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: Is dining etiquette a thing of the past?
OPINION I read a recent article that tried to make a case for getting rid of some rules of dining etiquette. Those rules, said the writer, “are made to be broken.” The writer’s logic seems flawed, at

$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: KLAUG2017

Victim's family vows to meet 'personal' challenges from murderer five years later

RCMP say cause of Lake Country wildfire suspicious

Dogs alleviate feelings of stress and homesickness: UBC Okanagan study

Philpott Road wildfire near Kelowna now 30 per cent contained

Kelowna hunters fined, write letters of apology for out of season moose kill

Sunny and hot in the Okanagan this weekend

Man fined for campfire near Lake Country claimed he didn't know about ban

Local pain clinic renamed to honour Kelowna doctor

Seven recent deaths in Kelowna linked to overdose

Texters and speeders keep Kelowna RCMP busy during enforcement blitz

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