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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 it's so hard to find locally grown celery in Okanagan, Kamloops
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Pennsylvania House advances bill legalizing recreational marijuana
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvanians 21 or older would be allowed to legally purchase and use marijuana under a bill that passed the state House on Wednesday, the first time a recreational cannabis proposal has been approved by either legi

Property management company fined twice for ignoring asbestos issue at same Vernon building
A BC property management company, fined $9,000 for failing to deal with asbestos dust when it ripped up vinyl flooring at a Vernon property, has been stung with a further $18,000 fine when inspectors following up found it still flouting the rules

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