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Kelowna bank robber awarded $10,000 by Human Rights Tribunal
July 27, 2025 - 6:00 AM

A former Kelowna bank robber, who got fired because he wasn't very good at his new IT job, has been awarded $10,000 after the BC Human Rights Tribunal found the man's criminal past was a factor in his dismissal.
Fined Lake Country RV park wins appeal over gardening dispute
April 12, 2025 - 2:00 PM

An arrangement that saw a BC couple work at a Lake Country RV park for free housing, is now in front of an employment tribunal as the two sides disagreed about whether the gardening the couple did was paid work or not.
Okanagan mom and daughter's jewelry featured on Paris fashion week runway
October 29, 2023 - 7:00 PM

A mother and daughter with a jewelry business in West Kelowna found themselves in Europe earlier this month watching as their collections were showcased on the Paris Fashion Week runway.
Kokanee numbers keep rising in Okanagan
November 26, 2015 - 1:00 PM

OKANAGAN - Kokanee numbers are up from last year in all of the big valley lakes, the provincial government says.
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JONESIE: When 'journalists' help themselves, they don't help anyone
OPINION Gaze with me for a moment at the soft navel of the dwindling news and media business of Kamloops and the Okanagan. Kelowna Now had a good get this week. At least until they did Kelowna Now things with it. They got t

Fun festivals for foodies in Okanagan, Kamloops
Foodies in Kamloops and the Okanagan might want to mark their calendars for some unique upcoming festivals in the region celebrating pickles, garlic, tomatoes and hot peppers. The inaugural Farmstrong Cider Pickle Festival in Armstrong ki

Massachusetts sheriff arrested on charges of pressuring cannabis company over stock purchase
BOSTON (AP) — A sheriff in one of Massachusetts' largest counties was charged Friday with allegedly pressuring a Boston-based cannabis firm to sell him stock in the company. Sheriff Steven Tompkins, 67, who oversees about 1,000 em

Kelowna year ahead of province's push for more homes to be built
A year into the province’s push to get cities to build more homes, Kelowna is already a year ahead. The City of Kelowna’s housing target report said there were 3,467 new homes built in the city since June 2024. The target set ou

Kelowna bank robber awarded $10,000 by Human Rights Tribunal