News Items tag as: KLAPR2022

Kamloops doctor closing practice, leaving 1,500 residents without family physician
May 08, 2022 - 12:00 PM

A Kamloops doctor whose changing medical careers and closing his practice thinks it's a good idea for clinics to be managed separately by business professionals and not doctors.
What’s the secret to finding the best donut in Kelowna? Shop early
May 02, 2022 - 7:33 AM
iNwine

While there’s no accounting for taste, there was a clear consensus in a recent Reddit post about who made the best donuts in Kelowna.
Okanagan cycling advocate calls on province to design, fund bike trail networks
May 02, 2022 - 7:00 AM

A specially designed staircase with a rail for bicycles is a vital cycling link between West Kelowna and Peachland and, ultimately, from Sicamous to Osoyoos and beyond.
It’s going to be a glorious season for morel mushrooms in the Okanagan
May 02, 2022 - 6:31 AM
iNwine

Wildfires may not be good for humans, but certain mushrooms thrive after the heat.
Former Lake Country fire chief recounts being trapped by White Rock Lake wildfire at career end
May 01, 2022 - 3:35 PM

The White Rock Lake wildfire that destroyed more than 80 homes in the Okanagan was the largest fire Lake Country’s former fire chief ever responded to.
Future of derelict houseboat near Okanagan provincial park is on the rocks
May 01, 2022 - 1:31 PM

The days are likely numbered for a large houseboat that's been abandoned near the shores of Bear Creek Provincial Park.
Gallagher who? The man behind the Kelowna canyon, golf course and road
May 01, 2022 - 12:36 PM

Dan Gallagher, old timers say, was an outgoing, generous loner who played a mean fiddle.
UPDATE: Man in hospital after being allegedly assaulted by multiple people
April 30, 2022 - 3:43 PM

The Kelowna RCMP is investigating after two men were allegedly assaulted and injured in a Rutland home Saturday.
Man allegedly uses bear spray to rob convenience store in Kelowna
April 30, 2022 - 12:27 PM

Police officers are investigating after a convenience store was allegedly robbed this morning by a man wielding bear spray.
8 COVID-19 outbreaks remain at care homes, hospital across Interior
April 30, 2022 - 10:50 AM

Interior Health is listing seven long-term care homes and one hospital in the region that still have COVID-19 outbreaks.
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THOMPSON: How a baseball game was about more than baseball
OPINION I’ve written about baseball a few times over the years. It is a sport I love, and played until head-first slides looked more like a week-long recovery than a good idea. I try to stay close even at my adv

Kelowna distillery to pay former employee $60,000 in unpaid wages
A Kelowna distillery failed in its bid to overturn a ruling that would have it pay more than $60,000 to a former employee in unpaid overtime. Forbidden Spirits appealed the decision last year, but it didn't have enough evidence to convi

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

West Kelowna, Kamloops fall behind BC government's 'unrealistic' housing targets
Both West Kelowna and Kamloops are failing to meet the province's housing targets, and politicians at the Okanagan city are frustrated. West Kelowna built 64 net new housing units over the past six months, and the BC government expects

News Items tag as: KLAPR2022

Kamloops doctor closing practice, leaving 1,500 residents without family physician

What’s the secret to finding the best donut in Kelowna? Shop early

Okanagan cycling advocate calls on province to design, fund bike trail networks

It’s going to be a glorious season for morel mushrooms in the Okanagan

Former Lake Country fire chief recounts being trapped by White Rock Lake wildfire at career end

Future of derelict houseboat near Okanagan provincial park is on the rocks

Gallagher who? The man behind the Kelowna canyon, golf course and road

UPDATE: Man in hospital after being allegedly assaulted by multiple people

Man allegedly uses bear spray to rob convenience store in Kelowna

8 COVID-19 outbreaks remain at care homes, hospital across Interior

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