News Items tag as: KLJUN1815

B.C. Green candidate joins forces with Liberals as way to defeat Conservative MP
July 18, 2015 - 9:00 PM

KELOWNA - The battle to unseat a Conservative party member of Parliament in Kelowna has begun with a tag-team match between the Green party and Liberal candidates.
Okanagan-bound boat caught and decontaminated for possible invasive mussel threat
June 18, 2015 - 8:00 PM

KELOWNA – Conservation officers in Kelowna decontaminated a boat today which came to the Okanagan from an Ontario lake known to be infested with invasive mussels.
Hospital laundry workers continue anti-privatization protest as decision looms
June 18, 2015 - 4:30 PM

KELOWNA - The Hospital Employees Union continued its public pressure campaign against privatization of laundry services this week with a pair of rallies in the largest communities within the Interior Health Authority.
Why CN Rail doesn't want to talk about soil contamination along the Okanagan rail corridor
June 18, 2015 - 11:34 AM

OKANAGAN - CN Rail is refusing to release the contents of an environmental study into possible soil contamination along the 48-kilometre Okanagan rail corridor.
Cisco Road wildfire grows under controlled burns
June 18, 2015 - 10:48 AM

LYTTON - A wildfire that was discovered a week ago near Lytton and grew rapidly over 24 hours has grown again, but this time because of controlled burns.
Two years later, RCMP asking for help to find murdered mother’s killer
June 18, 2015 - 9:23 AM

KELOWNA – A Kelowna mother of two was murdered in her Glenmore home about two years ago and police are once again asking for the public’s help to solve the crime.
Fewer rentals available in Thompson-Okanagan as prices rise
June 18, 2015 - 8:30 AM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – It's getting harder to find an apartment to rent in most Thompson-Okangan cities, and those that are available cost significantly more than they did one year ago.
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Why butchers are making a comeback in B.C.
Being a butcher is much more than standing in a freezer and hacking meat with a knife, and a butchery instructor in Kamloops says the craft is rising in popularity. Corey Davison is an assistant teaching professor in the retail meat process

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Penticton company building 60 tiny homes for Kelowna's homeless
One of Penticton’s longstanding construction contractors has landed the contract to build 60 “tiny homes” to house the homeless in Kelowna. Greyback Construction Ltd. landed the contract with the City of Kelowna and BC Hou

News Items tag as: KLJUN1815

B.C. Green candidate joins forces with Liberals as way to defeat Conservative MP

Okanagan-bound boat caught and decontaminated for possible invasive mussel threat

Hospital laundry workers continue anti-privatization protest as decision looms

Why CN Rail doesn't want to talk about soil contamination along the Okanagan rail corridor

Cisco Road wildfire grows under controlled burns

Two years later, RCMP asking for help to find murdered mother’s killer

Fewer rentals available in Thompson-Okanagan as prices rise

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