News Items tag as: KLJUL0915

Changing demographics could force school closure in Rutland
July 10, 2015 - 4:30 PM

KELOWNA - It’s been years since it last happened and there’s no guarantee yet that it will, but in the face of static enrolment and ever-tighter budgets the Central Okanagan School District is once again looking at possible school closures.
UPDATE: False call brings swarms of police to downtown Kelowna
July 10, 2015 - 11:06 AM

KELOWNA - A downtown street was blocked off and under heavy police presence Thursday evening, but RCMP Cst. Steve Holmes says it was all because of a false call.
Jury finds Okanagan women guilty of teaching fraudulent tax scheme that cost government millions
July 09, 2015 - 6:30 PM

KELOWNA – Two Okanagan women who helped defraud the Canadian government of roughly $200 million in taxes have been found guilty of all charges by a jury in Kelowna Supreme Court.
Milfoil harvester vandalized and other unsolved Kelowna crimes
July 09, 2015 - 2:30 PM

KELOWNA – RCMP are asking the public for help with several unsolved crimes that happened around Kelowna in the last two weeks.
$110,000 pontoon boat stolen from Kelowna business turns up in Alberta field
July 09, 2015 - 11:29 AM

KELOWNA – Thanks to social media a luxury pontoon boat that was stolen from a Kelowna business last weekend has been recovered in Alberta.
New records and another hot day for Okanagan
July 09, 2015 - 8:35 AM

OKANAGAN - It was another record-breaking day in the Okanagan Wednesday and today will be much of the same.
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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

News Items tag as: KLJUL0915

Changing demographics could force school closure in Rutland

UPDATE: False call brings swarms of police to downtown Kelowna

Jury finds Okanagan women guilty of teaching fraudulent tax scheme that cost government millions

Milfoil harvester vandalized and other unsolved Kelowna crimes

$110,000 pontoon boat stolen from Kelowna business turns up in Alberta field

New records and another hot day for Okanagan

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