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Terminally ill Salmon Arm grandmother leaving legacy of love, family and nursing
January 13, 2025 - 7:00 AM

Family members gather in a spacious, brightly lit living room in a third storey apartment chatting, laughing and baking together on a gloomy winter day in Salmon Arm.
City of Kelowna tried to buy a golf course, but owner holding firm
December 03, 2024 - 7:00 PM

A developer’s plan to turn a Kelowna golf course remains in limbo despite the city's efforts to buy it.
iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
December 03, 2024 - 12:30 PM

Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the fourth week of November 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability.
iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
October 01, 2024 - 12:00 PM

Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the first week of October 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability.
Penticton business takes a swing at virtual golf
November 03, 2023 - 7:00 AM

If all goes as planned, Okanagan Virtual Golf will open its doors this weekend on Saturday Nov. 4, on 310 Main Street, Penticton.
'Win-win' turns to major loss for new owners of Kelowna Springs Golf Course but company not deterred
June 21, 2023 - 8:00 AM

Kelowna Springs Golf Course won't be paved for an industrial park any time soon, Kelowna city councillors decided last night, but that doesn't mean it will remain a golf course.
Residents of Tobiano near Kamloops want representation with taxation
May 13, 2023 - 6:00 AM

Tobiano residents are calling for oversight of the company that owns the community after the Thompson Nicola Regional District gave up fee collection for the developer in October.
Clock ticking on plans for Okanagan's newest golf course
April 19, 2023 - 11:30 AM
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The Ponderosa housing development with a nine-hole golf course in Peachland got first reading approval from district council this week and the proposal will go to a public information session on May 6.
Nine new Kelowna courts no help to B.C.’s second largest pickleball club
April 17, 2023 - 7:00 PM

The Pickleball Kelowna Club is the second largest club in B.C., behind Vernon, with 600 members and 12 aging outdoor courts next to the soon to be replaced Parkinson Recreation Centre.
Kelowna decides not to 'rush' decision on controversial golf course redevelopment
March 20, 2023 - 4:00 PM

It’s a question that comes back again and again to Kelowna city council: What to do with Kelowna Springs Golf Course?
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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 second week of January 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jo

Kelowna could be UNESCO's first Canadian 'City of Gastronomy'
Kelowna has been invited to throw its hat in the ring for world-class culinary recognition. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO, has asked the city to apply for its City of Gastronomy title, accor

Authorities suspect gang members involved in 7 killings at marijuana grow
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say they suspect gang members of Laotian descent were involved in the 2020 shooting deaths of seven people at an illegal marijuana growing operation in a small, rural Southern California town. Rive

How Trump tariff threat and foreign buyers ban impacts Okanagan real estate market
American tariff threats are already impacting the Canadian economy, and the foreign buyer ban means the real estate market will look different than it did the last time the loonie dropped so low compared to the U.S. dollar. In the past, Ame

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