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  • Kelowna Police Sharing at Christmas

    December 21, 2017 - 3:00 PM

    Christmas is all about sharing and this year an abundance of toys and gift cards were donated to the Salvation Army to help support local families in need with their Sharing Christmas Program.

  • Memorial Award helps fuel Okanagan College student’s education

    November 10, 2017 - 2:11 PM

    Losing her husband and son to a tragic plane crash two years ago led Michaela Chapman to contemplate how she could honor their memory.
    Today, an Okanagan College student is completing his education with her help, thanks to a memorial award that Chapman has established.

  • Pump Track Coming Soon to Penticton

    July 21, 2017 - 3:53 PM

    PENTICTON - With the help of many generous community donors the Penticton and Area Cycling Association has raised almost $40,000 to date to fund the construction of a pump track. 

  • Two fuel modification projects with debris burning today in Central Okanagan

    April 24, 2017 - 1:53 PM

    With good air quality and venting conditions today (Monday, April 24th) the Regional District of Central Okanagan says that two controlled burns are taking place today in different regional parks.

    Open burning is allowed today for those eligible Central Okanagan property owners with permits from their local fire authority.

  • Spring runoff safety and flood precautions

    April 21, 2017 - 11:56 AM

    Spring rain showers and seasonal daytime temperatures are starting to fuel rising levels of creeks and streams throughout the Central Okanagan. Adding to the spring freshet is the melting snowpack from low and mid-elevations.

  • Multiple Central Okangan SAR calls for stranded motorists, stuck in the snow

    March 29, 2017 - 2:02 PM

    Central Okanagan Search and Rescue volunteer members are enjoying the spring weather along with their neighbours, however they would like to remind folks, that while the snow piles have retreated and the streets are being cleaned in the valley, winter conditions are still in effect on forestry roads even within sight of the lake.

  • Fuel kids’ creativity – art and theatre camps for children during Spring Break at Kelowna Art Gallery

    March 11, 2017 - 3:42 PM

    Kelowna, BC: The Kelowna Art Gallery and Bumbershoot Theatre have teamed up to offer parents a creative solution for how to keep their children busy during the upcoming Spring Break. Art Break offers two exciting weeks of camps filled with opportunities to create art and explore theatre for children ages 5 to 8 and 9 to 12.

  • Air quality/venting fire debris burning today

    March 03, 2017 - 4:46 PM

    KELOWNA - The Regional District of Central Okanagan advises that with good air quality and venting conditions today (Friday, March 3rd) a controlled burn is underway in a portion of Black Mountain / sntsk‘il’nt?n Regional Park (sinch-KEEL-en-tin).  Open burning is allowed today for those eligible Central Okanagan property owners with permits from their local fire authority.

  • Central Okanagan burning fire hazard wood debris today

    February 23, 2017 - 12:30 PM

    KELOWNA - The Regional District of Central Okanagan advises a controlled burn is underway today (Thursday, February 23rd) in a portion of Black Mountain / sntsk‘il’nt?n Regional Park (sinch-KEEL-en-tin).

    Crews are disposing of fire hazard debris collected as part of a five-hectare fuel modification project in the park.

  • Fire hazard debris burning in Black Mountain Regional Park

    February 22, 2017 - 12:39 PM

    With good air quality and venting conditions today, Feb. 22 the Regional District of Central Okanagan advises that a controlled burn is underway in a portion of Black Mountain/sntsk‘il’nt?n Regional Park. 
  • iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
    Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability.  Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo
  • Discharge coming from the Sandher Fruit Packer plant. Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
    A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

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