News Items tag as: Kelowna athletes Legally blind Kelowna woman wins gold at martial arts competition in Kamloops April 17, 2018 - 6:30 AM KELOWNA - A Kelowna woman, who is legally blind, won the gold medal at the inaugural Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competition in Kamloops last week. Locally trained contender was in the best UFC fight of 2015 January 07, 2016 - 8:00 PM KELOWNA – A UFC welterweight contender from Kelowna was involved in what Yahoo Sports has deemed the best fight of 2015. Local UFC fighter back in the octagon this month January 04, 2016 - 9:00 PM KELOWNA - Local MMA welterweight Matt Dwyer will be back in the UFC octagon for the fourth time at the end of this month. More ... THOMPSON: Justice for all a distant dream in America OPINION Justice…a beautiful word. It’s the essence of fairness. Quite simply, it’s about the protection of rights and the punishment of wrongs. And yet, it’s more dream than reality for far too many p EDITORIAL CARTOON Top News NDP wants MPs to invite Pope Francis to apologize for residential schools OTTAWA - The NDP is hoping MPs from other parties will join them in issuing a formal invitation to Pope Francis to apologize to residential school April 23, 2018 9:00 PM Ten dead, 15 injured in van incident authorities call an horrific attack TORONTO - The death toll rose to at least 10 late Monday following a "horrific attack" in which a young man drove a van into a crowd of pedestrians a April 23, 2018 8:30 PM Searching for a stranger: Dozens of people brought in by bus to look for Ryan Shtuka SUN PEAKS - It's been nearly 10 weeks since Ryan Shtuka went missing in the Sun Peaks area after leaving a house party on Burfield Drive, but April 23, 2018 8:00 PM Why — and how — Vernon is evicting marmots from Kal Tire Place property VERNON - Marmots sprawl on rocks, nibble at grass and frolic by the creek below. It’s marmot heaven, but not for much longer if the City of April 23, 2018 6:30 PM Man who shot and killed Blind Bay man changes story KAMLOOPS - A Shuswap man who shot and killed an acquaintance nearly seven years ago has changed his story about what happened that night. Jo April 23, 2018 6:00 PM Tweets by @infonewsvernon