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West Kelowna power outage due to single vehicle crash
April 01, 2020 - 7:32 AM

Power was out for a portion of West Kelowna Tuesday night after a vehicle left the roadway and collided with a power pole.

West Kelowna Mounties were called March 31 at 11 p.m.,to the 3400 block of Elk Road when a white BMW headed southbound on Elk Road failed to negotiate a corner.
Kelowna man wins new BMW — right before vacation
March 11, 2020 - 6:48 PM

Paul Burgess was packing for his morning flight to Puerto Vallarta tonight, March 12, when his wife, Kerry, insisted they go out for dinner with their two kids, instead of ordering in fast food.
US probes 4 automakers in new Takata air bag recall
December 19, 2019 - 4:30 PM

DETROIT - The U.S. government's highway safety agency has launched an investigation into four automakers that have a potentially deadly type of Takata air bag inflator in their vehicles but have yet to recall them.
Early Gen-Xers are coming of age to begin collecting seniors discounts
November 07, 2019 - 1:42 PM

TORONTO - Early Gen-Xers may find it uncomfortable to admit, but they have joined their parents in being old enough to claim senior discounts.
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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

Advocacy group calls on Vancouver to 'embrace' cannabis tourism after 4-20 'debacle'
VANCOUVER - The head of a B.C. cannabis growers group says the City of Vancouver's choice to discourage instead of sanction a marijuana celebration over the weekend was a costly "missed opportunity." The BC Craft Farmers Co-Op

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Top News - Kelowna and Area

West Kelowna power outage due to single vehicle crash

Kelowna man wins new BMW — right before vacation

US probes 4 automakers in new Takata air bag recall

Early Gen-Xers are coming of age to begin collecting seniors discounts

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