Top News - Kelowna and Area

Search/Filter Results

The Latest: Residents begin repairing damage from Hurricane Milton, which killed at least 10
October 11, 2024 - 3:36 PM

Florida residents began repairing damage from Hurricane Milton, which smashed through coastal communities and tore homes to pieces, flooded streets and spawned a deadly tornadoes.
UPDATE: Body Shop Canada files for bankruptcy closing Vernon store and 32 others
March 01, 2024 - 12:54 PM

TORONTO - The Body Shop Canada Ltd. says it will close 33 stores and halt its e-commerce operations as it seeks to restructure under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act.
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.
Dig at Williams Lake shopping mall reveals Indigenous artifacts and evolution of archeology
November 04, 2022 - 9:00 PM

Time changes everything — including the way archeology works.
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.
COVID-19: A timeline of the pandemic and how it changed our lives over the past year
January 21, 2021 - 7:00 PM

As of today, Jan. 21, it has been one year since Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Minister of Health Adrian Dix held their first joint COVID-19 briefing.
Anti-mask protest held at Kelowna mall
November 21, 2020 - 5:46 PM

Roughly 60 to 70 anti-mask protesters were spotted at Orchard Park Shopping Centre in Kelowna this afternoon.
ALDO shoe stores in Kelowna and Kamloops closing
August 13, 2020 - 2:04 PM

ALDO shoe store locations in Kelowna and Kamloops are closing as part of the company's restructuring process.
National and international headlines from 2015
January 01, 2016 - 6:30 PM

An in-brief survey of some of the significant news events in 2015, in chronological order:
TOP WORLD NEWS EVENTS 2014: Terror attacks, Mountie killings, Ghomeshi scandal
January 01, 2015 - 7:00 AM

An in-brief look at some of the most significant news events of the last 12 months, in chronological order:
More ...

THOMPSON: Department of War name change comes with hefty bill for American taxpayers
OPINION Last month, President Donald Trump decided he liked the sound of Department of War a lot more than Department of Defense. It was - like so many Trump impulses - a move that did little to change reality other t

Why some bars and most breweries close early in downtown Kelowna
It’s 10:30 p.m. and the night feels young inside one of Kelowna’s charming breweries, but your hope of painting the town red is dashed by last call. That’s a pretty common experience for folks who aren’t familiar wit

Why Okanagan cannabis shops aren't dominating the black market
Law abiding cannabis companies in the Okanagan deal with the government taking its piece of the pie at every turn, while trying to compete with a black market that's still going strong. Cannabis in B.C. gets taxed at several points betw

The story behind the Shuswap's familiar and historic Trickle Inn
A large, charming white house with green trim has been a familiar site for people travelling through the Shuswap for decades. Perched on side of the Trans-Canada Highway in Tappen, the house was a family home for the Carlin family for sever

Popular kelowna News

DYAS WINS: Kelowna's going to have a new mayor
Tom Dyas has unseated Colin Basran and will be Kelowna's new mayor. With all polls reporting, Dyas took 61% of the vote (21,110 votes) in a five-candidate race. His nearest competit
October 15, 2022 9:39 PM
RECIPE: This easy-peasy icebox cake has been a family favourite for decades
Icebox cake isn’t really a cake. It is an old-fashioned dessert that is most famously made with chocolate wafer cookies and whipped cream that is chilled and not baked. The wafer cookies abs
May 19, 2020 6:00 PM
Accent Inns offering rooms to essential workers so they keep their families safe
The CEO of Accent Inns is thanking the community for making donations so the motels can offer essential healthcare workers a discounted rate. In a Facebook message posted by CEO Mandy Farmer
March 29, 2020 6:00 PM
YO MAMA: Deciding what’s best for our kids in the smoky season
I wake up, reach for my phone, check the Environment Canada weather app. Then I read the special air quality statements, weather alerts and heat warnings, if there are any. My final check is
August 19, 2023 10:30 AM
How Kelowna can increase affordable housing despite record high building costs
“New buildings today are probably the most expensive buildings humans have ever built, notwithstanding palaces and such,” Mark Holland told Kelowna city council this week. “We ha
June 25, 2023 9:00 AM
All of B.C. will get an alert tomorrow
An alert will hit cell phones, radio and TV stations throughout B.C. at 1:55 p.m. tomorrow, Nov. 25. This is part of the biannual test of the national Alert Ready system set up to issue warn
November 24, 2020 8:00 AM
South Okanagan board game puts players in the driver seat of a wine tour
A visitor to Naramata was so charmed by the village he decided to create a board game about going on tours of the community’s wineries and vineyards. Chris Dias, who lives in Prince Ge
February 27, 2022 6:06 PM
Family feud: Callahan brothers' $42M bid snags Kelowna trailer park
A family feud over a trailer park on prime Kelowna land appears to have been settled. BC Supreme Court Justice Kevin Loo ruled May 15, that Douglas, Bruce, and Robert Callahan had submitted
May 17, 2025 7:00 PM
Masterchef responds to claim she stole thousands from restaurant
KELOWNA – A dispute between a local reality show chef and her former business partner at Krafty Kitchen may be headed to Supreme Court. Kaila Klassen, a semi-finalist in the TV sho
September 15, 2014 12:06 PM
Canning and fermenting are easy ways to preserve the bounty of the harvest
VICTORIA - Cleaning out kitchen cupboards and the pantry often means tossing items that are near their best-before dates. But instead, creative home cooks can transform such produce and canned goo
August 01, 2014 12:18 PM

Top News - Kelowna and Area

Kamloops

Kelowna

Penticton

Vernon