News Items tag as: KLAUG2021

Kelowna man spots entertaining parking lot scene at Walmart
March 13, 2022 - 9:00 AM

- This story was originally published Aug. 29, 2021.
Rejection of free parkland in Kelowna likely means more pollution, not less: developer
September 07, 2021 - 7:00 AM
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The fight over a proposal to donate 250 acres of land near the McKinley reservoir to the City of Kelowna was fought largely on environmental grounds.
UPDATE: Kelowna RCMP say missing woman located
September 02, 2021 - 12:06 PM

UPDATE: 12:03 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021
Interest in using horse dewormer to treat COVID-19 on the rise in southern Interior
September 02, 2021 - 7:30 AM

Some farm supply stores in the southern Interior are seeing a surge in sales of a drug that is typically used to treat or prevent parasites in animals.
UPDATE: West Kelowna RCMP missing Calgary woman located
September 01, 2021 - 10:01 AM

UPDATE: 9:58 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021
Cities in Thompson-Okanagan look at raising taxes to pay for RCMP salary hike
September 01, 2021 - 7:30 AM

Thompson-Okanagan cities are preparing for a salary increase for the RCMP detachments they contract.
Woman looking for bears duped by wooden ones in West Kelowna
September 01, 2021 - 6:00 AM

While bears appear to be on the move in urban areas searching for food or displaced by wildfires, one West Kelowna woman cannot seem to spot one.
Number of new COVID cases in Interior Health flattening out but still high
August 31, 2021 - 3:20 PM

There were 242 new cases of COVID-19 cases recorded in the Interior Health region in the past 24 hours, according to a Ministry of Health news release issued today, Aug. 31.
At least another 6 weeks of COVID restrictions in B.C.: health officials
August 31, 2021 - 12:39 PM

B.C. health officials will focus on keeping COVID-19 case numbers down for the next month-and-a-half on two fronts.
Campaign heats up between Conservative and Liberal candidates in Kelowna-Lake Country
August 31, 2021 - 11:09 AM

The federal election campaign is well underway and in Kelowna-Lake Country riding two candidates seem to be unwilling to answer some questions.
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From frost to drought: Strong start to Okanagan asparagus season despite challenges
It’s finally asparagus season at a North Okanagan farm after cooler spring weather pushed back the predicted start date, and all hands are on deck picking the crunchy green spears. For the past few weeks, overnight sub-zero temperatur

Thailand's prime minister wants to outlaw cannabis, 2 years after it was decriminalized
BANGKOK (AP) — The prime minister of Thailand, the first country in Asia to legalize cannabis two years ago, said Wednesday that he wants to outlaw the drug again amid concerns that the lack of regulation had made it available to children a

Ritz-Carlton looking to build luxury homes at Vernon’s Predator Ridge resort
Vernon’s Predator Ridge resort community is not only looking to build a gondola, the global luxury brand Ritz-Carlton is set to build vacation homes. Wesbild Holdings, the company that owns Predator Ridge, announced today, May 9, the

News Items tag as: KLAUG2021

Kelowna man spots entertaining parking lot scene at Walmart

Rejection of free parkland in Kelowna likely means more pollution, not less: developer

UPDATE: Kelowna RCMP say missing woman located

Interest in using horse dewormer to treat COVID-19 on the rise in southern Interior

UPDATE: West Kelowna RCMP missing Calgary woman located

Cities in Thompson-Okanagan look at raising taxes to pay for RCMP salary hike

Woman looking for bears duped by wooden ones in West Kelowna

Number of new COVID cases in Interior Health flattening out but still high

At least another 6 weeks of COVID restrictions in B.C.: health officials

Campaign heats up between Conservative and Liberal candidates in Kelowna-Lake Country

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