News Items tag as: Kelowna news

Kelowna Mountie who sexted domestic abuse victim avoids criminal record
May 20, 2025 - 4:36 PM

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Penticton man who abandoned family returns to sue for family home
May 20, 2025 - 4:00 AM

A Penticton man who abandoned his wife and kids and shacked up with his bookkeeper has failed in his attempt to get his hands on his ex-wife's money.
Kelowna roofing company fined $20,000 by WorkSafeBC, again
May 19, 2025 - 4:30 PM

A Kelowna roofing company has been fined $20,000 for working on a two-story house without the correct protection.
Province withholds public notice probe for Kelowna sex offender
May 19, 2025 - 4:00 AM

The province has withheld nearly all findings of its investigation into why the public wasn't notified about a repeat sex offender released to Kelowna, only to reoffend.
Family feud: Callahan brothers' $42M bid snags Kelowna trailer park
May 17, 2025 - 7:00 PM
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A family feud over a trailer park on prime Kelowna land appears to have been settled.
8-year-old Kelowna actor plays reality TV star Honey Boo Boo in biopic
May 17, 2025 - 4:00 AM

Some kids take karate lessons after school, play hockey on the weekends or take music lessons, but 8-year-old Vale Cooper from Kelowna finds herself in Hallmark movies or in her latest role as reality TV icon Honey Boo Boo.
BC Conservatives attack MLA Tara Armstrong and fellow Independents
May 16, 2025 - 7:00 PM

The BC Conservatives are out for Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream MLA Tara Armstrong and two other MLAs formerly on their team for not joining their effort to bring down the NDP.
Kelowna considers future without RCMP as it weighs municipal police transition
May 16, 2025 - 6:00 AM

Kelowna now hosts the country's largest RCMP detachment after Surrey's move away from the national police force, but the city is now exploring its options and considering whether to follow suit.
iN NUMBERS: Building permit values plummet in Kamloops, steady in Okanagan
May 15, 2025 - 6:00 PM

It’s easy to end up in a panic about the housing crisis, especially if you only talk about it with relatives at the dinner table who get their numbers from X.com. Here are some of the latest numbers on building permit values, let’s see how they affect your blood pressure.
Kelowna man fined $13,000 for hunting bighorn ram
May 15, 2025 - 3:41 PM

A Kelowna man has been fined and temporarily banned from hunting after he lied about where he killed a bighorn ram.
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Iconic Penticton Peach concession stand back in local hands
After a few years with an out-of-town operator, The Peach concession stand in Penticton has a local one. Ice cream and sweets shop Tickleberry’s is going to be operating the stand this summer as well as the Skaha Main concession stand

Pennsylvania House advances bill legalizing recreational marijuana
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvanians 21 or older would be allowed to legally purchase and use marijuana under a bill that passed the state House on Wednesday, the first time a recreational cannabis proposal has been approved by either legi

Property management company fined twice for ignoring asbestos issue at same Vernon building
A BC property management company, fined $9,000 for failing to deal with asbestos dust when it ripped up vinyl flooring at a Vernon property, has been stung with a further $18,000 fine when inspectors following up found it still flouting the rules

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