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Man tried to steal bike from Kelowna porch in front of owners
May 20, 2023 - 6:00 AM
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A Kelowna resident said she’s afraid after an unknown man tried to steal a bike from her ground floor apartment, despite her husband’s attempts to fend him off, and uttered threats against the family before he finally left.
TIMELINE: How COVID changed our lives over the past three years
January 28, 2023 - 6:00 PM

The COVID-19 pandemic has now passed the three year mark.
COVID-19: A timeline of the pandemic and how it changed our lives over the past two years
January 21, 2022 - 6:00 AM

As of today, Jan. 21, it has been two years since Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Minister of Health Adrian Dix held their first joint COVID-19 briefing.
West Kelowna man wins suit against insurance company that said he had his own house lit on fire
March 27, 2018 - 5:30 PM

WEST KELOWNA – A B.C. Supreme Court judge has sided with a 76-year-old West Kelowna man whose insurance carrier denied his claim on suspicion he set his own house on fire in 2015.
He broke into home of West Kelowna fire evacuees, but no evidence he was the thief
December 16, 2016 - 12:57 PM

WEST KELOWNA – As firefighters fought to save properties threatened by the 2014 Smith Creek wildfire, a drunken 20-year-old broke into the home of one of the displaced families.
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School Trustees left to choose which children in BC will be left behind
OPINION School Trustees left to choose which children in BC will be left behind Once again, we are in the thick of the annual public school budget cycle in BC. During the next few months, as is outlined in the

Kelowna distillery to pay former employee $60,000 in unpaid wages
A Kelowna distillery failed in its bid to overturn a ruling that would have it pay more than $60,000 to a former employee in unpaid overtime. Forbidden Spirits appealed the decision last year, but it didn't have enough evidence to convi

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

West Kelowna, Kamloops fall behind BC government's 'unrealistic' housing targets
Both West Kelowna and Kamloops are failing to meet the province's housing targets, and politicians at the Okanagan city are frustrated. West Kelowna built 64 net new housing units over the past six months, and the BC government expects

Man tried to steal bike from Kelowna porch in front of owners