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West Kelowna council highlights

West Kelowna council highlights

Oct 14, 2011 / 1:00 pm

The following are highlights of the District of West Kelowna council meeting held Tuesday, October 11, 2011. Public Hearing - A Public Hearing was held...

Altercation leads to assault charges

Altercation leads to assault charges

Oct 12, 2011 / 9:34 am

Charges are pending against a 47-year-old West Kelowna man after a second man was slashed during an altercation Tuesday afternoon. The incident occurred about...

Clearing forest fire 'fuel'

Clearing forest fire 'fuel'

Oct 11, 2011 / 4:08 pm

The last of Crown and municipal properties in the District of West Kelowna are being cleared of forest fire fuels. Beginning this week, publicly owned lands...

Stabbing brings police to bridge hill

Stabbing brings police to bridge hill

Oct 11, 2011 / 3:46 pm

RCMP converged on a black pick-up near the bottom of Bridge Hill Tuesday afternoon after a call to 911 reported a man had been stabbed. Police were not able to...

Hundreds line up to 'Shop'

Hundreds line up to 'Shop'

Oct 8, 2011 / 10:00 am

The line-ups began at midnight and by Saturday morning over 200 people were lined up for the grand opening of the new Future Shop on the Westside. The store...

Preliminary hearing underway

Preliminary hearing underway

Oct 7, 2011 / 3:18 am

The preliminary hearing began Monday for a 17-year-old West Kelowna girl accused of killing Ashlee Hyatt. Ashlee Hyatt was stabbed to death at a Peachland...

Zanon running for third term in DWK

Zanon running for third term in DWK

Oct 5, 2011 / 5:00 am

Carol Zanon is looking for a three-peat. Zanon, who was elected to the inagural council in 2007 and re-elected in 2008 is looking for a third term on council....

Firm buys 19,584 Girl Guide Cookies

Firm buys 19,584 Girl Guide Cookies

Oct 4, 2011 / 4:00 pm

They must have a lot of milk! Boyd Autobody and Glass anted up and bought 816 boxes of girl Guide Cookies. The company says it's part of their community...

Westbank Centre revitalization begins

Sep 30, 2011 / 9:56 am

West Kelowna residents will see some attention being given to Westbank Centre as part of this year’s implementation of recommendations from the...

Don't move -- give me your wallet

Sep 30, 2011 / 6:40 am

On Thursday, West Kelowna RCMP received a complaint of attempted robbery, occurring just before 7pm. The victim reported that he had been working on his car in...

Fire at familiar West Kelowna property

Fire at familiar West Kelowna property

Sep 29, 2011 / 4:55 pm

West Kelowna Fire crews were called out to fight a small fire at a very familiar location. Fire broke out in an abandoned picker shack at a property on Elliott...

Gellatly Road upgrade underway

Sep 28, 2011 / 7:35 pm

Construction on Gellatly Road is beginning as part of the District of West Kelowna’s Gellatly Road Upgrade, Phase 2. Approximately 200 metres of Gellatly...

Accused sex offender targeted boys

Accused sex offender targeted boys

Sep 28, 2011 / 4:20 pm

A West Kelowna man appeared in a Kelowna courtroom Wednesday on sex related charges involving two underage boys. Police believe there may be more victims....

Bears in area

Sep 26, 2011 / 8:42 am

Castanet has heard reports of black bear sightings on Smith Creek Road as well as near Rosevalley Pond close to Rosevalley Elementary School in West Kelowna. A...

House fire home owner at the movies

House fire home owner at the movies

Sep 25, 2011 / 9:16 pm

Neighbour Gregory Dover noticed the acrid smell of something burning around 7:45 Sunday night, he went outside to investigate. That's when he saw the smoke...

He volunteered to live, not to die

He volunteered to live, not to die

Sep 25, 2011 / 6:59 pm

Stew Tuningley was a lifetime volunteer, an avid church goer and a proud resident of West Kelowna. On July 21 the Lions Club member was doing what he'd done...

Small grass fire doused quickly

Small grass fire doused quickly

Sep 24, 2011 / 6:43 pm

Quick action by a Westbank First Nation bylaw officer brought a small grass fire under control Saturday evening. The small fire, in a forested area adjacent...

MLA says land value absurd

MLA says land value "absurd"

Sep 23, 2011 / 3:39 pm

Westside-Kelowna MLA, Ben Stewart has brought into question the accuracy and validity of the valuation West Kelowna has placed on 698 acres of land proposed in...

Land swap appraisal favours WFN

Land swap appraisal favours WFN

Sep 21, 2011 / 1:00 pm

After weeks of waiting, the province has finally released details of an independent appraisal of 698 acres of Crown Lands considered as part of a land exchange...

High-fiving fraudsters not fraudsters

Sep 21, 2011 / 9:53 am

It seems someone jumped the gun and reported real door-to-door marketers as fraudsters. Kelowna RCMP have learned, from Telus, that there are, in fact, Telus...