News Items tag as: Adam Proskiw

Kelowna moms joins North American social media campaign to end war on drugs
May 11, 2018 - 3:30 PM

Addiction knows no borders, so a group of local mothers who have lost children to overdose are joining forces with groups in Mexico and the U.S. for a continent-wide campaign advocating humane global drug policies.
BACON SHOOTING TRIAL: Gangsters sentenced after pleading guilty to lesser charges
May 02, 2018 - 11:12 AM

KELOWNA – The three men accused of gunning down gang leader Jonathan Bacon in Kelowna seven years ago have been sentenced today.
A blind Kelowna busker's life just got a lot harder
April 05, 2018 - 6:00 PM

KELOWNA – The life of a busker isn’t easy; just ask Sarah Mainland.
Kelowna's 35-year-old Pioneer Country Market says goodbye
April 02, 2018 - 1:30 PM

KELOWNA – After three and a half decades of being run by one of Kelowna’s first families, the Pioneer Country Market has closed.
Housing crisis tearing Kelowna families apart
March 26, 2018 - 7:30 PM

KELOWNA – The province’s watchdog for children and youth says the housing crisis in the Okanagan is hurting young people and families the most.
iN PHOTOS: Kelowna businesses using graffiti to stop graffiti
March 23, 2018 - 6:30 PM

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One year in jail for Okanagan mail thief arrested in stolen motorhome
March 20, 2018 - 12:45 PM

KELOWNA – A local woman was sentenced to a year in jail after police found her and her boyfriend burning stolen mail outside a stolen motorhome with a homemade licence plate last year.
The extreme lengths wannabe renters go to find a place to live in Kelowna
March 16, 2018 - 7:30 PM

KELOWNA – A few local residents are coming up with some creative solutions to the impenetrable rental market in Kelowna.
Kelowna lawyer fined for swearing at RCMP officer loses appeal
March 15, 2018 - 8:00 PM

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Kamloops student from China faces judge for cheating Kelowna casino
March 13, 2018 - 12:27 PM

KELOWNA – A judge ordered a Thomson Rivers University student to pay back all the money he cheated from a Kelowna casino in late 2016, but said the humiliation he suffered during his arrest was punishment enough.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the fourth week of March 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jone

$145,000 fine for Kelowna orchardist previously involved in tractor death
A Kelowna company that grows, processes and exports cherries was fined last year following a fatal tractor incident has again been fined after a tractor driver was seriously injured. According to a recently published Feb. 6 WorkSafeBC

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

Okanagan’s first ‘net-zero’ home is insulated with hemp
In an effort to make construction more sustainable a Kelowna developer has built a home insulated with hemp. The 5-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom, 2,430 square foot home at 278 Summer Wood Drive in the Echo Ridge development in Kelowna meets the pro

News Items tag as: Adam Proskiw

Kelowna moms joins North American social media campaign to end war on drugs

BACON SHOOTING TRIAL: Gangsters sentenced after pleading guilty to lesser charges

A blind Kelowna busker's life just got a lot harder

Kelowna's 35-year-old Pioneer Country Market says goodbye

Housing crisis tearing Kelowna families apart

iN PHOTOS: Kelowna businesses using graffiti to stop graffiti

One year in jail for Okanagan mail thief arrested in stolen motorhome

The extreme lengths wannabe renters go to find a place to live in Kelowna

Kelowna lawyer fined for swearing at RCMP officer loses appeal

Kamloops student from China faces judge for cheating Kelowna casino

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