News Items tag as: KLMAY2023

New Kelowna crime task force heavily weighted towards business
June 01, 2023 - 6:00 PM

Kelowna Mayor Tom Dyas will lead a new 13-member Community Task Force on Crime Reduction the leans heavily on business leaders.
Two taken to hospital after Mercedes crashes while fleeing Kelowna RCMP
June 01, 2023 - 9:25 AM
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Two people are lucky to be alive after crashing a vehicle while fleeing Kelowna RCMP last night.
Kelowna reveals plan for alcohol consumption in city parks this summer
May 31, 2023 - 3:31 PM
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Kelowna is looking at allowing alcohol consumption in sections of three city parks this summer.
Poilievre’s negative comments about Kelowna 'poverty porn': homelessness expert
May 31, 2023 - 11:34 AM

The head of the organization trying to reduce homelessness in Kelowna doesn’t take kindly to Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre’s comments about her city.
Kelowna vet clinic seeing high number of rattlesnake bites this spring
May 31, 2023 - 6:00 AM

A Kelowna veterinary clinic says pets bitten by rattlesnakes are up this month and is warning owners to be careful.
Pierre Poilievre compares Kelowna to a third-world country
May 30, 2023 - 3:33 PM

Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre said Kelowna looks like a third-world country.
'You must always be on your period:' Kelowna teacher suspended for comments
May 30, 2023 - 1:46 PM

A Central Okanagan teacher has been suspended for five days after he told a student who took frequent bathroom breaks that "you must always be on your period."
Man stabbed and seriously injured in Kelowna attack
May 30, 2023 - 1:03 PM

A 37-year-old man was stabbed in at a Kelowna mall and was at risk of bleeding to death on Sunday, May 28.
Kelowna man charged after relocating western painted turtles to his private pond
May 30, 2023 - 9:15 AM

A Kelowna resident was charged with two counts of unlawful possession of live wildlife after capturing protected live western painted turtles from a Kelowna pond and putting them his personal pond.
Home of the Okanagan’s first radio station to become stores and housing
May 30, 2023 - 7:32 AM
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CKOV was the first commercial radio station in the Okanagan, hitting the airwaves on Nov. 4, 1931.
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Iconic Penticton Peach concession stand back in local hands
After a few years with an out-of-town operator, The Peach concession stand in Penticton has a local one. Ice cream and sweets shop Tickleberry’s is going to be operating the stand this summer as well as the Skaha Main concession stand

Cayman Islands votes for Parliament seats and holds a referendum on possessing marijuana
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New short-term rental bylaw means some in Kamloops may not be available
New licensing rules are putting pressure on Kamloops homeowners hosting short-term rentals, and some may not be allowed any longer. A new bylaw will require hosts get business licenses, bringing Kamloops in line with similar restrictions ac

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