News Items tag as: Kelowna news

Kelowna firm that failed to pay staff unsuccessfully argued it wasn't an 'employer'
March 29, 2025 - 7:00 AM

A Kelowna business owner who failed to pay his employees and then tried to claim his company wasn't an "employer" has lost an appeal and been ordered to pay $5,100.
Kelowna property manager fined $5,000 for letting tenants sublet
March 28, 2025 - 7:00 PM

A Kelowna rental property manager has been fined $5,000 after he allowed tenants to sublet their home.
Kelowna ‘elbows up’ protest to denounce Trump and encourage voting
March 28, 2025 - 4:30 PM

The trade war with the U.S., and a fast-tracked federal election, have spurred a Kelowna woman to get in on the elbows up movement.
Heavy police presence at home in downtown Kelowna
March 28, 2025 - 2:02 PM

There's a large police presence outside of a home in downtown Kelowna, but RCMP are tight-lipped about what is going on.
'Status quo not working': Kelowna mayor responds to critics of rail trail homeless camp actions
March 28, 2025 - 11:16 AM

Big changes are coming to the Okanagan Rail Trail homeless encampment in Kelowna after this week's aggressive cleanup operation by authorities and mayor Tom Dyas is commenting for the first time about why it was necessary.
Okanagan’s first ‘net-zero’ home is insulated with hemp
March 27, 2025 - 7:00 PM
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In an effort to make construction more sustainable a Kelowna developer has built a home insulated with hemp.
Unlicensed Kelowna trader faces hearing after $20M lost in offshore investments
March 27, 2025 - 6:00 PM

Hundreds of investors lost nearly $20 million in offshore trades, and regulators are investigating a Kelowna man for illegally running the failed investment scheme.
Big changes coming to Kelowna’s tent city after ‘spring cleanup’
March 27, 2025 - 12:34 PM

Kelowna officials from numerous departments tore down the rail trail encampment yesterday, and now the city is putting in a host of new rules.
Kelowna woman wins $200K with scratch and win ticket
March 27, 2025 - 11:04 AM

A Kelowna woman plans to take a trip after a $200,000 lottery win.
Kelowna has more hate crime than Kamloops as incidents increase across Canada
March 26, 2025 - 7:00 PM

Police reported hate crimes have been rising steadily in Canada over the past several years, and Kamloops had significantly fewer than Kelowna, according to a Statistics Canada report issued, March 25.
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$145,000 fine for Kelowna orchardist previously involved in tractor death
A Kelowna company that grows, processes and exports cherries was fined last year following a fatal tractor incident has again been fined after a tractor driver was seriously injured. According to a recently published Feb. 6 WorkSafeBC

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

Okanagan’s first ‘net-zero’ home is insulated with hemp
In an effort to make construction more sustainable a Kelowna developer has built a home insulated with hemp. The 5-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom, 2,430 square foot home at 278 Summer Wood Drive in the Echo Ridge development in Kelowna meets the pro

News Items tag as: Kelowna news

Kelowna firm that failed to pay staff unsuccessfully argued it wasn't an 'employer'

Kelowna property manager fined $5,000 for letting tenants sublet

Kelowna ‘elbows up’ protest to denounce Trump and encourage voting

Heavy police presence at home in downtown Kelowna

'Status quo not working': Kelowna mayor responds to critics of rail trail homeless camp actions

Okanagan’s first ‘net-zero’ home is insulated with hemp

Unlicensed Kelowna trader faces hearing after $20M lost in offshore investments

Big changes coming to Kelowna’s tent city after ‘spring cleanup’

Kelowna woman wins $200K with scratch and win ticket

Kelowna has more hate crime than Kamloops as incidents increase across Canada

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