News Items tag as: KLMAR2021

Ghosts of Kelowna partiers past heard between rows of ill-fated trees
October 23, 2021 - 12:00 PM

- This story was first published March 17, 2021.
B.C. Girl Guide cookie fundraising moves online for second year
April 10, 2021 - 9:00 PM

With social distancing measures in place due to COVID-19, the Girl Guides of B.C. won't be travelling door to door selling cookies for the second year in a row.
Kelowna woman wins fight against plumber's union that refused her membership
April 05, 2021 - 7:00 AM

A B.C labour union that refused a female apprentice membership, and then stonewalled her when she asked why, has been ordered to make her a member.
Kelowna Cabs violates labour code, B.C. board rules
April 04, 2021 - 1:40 PM

Kelowna Cabs has violated B.C.'s labour code after the company told a worker if he wanted to keep his job, he would have to give up his union membership.
A tale of two pups surviving and thriving after Princeton seizure
April 04, 2021 - 11:01 AM

The BC SPCA offered a cheerful update to what had started as a sad story.
Fire on Kelowna balcony doused quickly
April 04, 2021 - 9:51 AM

Kelowna Fire Department doused a balcony fire early Sunday morning, ensuring minimal damage was caused.
Interior Health asks Big White residents to watch for COVID-19 symptoms after large party
April 02, 2021 - 3:51 PM

Interior Health is asking anyone who attended "congregate events" in the past week at Big White to monitor themselves for COVID-19 symptoms.
Man fined $575 for dumping trash in woods near Kelowna
April 02, 2021 - 9:01 AM

A man has been fined $575 after dumping a large load of trash in the woods near Kelowna.
Look at how downtown Kelowna’s skyline is changing
April 01, 2021 - 7:30 AM

Eric MacMillan had the misfortune of graduating from the University of Windsor in May 2020, some of the darkest days in the COVID-19 lockdown where he had no job to go to.
Gardeners from Kamloops, Okanagan offer early season tips
April 01, 2021 - 7:00 AM
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Forget the websites with their conflicting “last day of frost” calendars or trying to determine what growing zone you live in before planting your garden this spring.
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iN DISCUSSION: Hot takes on cold facts
This is where cold facts yield to the hottest of takes. Here you'll find reader responses to stories and newsletter editorials, or letters to the editor for the week of May 12. They may have been edited slightly for readability. Th

A look back at the glory days of celery production in the Okanagan
Celery isn’t grown commercially locally these days, but once upon a time there were acres of it growing in the Okanagan. Kelowna resident Domenic Rampone’s family immigrated from northern Italy to Kelowna in 1893 where they grew

North Thompson woman refused home insurance over cannabis plants loses human rights case
A North Thompson woman has lost a legal battle against more than a dozen insurance companies after she was refused coverage because she grew medical cannabis on her property. According to a May 2 BC Human Rights Tribunal decision, form

Dispute between Vernon neighbours over tree pruning ends with legal challenge
A neighbourly dispute about overhanging tree branches has left a Vernon senior housing society in the red after it failed in its legal challenge to get its neighbour to pay for pruning. According to a May 27 BC Civil Resolution Tribunal dec

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