News Items tag as: KLMAR2024

Kelowna spousal sexual assault survivor finally getting her life back
April 02, 2024 - 7:00 AM

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iN PHOTOS: Okanagan sunflowers begin to bloom across Thompson-Okanagan
April 02, 2024 - 6:00 AM

Arrowleaf balsamroot has started to bloom throughout the Thompson-Okanagan region, a bright and beautiful celebration of spring.
Residents scramble for places to live as downtown Kelowna building deemed unsafe
April 01, 2024 - 6:00 PM
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A subsidized housing building next to UBC Okanagan’s downtown construction site is being evacuated, but the university has yet to take any responsibility.
Okanagan Lake's historic Fintry Queen is for sale
April 01, 2024 - 3:08 PM

The historic Fintry Queen is up for sale, and it’s a bit of a fixer-upper.
APRIL FOOLS: From flume transit to search and rescue cats in Kamloops, Okanagan
April 01, 2024 - 11:45 AM

Here are a handful of our favourite April Fool's Day posts from around the Okanagan.
Kelowna city council pushing 'race to the top' with 35% raise
April 01, 2024 - 6:00 AM

There’s no set formula for local governments to determine what their mayors and councils get paid.
UPDATE: Residents across from the big hole UBCO dug in downtown Kelowna have to evacuate their building
March 31, 2024 - 1:30 PM
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There was a meeting today for residents of an apartment building across from the site of the new UBC Okanagan tower, where residents heard the news that they will have to vacate their homes.
Kelowna and Kamloops account for 16% of repeat violent offenders in BC
March 31, 2024 - 6:00 AM

A new program to reign in repeat violent offenders is less than a year old but already needs to expand in Kamloops and Kelowna.
Some Okanagan restaurants having tough time repaying CEBA loans
March 30, 2024 - 7:00 PM
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With CEBA repayments due, Okanagan businesses could be worse off than other areas of British Columbia.
UPDATE: Kelowna fatal shooting victim identified by family
March 30, 2024 - 10:30 AM

Days after a police incident shut down Highway 97, a woman reported her brother was the victim of a fatal shooting.
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THOMPSON: The latest grooming systems for men have gone too far
OPINION Like most folks, I have more stuff squirrelled away in my bathroom drawers and cabinet than I use. A recent inspection found a cologne someone gave me that I don’t like, a prescription drug that expired

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: KLMAR2024

Kelowna spousal sexual assault survivor finally getting her life back

iN PHOTOS: Okanagan sunflowers begin to bloom across Thompson-Okanagan

Residents scramble for places to live as downtown Kelowna building deemed unsafe

Okanagan Lake's historic Fintry Queen is for sale

APRIL FOOLS: From flume transit to search and rescue cats in Kamloops, Okanagan

Kelowna city council pushing 'race to the top' with 35% raise

UPDATE: Residents across from the big hole UBCO dug in downtown Kelowna have to evacuate their building

Kelowna and Kamloops account for 16% of repeat violent offenders in BC

Some Okanagan restaurants having tough time repaying CEBA loans

UPDATE: Kelowna fatal shooting victim identified by family

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