 pm

The Okanagan TV and film industry is holding its third industry forum this March. Damon Gregory of EMC Studios says the two previous events were very successful...

Shadow Ridge Golf Club opens for the 2024 golf season

Shadow Ridge Golf Club opens for the 2024 golf season

Mar 9, 2024 / 12:00 pm

Spring has sprung in Kelowna as Shadow Ridge Golf Course has officially opened to the public for the season, and golfers are ready and eager to get back into...

Accused killer in Kelowna pleads guilty in separate domestic assault

Accused killer in Kelowna pleads guilty in separate domestic assault

Mar 9, 2024 / 4:00 am

A Kelowna man who's been charged with the murder of a local woman was sentenced for a separate domestic assault against a different woman Friday morning....

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