News Items tag as: KLOCT2015

West Kelowna eyesore up for redevelopment
October 20, 2015 - 6:30 PM

WEST KELOWNA - One of Westbank’s biggest eyesores, and A source of many complaints, has been sold with plans to develop the site.
Is Lake Country the new hot spot for crime in the Okanagan?
October 20, 2015 - 4:30 PM

LAKE COUNTRY - The District of Lake Country is already known as a beautiful, quiet little community nestled between two major Okanagan cities, but a group of concerned citizens fear it is becoming known for something much more troubling.
Former Okanagan MPs to earn millions in pension
October 20, 2015 - 2:30 PM

OKANAGAN - Colin Mayes may have retired, and Ron Cannan may have been defeated in the 2015 federal election, but with pensions set to pad their bank accounts to the tune of between $1.3 million and $2.3 million over their life-times, taxpayers are not quite done with them yet.
Kelowna cop accused of assaulting barfly not guilty
October 20, 2015 - 1:20 PM

KELOWNA - A Kelowna courtroom was packed with members of the RCMP in a show of support for a fellow cop who was found not guilty of assaulting a 61-year-old man during an early morning bar flush in 2014.
Man in critical condition after North Okanagan shooting
October 20, 2015 - 10:46 AM

ENDERBY - Police are investigating a shooting in the North Okanagan that left a man in critical condition.
Voter turnout jumps in Thompson-Okanagan ridings
October 20, 2015 - 7:20 AM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Voter turnout numbers in the 42nd federal election jumped to more than 70 per cent throughout the region, just above the national average and well ahead of 2011 turnout.
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Kelowna winery says accountant took almost a half-million dollars
The owners of a Kelowna winery and golf course allege their former controller took nearly $450,000 in just 30 months on the job. The Turton Group, which owns The View winery as well as Orchard Greens golf course and a rental business, is su

No weed, just beer: Bavaria bans smoking cannabis at Oktoberfest and beer gardens
BERLIN (AP) — You can get drunk at Bavaria's world-famous Oktoberfest, but don't get high. The southern German state will ban smoking cannabis at public festivals, inside beer gardens, and even at the Oktoberfest, the world

B.C. home sales slide almost 10 per cent in March despite mortgage rate drop
VANCOUVER - Home sales in British Columbia fell by almost 10 per cent in March compared with the same period last year, in a slowdown an analyst says could be buyers waiting for lower interest rates. The B.C. Real Estate Association says th

News Items tag as: KLOCT2015

West Kelowna eyesore up for redevelopment

Is Lake Country the new hot spot for crime in the Okanagan?

Former Okanagan MPs to earn millions in pension

Kelowna cop accused of assaulting barfly not guilty

Man in critical condition after North Okanagan shooting

Voter turnout jumps in Thompson-Okanagan ridings

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