News Items tag as: KLMAY2022

Flood warnings and watches issued for Thompson-Okanagan
July 04, 2022 - 8:15 AM

Flood warnings and high streamflow advisories were issued at 6 a.m. today, July 4, for Okanagan and Similkameen creeks and rivers.
Okanagan luxury home buyers taking a breather amid inflation, rising interest rates
July 03, 2022 - 7:00 AM
iNhome

While the ultra-rich really don’t care what interest rates are doing when it comes to buying homes, those aren’t the people buying into the relatively modest luxury market in the Okanagan.
A dozen Interior Health residents still dying every week from COVID-19
July 01, 2022 - 11:00 AM

While the COVID-19 pandemic is still with us, it has almost disappeared from the headlines.
Don't be afraid to fly the flag this Canada Day
July 01, 2022 - 7:00 AM

This Canada Day holiday is sparking cries to reclaim the Canadian flag from the so-called “freedom movement" that occupied Ottawa last winter and continues to parade and demonstrate throughout the country.
Yes, June had a lot of rain but it wasn't record-setting in Kamloops, Okanagan
June 30, 2022 - 7:00 PM

For all those weather watchers who felt June was unusually damp this year, they are mostly right.
'Freedom' supporters planning Canada Day events in the Southern Interior
June 30, 2022 - 6:00 PM

The word “freedom” has taken on a special meaning in Canada since the “freedom convoy” descended on Ottawa last winter and “freedom” rallies and convoys became common across the country.
Transit, not a second crossing, is the solution for Central Okanagan's bridge, highways: planners
June 30, 2022 - 7:00 AM
iNwheels

It’s not that local governments expect everyone to stop driving as congestion continues to grow on Central Okanagan roadways.
Wildfires last summer meant big bucks for West Kelowna senior staff
June 30, 2022 - 6:30 AM

Two of West Kelowna’s top officials pocketed and extra $73,000 in 2021, largely due to wildfire duty.
Tom Dyas makes another pitch to be Kelowna's mayor
June 29, 2022 - 7:00 PM

Tom Dyas is running to be the next mayor of Kelowna.
Man who threw molotov cocktail into Kelowna forest out of jail
June 29, 2022 - 2:30 PM

A Kelowna man, who has been in jail for the past 11 months for trying to light bushes on fire in Kelowna’s Glenmore neighbourhood, has been given a conditional sentence of 223 days.
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iN DISCUSSION: ‘Discriminatory’ religions shouldn’t get tax exemptions
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 June 9. They may have been edited slightly for readability. The opi

iN NUMBERS: Beer, wine and spirits in Kamloops, Okanagan
Everyone loves to go on about how great the wine is in the Okanagan, but good ol’ beer and liquor is too often overlooked. Here are some numbers for wine, beer and spirits in Kamloops and the Okanagan: 8,830: Acres of viney

Talks in Pennsylvania are at crunch time over a budget, legalizing marijuana and taxing skill games
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and state lawmakers are getting down to crunch time, with big questions still outstanding about how to balance the Democrat's spending request. A push is also on to make Pennsy

Kelowna strata management firm fined $15K for not doing any managing
A Kelowna strata management company is on the hook $15,000 after it failed to do anything for a property it was managing. According to a June 2 BC Financial Services Authority decision, property manager Robert Tomislav Zivkovic provided &qu

News Items tag as: KLMAY2022

Flood warnings and watches issued for Thompson-Okanagan

Okanagan luxury home buyers taking a breather amid inflation, rising interest rates

A dozen Interior Health residents still dying every week from COVID-19

Don't be afraid to fly the flag this Canada Day

Yes, June had a lot of rain but it wasn't record-setting in Kamloops, Okanagan

'Freedom' supporters planning Canada Day events in the Southern Interior

Transit, not a second crossing, is the solution for Central Okanagan's bridge, highways: planners

Wildfires last summer meant big bucks for West Kelowna senior staff

Tom Dyas makes another pitch to be Kelowna's mayor

Man who threw molotov cocktail into Kelowna forest out of jail

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