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Former RCMP officer makes largest single donation to Cops for Kids charity
November 30, 2015 - 6:30 PM

KELOWNA – The Cops for Kids charity have received their largest single donation from a local businessman.
Information services seeks budget increase from city
November 30, 2015 - 4:30 PM

KELOWNA - Information technology is no longer a support service but a full-fledged business unit at City Hall and needs a budget increase to accommodate both current demand and future needs.
Makeshift homeless shelter in Kelowna catches fire, scorches building
November 30, 2015 - 3:26 PM

KELOWNA – A candle in a makeshift homeless shelter is the likely cause of a fire that damaged a commercial building early this morning.
Big names to headline first ever Rock the Lake Festival in Kelowna
November 30, 2015 - 12:53 PM

KELOWNA – Some of the biggest Canadian rock bands from the 1980s are coming to the Okanagan this summer to play the first annual Rock the Lake Festival.
Cell phone saves lost, lightly-dressed cross country skiers
November 30, 2015 - 10:20 AM

KELOWNA – A pair of lightly-dressed cross country skiers had to be rescued in the Kelowna area Sunday night.
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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

Former RCMP officer makes largest single donation to Cops for Kids charity