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Cracks were showing in Westbank First Nation's private hospital plan last year
June 27, 2015 - 3:36 PM

WESTBANK FIRST NATION - Despite assertions from the partners behind Canada’s first for-profit private hospital that it is proceeding as planned, documents show the deal to develop the Lake Okanagan Wellness Centre was in disarray last year.
Kelowna Mountie injures himself with own gun
June 26, 2015 - 11:25 PM

KELOWNA - An RCMP officer is under investigation after he somehow shot himself with his own gun.
FINAL UPDATE: Crews gaining ground on West Kelowna grass fire
June 26, 2015 - 9:53 PM

WEST KELOWNA - A one-hectare wildfire near the Rose Valley Reservoir is now out.
Mother of boy run over by van says he is out of intensive care
June 26, 2015 - 8:00 PM

KELOWNA – The 8-year-old boy run over by a work van in his West Kelowna neighbourhood earlier this week is out of the Intensive Care Unit at B.C. Children's Hospital in Vancouver.
UPDATE: Crews battle grass fire in East Kelowna
June 26, 2015 - 4:05 PM

KELOWNA - Firefighters have put out a grass fire in East Kelowna this afternoon.
West Kelowna becomes province's 51st city
June 26, 2015 - 4:01 PM

WEST KELOWNA - Premier Christy Clark recognized the former District of West Kelowna at a brief ceremony this afternoon as the province’s 51st city.
Big White Ski Resort not big enough
June 26, 2015 - 2:30 PM

KELOWNA – Big White Ski Resort, one of the largest in B.C., is not quite big enough to qualify as a municipality. At least not yet.
Kelowna crack dealer busted by officer who lived in same building loses appeal
June 26, 2015 - 12:58 PM

KELOWNA – A Kelowna man arrested after an investigator who lived in his apartment building saw him selling drugs, has had his appeal dismissed in a Vancouver court.
Nova Scotia allows wine shipments from B.C.
June 26, 2015 - 11:20 AM
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KELOWNA - Wine lovers at both ends of the country have a reason to tip their glasses following an announcement by B.C. Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick.
Canada Day fireworks still a go in Kelowna despite fire danger
June 26, 2015 - 8:30 AM

KELOWNA – The annual Canada Day fireworks in Tugboat Bay will go ahead as planned despite the extreme risk of fire issued by Wildfire B.C.
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Penticton company building 60 tiny homes for Kelowna's homeless
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News Items tag as: KLJUN2615

Cracks were showing in Westbank First Nation's private hospital plan last year

Kelowna Mountie injures himself with own gun

FINAL UPDATE: Crews gaining ground on West Kelowna grass fire

Mother of boy run over by van says he is out of intensive care

UPDATE: Crews battle grass fire in East Kelowna

West Kelowna becomes province's 51st city

Big White Ski Resort not big enough

Kelowna crack dealer busted by officer who lived in same building loses appeal

Nova Scotia allows wine shipments from B.C.

Canada Day fireworks still a go in Kelowna despite fire danger

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