News Items tag as: KLSEP2016

iN PHOTOS: First weekend of fall
September 24, 2017 - 5:00 PM

THOMPSON OKANAGAN - Fall is in the air in the Thompson Okanagan and people are out enjoying their communities.
More people in Kelowna hospitalized for opiate overdoses than any other Canadian city
September 15, 2017 - 11:30 AM

KELOWNA – A new report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information puts Kelowna way ahead of the rest of the country for opioid-related hospitalizations.
VIDEO: Passionate local artist uses self-portraiture to send important message
October 03, 2016 - 2:30 PM

KELOWNA – A local artist with a passion for self-portraits is the subject of the first of a new documentary series being filmed in the Okanagan.
Kelowna's volunteer forest cleanup group getting nonprofit status
September 30, 2016 - 2:30 PM

KELOWNA – A group of shooting enthusiasts who volunteer their time to clean up backcountry target ranges is getting two big boosts to help their cause.
B.C. RCMP want your help in ending gun and gang violence
September 30, 2016 - 1:06 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - RCMP detachments across the province are asking people to turn over unwanted and unauthorized firearms, ammunition and weapons.
Help reunite this missing Kelowna man with his family
September 30, 2016 - 11:30 AM

KELOWNA - David Lee Marshall has always lived a solitary life. His niece Heather Mahony says that being alone is just part of his personality.
Charges dropped against Kelowna woman arrested for stabbing sleeping husband
September 30, 2016 - 11:02 AM

KELOWNA – A Joe Rich woman who police say stabbed her sleeping husband in April will not be prosecuted because of a psychiatric disorder.
Injured cyclist rescued on Myra Canyon trestles near Kelowna
September 30, 2016 - 10:39 AM

KELOWNA – An injured mountain biker was rescued on the Kettle Valley Railway trails in the Myra Canyon above Kelowna yesterday afternoon.
Winter is coming: Snow tires on B.C. Interior mountain passes required Oct. 1
September 29, 2016 - 3:02 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Cooler temperatures and leaves changing colour signal the beginning of fall, and not so far off, the start of winter driving season.
Kamloops man dies after overdose at a Kelowna wedding
September 29, 2016 - 11:40 AM

KELOWNA – One of five people who overdosed at a Kelowna wedding has died in hospital.
More ...

THOMPSON: Is dining etiquette a thing of the past?
OPINION I read a recent article that tried to make a case for getting rid of some rules of dining etiquette. Those rules, said the writer, “are made to be broken.” The writer’s logic seems flawed, at

$145,000 fine for Kelowna orchardist previously involved in tractor death
A Kelowna company that grows, processes and exports cherries was fined last year following a fatal tractor incident has again been fined after a tractor driver was seriously injured. According to a recently published Feb. 6 WorkSafeBC

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

Okanagan’s first ‘net-zero’ home is insulated with hemp
In an effort to make construction more sustainable a Kelowna developer has built a home insulated with hemp. The 5-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom, 2,430 square foot home at 278 Summer Wood Drive in the Echo Ridge development in Kelowna meets the pro

News Items tag as: KLSEP2016

iN PHOTOS: First weekend of fall

More people in Kelowna hospitalized for opiate overdoses than any other Canadian city

VIDEO: Passionate local artist uses self-portraiture to send important message

Kelowna's volunteer forest cleanup group getting nonprofit status

B.C. RCMP want your help in ending gun and gang violence

Help reunite this missing Kelowna man with his family

Charges dropped against Kelowna woman arrested for stabbing sleeping husband

Injured cyclist rescued on Myra Canyon trestles near Kelowna

Winter is coming: Snow tires on B.C. Interior mountain passes required Oct. 1

Kamloops man dies after overdose at a Kelowna wedding

Kamloops

Kelowna

Penticton

Vernon