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Airport names former Kelowna mayor and councillor to advisory committee
April 14, 2015 - 10:03 AM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - The group that advises Canada’s largest municipally-run airport will soon be joined by a couple of new faces familiar to people in the Central Okanagan.
New illegal drug intercepted from China, bound for West Kelowna
April 13, 2015 - 2:57 PM

KELOWNA – Three men face drug charges after local police intercepted almost 13 kilograms of a rare drug bound for West Kelowna from overseas.
Attempted child abduction in Lake Country
April 13, 2015 - 2:18 PM

LAKE COUNTRY – RCMP are on the hunt for a man who tried to grab two, six-year-old girls in the Lake Country area Sunday afternoon.
Old dynamite blown up by RCMP bomb squad in Kelowna
April 13, 2015 - 12:41 PM

KELOWNA – Several sticks of dynamite found in Kelowna’s Joe Rich area on Sunday have been destroyed, but the police are concerned there may be more of the explosive out there.
VIDEO: Surprise marriage proposal at Rockets playoff game
April 13, 2015 - 12:05 PM

KELOWNA – Rockets fans got more than a playoff win in a close game this weekend, they also got to witness a marriage proposal in the stands.
Construction and new demand in downtown Kelowna creating parking crunch
April 13, 2015 - 11:00 AM

KELOWNA - Development in downtown Kelowna is surging, putting a premium on parking spaces, and forcing the city to come up with a plan to deal with perceived shortages over the next three years.
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THOMPSON: America is making a choice between democracy or authoritarian rule
OPINION America is awaiting a call from voters, the election results. It is a reprieve of sorts, much like a governor’s last minute call in an old movie sparing a condemned innocent prisoner from execution. The

Popular spots to enjoy ramen in Okanagan, Kamloops
Fall is here and the weather is turning colder so many are turning to comfort foods in the Okanagan and Kamloops. A warm, hearty soup is a definite go-to during the chilly seasons and one particular style, ramen, is becoming more and more p

Study says city policies drastically increase housing costs in Kamloops, Okanagan
A research paper explored how municipal government policies increase the cost of housing in B.C., and it showed that 40 per cent of a home’s cost in Kamloops and the Okanagan was due to the “zoning effect”. While at Simon

Kelowna trailer park residents face 'demoviction' from their affordable homes
Walking into Central Mobile Home Park in Kelowna you see well kept yards, towering evergreen trees, people walking their dogs and chatting with neighbours. The community of mostly seniors is slated to razed to make space for redevelopment but the

Airport names former Kelowna mayor and councillor to advisory committee