News Items tag as: KLAUG2017

Victim's family vows to meet 'personal' challenges from murderer five years later
September 01, 2017 - 1:01 PM

PENTICTON - The last you heard the name Keith Wiens was likely in 2013 when he was convicted of the second degree murder of his partner, Lynn Kalmring, in Penticton two years earlier.
RCMP say cause of Lake Country wildfire suspicious
August 31, 2017 - 4:32 PM

LAKE COUNTRY - RCMP are investigating a suspicious fire that started in a gully near a Lake Country subdivision last night.
Dogs alleviate feelings of stress and homesickness: UBC Okanagan study
August 31, 2017 - 4:30 PM

OKANAGAN - Attending university brings a mountain of challenges to students and stress is one of them, however, a study shows a furry companion can help your mental health.
Philpott Road wildfire near Kelowna now 30 per cent contained
August 31, 2017 - 1:30 PM

KELOWNA – A week after it started, the Philpott Road wildfire is now 30 per cent contained.
Kelowna hunters fined, write letters of apology for out of season moose kill
August 31, 2017 - 11:19 AM

KELOWNA – Two men from Kelowna have written letters of apology to the public for illegally killing a female moose out of season two years ago. The pair were also fined thousands of dollars
Sunny and hot in the Okanagan this weekend
August 31, 2017 - 10:40 AM

OKANAGAN - Depending on how much forest fire smoke makes it into the Okanagan, the weather will be perfect to get outside and enjoy the last long weekend of summer.
Man fined for campfire near Lake Country claimed he didn't know about ban
August 30, 2017 - 3:23 PM

KAMLOOPS - B.C. Conservation Service officers handed out a $1150 ticket this week to a man staying at the Island Lake Recreational Campsite near Lake Country.
Local pain clinic renamed to honour Kelowna doctor
August 30, 2017 - 2:30 PM

KELOWNA – A local clinic is being renamed to honour a popular and much-loved surgeon who died earlier this year.
Seven recent deaths in Kelowna linked to overdose
August 30, 2017 - 10:58 AM

KELOWNA – Several overdoses in the Okanagan have prompted health officials to warn the public to be careful what drugs they take.
Texters and speeders keep Kelowna RCMP busy during enforcement blitz
August 30, 2017 - 10:39 AM

KELOWNA - More than a dozen vehicles were towed from Kelowna roads yesterday for violating traffic laws.
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THOMPSON: My family's fanatical love of oysters
OPINION I cannot remember exactly when I ate my first oyster…but it was sometime between my learning to walk and entering first grade. My entire family - mother, father, sister, brother and myself - were fanati