News Archive
Poll: Making Resolutions?
The New Year is traditionally the time to make resolutions about changes in your personal life. They include quitting smoking, losing weight, saving more money...
Rabies Survivor
A Wisconsin teenager who became the first person known to survive rabies without a vaccination went home Saturday after nearly 11 weeks in the hospital,...
Canadian Aid Doubles
The federal cabinet has decided to double Canada's potential aid to tsunami victims to $80 million from $40 million, CBC Radio reports. The decision was made...
Body Found In Kamloops
The Mounties in Kamloops are investigating the discovery of a man's body, which could be suspicious. Corporal Tom Edwards says a person walking along the north...
Bull, Bear and Chicken
With everyone practising safe investing these days, it's hard to find something to get excited about in the financial world. The hot spots of 2004 include...
More To New Year""s
Kelowna RCMP have released more details about what they referred to earlier as a pretty quiet New Year's Eve. RCMP say they were kept fairly busy with over 100...
Four Year Old Survives
A miraculous story of survival a week after a devastating earthquake and the resulting tsunamis. Officials in Sri Lanka say a four year old girl, originally...
Semifinal Sunday
Team Canada faces the Czech Republic in the first semifinal at the World Junior Hockey Championship in North Dakota today. You can catch the game live on TSN at...
Back On Beaches
Six days after one of the worst natural disasters in decades, foreign tourists were back on the beaches of this Thai resort island Saturday, frolicking in the...
Special Cabinet Meeting
Prime Minister Paul Martin has called a cabinet meeting for Sunday to deal Canada's response to the earthquake and tsunami that left at least 124,000 people...
Homeless Recommendations
I wholeheartedly disagree with B. Mairs' misconception of the Mayor and Councils role in the City's homeless problem. Extending B. Mairs' opinion further could...
Dear Cop - Legal To Go Topless
My question is not entirely about traffic. Some seem to believe it is legal for women to go topless in public, and if this is the case also believe that if a...
Right Thing To Do
To M.G.: Another thought would be ‘the spirit of the Christmas season” is a good enough reason to donate a couple of dollars of your own or it is just the...
Column Helps
Dear Constable Aselton: This is just a note to comment on your column, "Dear Cop." Both my husband, Norm and I, want to express our thanks, for giving your...
2004: Celebrity Births
Here's a look at some of the stars who became parents in 2004: JULIA ROBERTS and husband DANNY MODER - twins PHINNAEUS WALTER and HAZEL PATRICIA on November...
No New Years Bus Service
Once again our Kelowna City Buses show us just how little they care for their riders in this city. It use to be on New Years Eve people could count on the buses...
Poll: Biggest Local News Story
What do you think was the biggest local news story of 2004? Kelowna City Council drops the One-Way Couplet from the OCP and appoints a Roads Task Force to find...
Body Found On KLO Road
Foul play is not suspected in the discovery of a woman's body in Kelowna early New Year's day. RCMP say two people walking along the 1300 block of KLO Road...
Drunken Thief
A 44 year old man Kelowna has a court date for his New Year's Eve exploits. Kelowna RCMP, the Provincial Ambulance and Kelowna Fire Department responded to an...
Tsunami Aid $2 Billion US
Worldwide donations to help those battered by the huge waves that slammed into Asian and African coastlines totalled $2 billion US Saturday. Japan increased its...