News Items tag as: KLOCT2024 Steep fine for Kelowna pub that sold teen a can of stout November 01, 2024 - 6:00 AM A Kelowna brewpub has been fined $7,000 for serving a 17-year-old a can of stout. Thompson-Okanagan has lowest employment rate in B.C. October 31, 2024 - 6:00 PM The Thompson-Okanagan region has the lowest employment rate in the province, and unemployment is back up to where it was during the pandemic. Hotel next to Kelowna airport heads to city council for height approval October 30, 2024 - 6:00 PM The Kelowna International Airport’s master plan includes a hotel, but the lodging for weary travellers needs to get past a regulatory hurdle first. Bundle up for Halloween trick-or-treating in Okanagan, Kamloops October 30, 2024 - 6:00 AM Trick-or-treaters will be a bit chilly but dry in the Okanagan and Kamloops this Halloween. Elderly woman and dog nearly struck by car fleeing Kelowna RCMP October 29, 2024 - 10:48 AM A suspect vehicle nearly hit an elderly woman and her dog while fleeing from police in Kelowna last week. Developer trying again to get controversial highrise built in downtown Kelowna October 28, 2024 - 7:00 PM The building planned for the former Kelowna RCMP detachment has been the subject of multiple lawsuits, but now the developer is trying again to get approval from the city. City council gives new vision for Kelowna Tolko mill site unanimous approval October 28, 2024 - 6:00 PM iNhome Kelowna city council has unanimously approved going ahead with the new vision for the redevelopment of the 40-acre property on the north end of downtown. MATCHMAKING SERVICE: Young Agrarians hook up wannabe farmers with land in Okanagan October 26, 2024 - 7:00 AM iNwine An organization that matches young, aspiring farmers to landholders has noticed fewer people are investing in orchards and vineyards in the Okanagan following the industry’s challenges this year. 'Society for the Prevention of Rock and Roll' provides Kelowna audiences with a blast from the past October 25, 2024 - 7:00 PM A made-in-Kelowna musical featuring music from the 1950s before rock and roll came along premiered at Okanagan College's Red Dot theatre this week with shows through the weekend. Thousands of votes still to be tallied along with Kelowna Centre’s partial recount October 25, 2024 - 6:00 PM Kelowna Centre’s partial recount won’t trigger a full recount, but there could still be more vote recounting to come in the BC election. More ... THOMPSON: Department of War name change comes with hefty bill for American taxpayers OPINION Last month, President Donald Trump decided he liked the sound of Department of War a lot more than Department of Defense. It was - like so many Trump impulses - a move that did little to change reality other t Why some bars and most breweries close early in downtown Kelowna It’s 10:30 p.m. and the night feels young inside one of Kelowna’s charming breweries, but your hope of painting the town red is dashed by last call. That’s a pretty common experience for folks who aren’t familiar wit Why Okanagan cannabis shops aren't dominating the black market Law abiding cannabis companies in the Okanagan deal with the government taking its piece of the pie at every turn, while trying to compete with a black market that's still going strong. Cannabis in B.C. gets taxed at several points betw The story behind the Shuswap's familiar and historic Trickle Inn A large, charming white house with green trim has been a familiar site for people travelling through the Shuswap for decades. Perched on side of the Trans-Canada Highway in Tappen, the house was a family home for the Carlin family for sever Top News Wife sobs as she recounts discovery of drowned kids at husband's murder trial The mother of two children drowned by their father in a Laval, Que., home sobbed as she testified about the day they we February 05, 2026 1:54 PM iN VIDEO: Party animals crash South Okanagan koi pond Oliver resident Edwin Dukes is on holiday with his wife on the Sunshine Coast and recently checked his outdoor secur October 09, 2025 6:00 AM The fight against Kelowna’s plan to spend $135M on two kilometres of road Buried in a city plan, that isn’t exactly leisurely reading, is a plan for a two kilometre stretch of road in October 09, 2025 4:00 AM Israel and Hamas agree to part of Trump's Gaza peace plan, will free hostages and prisoners WASHINGTON (AP) — Israel and Hamas agreed Wednesday to pause fighting in Gaza so that the remaining hostages there can October 09, 2025 12:11 AM Chip Wilson fined over signs posted outside mansion during B.C. election VANCOUVER — Elections BC has found billionaire Chip Wilson contravened election advertising rules when he put October 08, 2025 9:00 PM