News Items tag as: KLJUL2024

‘I just want to move on’: Evacuated resident can’t escape UBCO tower debacle
August 05, 2024 - 6:00 PM
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A resident who was evacuated from her apartment in downtown Kelowna is stuck in a web of bureaucracy that has taken over her life.
New Sun Peaks venue welcomes country music stars
August 02, 2024 - 9:00 PM

Western Canada’s newest outdoor venue opens just in time for award-winning country music superstars to perform at Sun Peaks centre stage.
Two Kelowna pubs rack up $14K in fines for selling booze to teens
July 31, 2024 - 7:00 PM

A Kelowna brew pub that sold a single can of stout to a 17-year-old has been fined $7,000, while a West Kelowna craft brewery got dinged the same amount for selling a four-pack to a teen.
Witness to fatal pedestrian collision near Hope sought by BC highway patrol
July 31, 2024 - 3:30 PM
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British Columbia Highway Patrol is looking to connect with witnesses of a fatal pedestrian collision on Highway 1.
Kelowna bus hits light post injuring passengers
July 31, 2024 - 10:47 AM
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A Kelowna city transit bus hit a light pole while carrying travellers, yesterday, and injured some passengers on board.
Why a Kelowna man is willing to part with rare sports memorabilia
July 31, 2024 - 7:00 AM

He really doesn’t want to, but a Kelowna man is trying to sell a rare item, a seven-foot statue of the goat — not a goat but THE goat (greatest of all time) — basketball legend Michael Jordan.
Okanagan firm that paid female electrician less fails to have human rights case thrown out
July 30, 2024 - 7:00 PM

An Okanagan company has lost an appeal to have a case thrown out after a former electrician took the firm to the BC Human Tribunal saying she was paid less because she's a woman.
Crews manage spill after road repair truck falls into lake near Peachland
July 29, 2024 - 4:35 PM

Cleanup crews were sent to Peachland on Saturday to stop asphalt coating from spreading in the lake.
Kootenay motorcyclist dead in single vehicle crash
July 29, 2024 - 11:56 AM
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A motorcyclist in the Kootenays is dead after failing to negotiate a turn.
iN PHOTOS: Supercars started their engines in Kelowna for Okanagan Dream Rally
July 29, 2024 - 6:00 AM
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A parade of supercars raised money for charity and gave kids the chance to ride in their dream cars in the Okanagan.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2025. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones

Epic cherry season expected in Okanagan and Kamloops
The cherry season in the Southern Interior is set to be the biggest one in a long time thanks to favourable growing conditions, after extreme weather events damaged crops for the past three years. “It looks like it’s going to be

UBCO, TRU study finds cannabis use helps in recovery from hard drugs
A new study from UBC Okanagan and Thompson Rivers University has found that cannabis use can offer benefits to people undergoing treatment for substance use. People living in a residential recovery facility were given supervised amounts of

Why Kelowna's treatment of homeless encampments has changed over the years
The addition of fences, security guards, identification stamps and a lots of cops at the end of March changed the landscape at the homeless tent city along a section of the Okanagan Rail Trail in Kelowna. Some called it dystopian, others sa

News Items tag as: KLJUL2024

‘I just want to move on’: Evacuated resident can’t escape UBCO tower debacle

New Sun Peaks venue welcomes country music stars

Two Kelowna pubs rack up $14K in fines for selling booze to teens

Witness to fatal pedestrian collision near Hope sought by BC highway patrol

Kelowna bus hits light post injuring passengers

Why a Kelowna man is willing to part with rare sports memorabilia

Okanagan firm that paid female electrician less fails to have human rights case thrown out

Crews manage spill after road repair truck falls into lake near Peachland

Kootenay motorcyclist dead in single vehicle crash

iN PHOTOS: Supercars started their engines in Kelowna for Okanagan Dream Rally

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