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  • City in action

    December 15, 2017 - 10:07 AM

    Glenmore Landfill fee changes in 2018

  • GenNext Kelowna donates $5,000 for Youth Initiative Grants

    December 06, 2017 - 11:25 AM

    Kelowna, B.C.– GenNext Kelowna Board Chair, Carly Gilmore presented a $5,000 cheque to United Way CSO Marketing and Events Manager, Marianne Dahl at the GenNext fall networking social. The funds are earmarked for the 2018 Youth Initiative Grants, a joint initiative with the Central Okanagan Foundation. This program enables local youth 25 or younger to apply for grants up to $2,000 to support their community-focused initiatives.

  • 7th Annual Pastor Don's Christmas Hamper Night

    December 05, 2017 - 10:16 AM

    The West Kelowna Warriors Junior ‘A’ Hockey Club is pleased to announce that the 7th annual Pastor Don’s Christmas Hamper Night will take place on Saturday, December 9th against the Trail Smoke Eaters.

  • Winner, winners, next ten recipients revealed

    November 20, 2017 - 4:56 PM

    VERNON - The final ten recipients in the Greater Vernon Top 20 under 40 powered by KPMG. The program recognizes top young professionals and community builders under the age of 40. The final group of ten includes a lawyer, a couple of business owners, and an acupuncturist, to name a few.

  • Vernon Students and Families Choose Active Transportation to School

    November 16, 2017 - 3:34 PM

    During the month of October the City of Vernon partnered with four elementary schools to celebrate International Walk and Wheel to School Month (iWalk/iWheel), an annual global event that promotes the benefits of active travel to school. Students who walked, biked, or scootered to school won prizes at celebration stations hosted at Ellison Elementary, Harwood Elementary, Okanagan Landing Elementary, and Ecole Beairsto Elementary.

  • YLW and Canucks Autism Network host inaugural airport accessibility tour in Kelowna for families with autism

    November 10, 2017 - 2:27 PM

    On Sunday, November 19, the Canucks Autism Network (CAN) and Kelowna International Airport (YLW) will be hosting the first-ever YLW Accessibility Tour for families living with autism. The tour will take families through the entire pre-flight process, including entering the airport, waiting in line, passing through security and boarding a plane.

    The Canucks Autism Network’s I CAN Fly program was developed in partnership with Vancouver International Airport (YVR) in 2014.

  • Lack of adequate support a barrier for those wishing to die at home

    March 08, 2017 - 11:13 AM

    With a growing trend of people choosing to die at home, UBC researchers have determined that those caring for palliative loved-ones need more support from health care professionals than they are currently getting.

  • Kelowna Art Gallery: Monitor

    March 02, 2017 - 12:22 PM

    Kelowna, BC: Do you ever feel as though you’re being watched? This question may bring to mind “Big Brother” from George Orwell’s classic novel 1984, or perhaps some of the dystopian films or fiction novels of more recent years, and now, a new group video-installation project produced by UBC Okanagan BFA students offers a local perspective on this theme.

  • 2017 South Okanagan Volunteer Opportunities

    February 24, 2017 - 4:28 PM

    SOUTH OKANAGAN - The South Okanagan Similkameen Volunteer Centre is releasing a new publication containing hundreds of ways to help out with more than 40 different community groups.

  • Big White Ski Resort partners with People in Motion to support families with disabilities

    February 22, 2017 - 12:26 PM

    This Saturday, Feb. 25, Big White Ski Resort, in partnership with People in Motion Kelowna, will host the Kids in Motion Family Fun Day and 5th Annual Ski-A-Thon.
  • 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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