News Items tag as: KLMAR2025

UBCO forum to take a look at future of right-wing politics in Canada
April 02, 2025 - 4:45 PM

A group of students from UBC Okanagan has set up a forum this week to look at how right-wing politics in Canada is evolving.
Gas prices falling in Okanagan, Kamloops thanks to carbon tax cut
April 01, 2025 - 11:02 AM
iNwheels

The gas prices you’re seeing in Kamloops and the Okanagan aren’t an April Fool’s Day prank.
iN NUMBERS: How many times the military used airports in Kelowna, Kamloops
April 01, 2025 - 4:00 AM

Have you ever wondered if there are top secret military missions flying out of your local airport?
Don't demolish old Kelowna homes to make way for development, recycle or move them
March 31, 2025 - 7:00 PM
iNhome

As Kelowna’s population grows the city is trying to densify housing and that means replacing single-family homes, but a business has proposed that those homes can be repurposed rather than destroyed.
Kelowna council approves extra $1.3M for Prospera Place upgrades
March 31, 2025 - 4:46 PM

The cost overruns for the upgrades at Prospera Place in Kelowna are going to tack on another $1.3 million to the project.
iN NUMBERS: The state of measles immunization for kids in Thompson-Okanagan
March 31, 2025 - 6:00 AM

Those anti-vaccine conspiracy theories your relatives are posting on Facebook are having some broader consequences than gumming up your social media feed.
Kelowna financial advisor made $70,000, but client lost $150,000
March 30, 2025 - 6:00 AM

A Kelowna financial advisor who misled his clients and made $70,000 in commission while they lost $150,000 has been fined $25,000.
Kelowna firm that failed to pay staff unsuccessfully argued it wasn't an 'employer'
March 29, 2025 - 7:00 AM

A Kelowna business owner who failed to pay his employees and then tried to claim his company wasn't an "employer" has lost an appeal and been ordered to pay $5,100.
Kelowna property manager fined $5,000 for letting tenants sublet
March 28, 2025 - 7:00 PM

A Kelowna rental property manager has been fined $5,000 after he allowed tenants to sublet their home.
Kelowna ‘elbows up’ protest to denounce Trump and encourage voting
March 28, 2025 - 4:30 PM

The trade war with the U.S., and a fast-tracked federal election, have spurred a Kelowna woman to get in on the elbows up movement.
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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 first week of April 2025. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones

No fine for Kelowna brewery that sold beer to undercover minor
A Kelowna brewery successfully avoided a fine for selling beer to an undercover minor, but it did fire the employee. The province's liquor regulator decided against handing down a $7,000 fine after an 18-year-old bought a six-pack from

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

Don't demolish old Kelowna homes to make way for development, recycle or move them
As Kelowna’s population grows the city is trying to densify housing and that means replacing single-family homes, but a business has proposed that those homes can be repurposed rather than destroyed. Renewal Development and Light Hous

News Items tag as: KLMAR2025

UBCO forum to take a look at future of right-wing politics in Canada

Gas prices falling in Okanagan, Kamloops thanks to carbon tax cut

iN NUMBERS: How many times the military used airports in Kelowna, Kamloops

Don't demolish old Kelowna homes to make way for development, recycle or move them

Kelowna council approves extra $1.3M for Prospera Place upgrades

iN NUMBERS: The state of measles immunization for kids in Thompson-Okanagan

Kelowna financial advisor made $70,000, but client lost $150,000

Kelowna firm that failed to pay staff unsuccessfully argued it wasn't an 'employer'

Kelowna property manager fined $5,000 for letting tenants sublet

Kelowna ‘elbows up’ protest to denounce Trump and encourage voting

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