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Highrise eyesores disappear as the economy improves
September 17, 2015 - 9:01 PM

KELOWNA - It was a study in contrasts — million-dollar condos that looked out over a post-apocolyptic graffiti-covered cement hulk surrounded by garbage-filled weeds, home only to the homeless in downtown Kelowna.
SNELSON: How the sentence for a Kelowna killer breaks down
September 17, 2015 - 6:50 PM

IS IT 11 YEARS, SIX YEARS OR ONE YEAR? HOW ABOUT ALL OF THE ABOVE
Searchers find body of missing Kelowna woman near Big White
September 17, 2015 - 3:31 PM

KELOWNA - RCMP confirm the body of the missing Kelowna woman has been found in the Big White area but her death is not considered suspicious.
Changing trends force Okanagan libraries to seek two per cent increase in budget
September 17, 2015 - 2:35 PM

KELOWNA – The board of directors for the Okanagan Regional Library have approved a draft of next year’s budget that calls for a 1.98 per cent increase.
ELECTION 2015: Kelowna votes together unless you're in that area that looks a little like a...
September 17, 2015 - 1:05 PM

CENTRAL OKANAGAN - They almost got it right when they re-drew the federal electoral boundaries — nearly all of Kelowna votes together in the Kelowna-Lake Country riding except for one little lump of electoral boundary confusion that pushes downtown Kelowna into a different riding.
Kelowna to host Canadian University Curling Championships
September 17, 2015 - 11:30 AM

KELOWNA - The Canadian University Curling Championships will be held in Kelowna next spring and the winning rinks will go on to represent Canada at the 2017 Worlds in Kazakhstan.
VIDEO: Coach of Okanagan MMA club talks about runaway success
September 17, 2015 - 8:30 AM

KELOWNA - An online fight website has profiled local MMA coach David Lea about his gym’s remarkable success in the world of professional fighting.
UPDATE: Vernon mayor responds to income tax charges
September 17, 2015 - 7:28 AM

'EVERYTHING WILL BE CLEARED UP"
Arrest made in Vernon pet store arson
September 17, 2015 - 6:37 AM

VERNON - Police have charged a local man with arson in connection to a small fire outside AJ’s Pets & Things earlier this month.
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Why butchers are making a comeback in B.C.
Being a butcher is much more than standing in a freezer and hacking meat with a knife, and a butchery instructor in Kamloops says the craft is rising in popularity. Corey Davison is an assistant teaching professor in the retail meat process

Marijuana holiday 4/20 coincides with Easter and Passover this year. Here's what to know
Marijuana culture's high holiday, known as 4/20, fell this year on Easter Sunday, as well as the last day of Passover, meaning cannabis fans celebrated in some unusual ways, including an “Easter nug hunt” in Los Angeles, kosher-st

Penticton company building 60 tiny homes for Kelowna's homeless
One of Penticton’s longstanding construction contractors has landed the contract to build 60 “tiny homes” to house the homeless in Kelowna. Greyback Construction Ltd. landed the contract with the City of Kelowna and BC Hou

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