News Items tag as: Central Okanagan Community Food Bank

Okanagan food banks serving never-before-seen clients during pandemic including hospitality workers
July 08, 2020 - 5:30 PM

Okanagan food banks are seeing a spike in use due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and are helping people who normally wouldn’t need their services.
Kelowna Jaycees move food bank fundraiser online
March 31, 2020 - 11:18 AM

Junior Chamber International (JCI) Kelowna is adapting to the current measures of social distancing by launching their annual Valleydrive fundraiser online.
Kelowna Food Bank has new home
June 01, 2017 - 1:30 PM

KELOWNA - After searching for the past three years for a larger space, the Central Okanagan Food Bank finally has a new building they can call home.
Alberta's oil patch woes hit home at Central Okanagan food banks
December 10, 2015 - 1:00 PM

KELOWNA - Plunging oil prices and substantial layoffs in Alberta’s oil patch are making their mark here in the Central Okanagan through a surge in food bank use.
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Kelowna winery says accountant took almost a half-million dollars
The owners of a Kelowna winery and golf course allege their former controller took nearly $450,000 in just 30 months on the job. The Turton Group, which owns The View winery as well as Orchard Greens golf course and a rental business, is su

No weed, just beer: Bavaria bans smoking cannabis at Oktoberfest and beer gardens
BERLIN (AP) — You can get drunk at Bavaria's world-famous Oktoberfest, but don't get high. The southern German state will ban smoking cannabis at public festivals, inside beer gardens, and even at the Oktoberfest, the world

Thousands of short-term rentals in B.C. go back to long-term May 1
LANGLEY, B.C. - British Columbia Premier David Eby says his government is tilting the rules towards families who need a home, and speculators should invest in that instead of short-term rentals and houses to flip. Eby made his comments toda

Okanagan food banks serving never-before-seen clients during pandemic including hospitality workers