Latest Articles from Cindy White
Hateful graffiti in park
Jun 2, 2023 / 4:00 am
Cindy White Graffiti vandals have struck again in Kelowna’s Glenmore neighbourhood. Someone tagged a table, sidewalks and playground equipment in and around Calmels Park, just off Calmels Crescent. Some of the tags were hateful, including
Wildfire risk rising
Jun 1, 2023 / 1:31 pm
Photo: Jon Manchester The fire danger rating is now high for Kelowna, Vernon and Kamloops. Hot, dry weather in recent days has pushed the fire danger to high for major population centres in the Thompson Okanagan. The BC Wildfire Service
ICBC offers new discount
Jun 1, 2023 / 12:46 pm
Photo: Pixabay Here’s some incentive to find other modes of transportation when you can. ICBC is offering a new distance-based discount on auto insurance, to those who drive less than 10,000 kilometres per years. Those eligible could
Billboards for Pride Month
Jun 1, 2023 / 4:00 am
Photo: Saskatoon Pride An example of a positive message billboard by Saskatoon Pride. The Central Okanagan billboards will have a different design. June is Pride Month, and a Kelowna-based advocacy group is hoping to launch a series of billboards
Emotional farewell to school
Jun 1, 2023 / 4:00 am
Cindy White She was part of the last graduating class in 2002. A West Kelowna woman has shared a video of the final piece of George Pringle Elementary School being torn down to make way for the new George Pringle Secondary School. Jaclyn Jaeger
'It's a Canadian crisis'
May 31, 2023 / 6:11 pm
Photo: Castanet Castanet drone footage of the Rail Trail encampment in Kelowna. The executive director of the Central Okanagan Journey Home Society calls it "poverty porn," while the City of Kelowna’s director of community
Getting lost in bonsai
May 31, 2023 / 4:00 am
Cindy White Once you try it, it’s hard to stop. That seems to be the message from long-time members of the Kelowna Bonsai Club, which is marking its 40th anniversary. “Don’t do it! It becomes a sickness and like any hobby,
Third turtle tunnel coming
May 31, 2023 / 4:00 am
Photo: Johanna Macheledt A construction worker helps a Western Painted Turtle cross Union Road in Wilden Residents and conservationists concerns about the safety of Western Painted Turtles in Wilden are being echoed by the developer of the
Moose frolics in creek
May 30, 2023 / 12:03 pm
Photo: Phillip Dong A moose was spotted splashing in Mission Creek in Kelowna on Monday, May 29, 2023. A group of runners got a treat along the Mission Creek Greenway Monday. They saw a moose cooling off in Mission Creek. Phillip Dong
Slow down for turtles
May 30, 2023 / 4:00 am
Cindy White Keep your eyes peeled if you’re driving anywhere near a pond or wetland, especially this time of year. It’s turtle nesting season, and the Western Painted Turtle is at risk not just from loss of habitat, which has landed