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Young hockey player's sad story may have a happy ending
May 08, 2015 - 10:30 AM

KELOWNA - It appears the story of the nine-year-old boy who quit his hockey team in tears after being repeatedly benched, may have a happy ending after all.
Plant a Row, Grow a Row for the Kelowna Food Bank
May 08, 2015 - 7:06 AM

KELOWNA – For the fifth year, the Kelowna Food Bank is taking part in a national program which encourages kids and seniors to get back to their roots, and at the same time, help feed the less fortunate in the community.
Treat your mom this weekend at one (or more) of these Mother's Day events
May 08, 2015 - 5:04 AM

KELOWNA – No one will ever love you as much as your mom, so here is a list of events in Kelowna to say thanks and show her how special she is.
Move over wine, there’s a new Okanagan drink and it's more popular than ever
May 07, 2015 - 7:31 PM

OKANAGAN - There’s more for the thirsty soul in the Okanagan Valley than just wine, and locally-made cider is here to prove it.
Fintry Queen still waiting for forever home
May 06, 2015 - 7:30 PM

KELOWNA - She looks a little lonely out there, anchored in Sutherland Bay, waiting for something to happen but the man tasked with selling the iconic Fintry Queen says interest has been steady since it was put up for sale two months ago.
Union takes fight for hospital laundry services to the street
May 06, 2015 - 6:20 PM

KELOWNA - Hospital Employees Union members took to the streets outside Kelowna General Hospital today to push for the Interior Health Authority to reconsider a plan to privatize laundry services.
Cracked chimney causes house fire
May 06, 2015 - 5:05 PM

KELOWNA – A cracked chimney is to blame for a small house fire on Mathews Road Tuesday morning.
Hell's Angel gives up on appeal
May 06, 2015 - 4:37 PM

KELOWNA - Daniel McRae, one of the three Hells Angels associates convicted of beating to death a Kelowna father in front of his sons in 2011, is not going to appeal his sentence.
New film to focus on Kelowna motocross rider Bruce Cook
May 06, 2015 - 1:52 PM

KELOWNA - Bruce Cook, the freestyle motocross rider who was paralyzed last year attempting a difficult stunt, will be the focus of a new film by local filmmaker Carey Missler.
Kelowna Rockets collect league awards
May 06, 2015 - 12:40 PM

The Kelowna Rockets are proud to announce the team has won one team award and one individual award at the 2015 WHL Awards Ceremony, held in Calgary on Wednesday.
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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: KLMAY0615

Young hockey player's sad story may have a happy ending

Plant a Row, Grow a Row for the Kelowna Food Bank

Treat your mom this weekend at one (or more) of these Mother's Day events

Move over wine, there’s a new Okanagan drink and it's more popular than ever

Fintry Queen still waiting for forever home

Union takes fight for hospital laundry services to the street

Cracked chimney causes house fire

Hell's Angel gives up on appeal

New film to focus on Kelowna motocross rider Bruce Cook

Kelowna Rockets collect league awards

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