News Items tag as: NHL

Kelowna's Tij Iginla signs first contract with NHL team
July 11, 2024 - 12:30 PM

Kelowna Rockets' star player Tij Iginla was signed his first National Hockey League contract with the Utah Hockey Club.
Former Kelowna Rocket coach new Calgary Flames’ bench boss
June 12, 2023 - 11:15 AM

Ryan Huska, who coached the Kelowna Rockets from 2002 to 2007, will be replacing Darryl Sutter as head coach of the Calgary Flames.
Kamloops Blazers goalie signs with New York Rangers
December 24, 2021 - 10:59 AM

Kamloops Blazers goaltender Dylan Garand has signed a three-year entry-level contract with the New York Rangers.
Hockey world mourning loss of three players who died in Surrey vehicle accident
August 22, 2021 - 1:39 PM

The hockey community has unleashed an outpouring of support for the friends and families of three teenagers who died in a Surrey vehicle crash.
Three Kelowna Rockets alumni in Stanley Cup final
June 28, 2021 - 1:58 PM

Three former Kelowna Rockets defencemen, including a Sicamous native, are headed to game one of the Stanley Cup Final tonight.
B.C. unlikely to see CFL until vaccine, but NHL games may resume
May 06, 2020 - 5:21 PM

Live-audience professional sports are among the long list of events that won’t resume until a COVID-19 vaccine is found, but that’s not to say that B.C.’s sporting landscape will be barren.
Kelowna Rockets defenseman signs entry-level contract with Vegas Golden Knights
December 22, 2019 - 6:00 AM

The Vegas Golden Knights signed Rockets defenseman Kaedan Korczak to a three-year entry-level contract.
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Kelowna distillery to pay former employee $60,000 in unpaid wages
A Kelowna distillery failed in its bid to overturn a ruling that would have it pay more than $60,000 to a former employee in unpaid overtime. Forbidden Spirits appealed the decision last year, but it didn't have enough evidence to convi

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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

West Kelowna, Kamloops fall behind BC government's 'unrealistic' housing targets
Both West Kelowna and Kamloops are failing to meet the province's housing targets, and politicians at the Okanagan city are frustrated. West Kelowna built 64 net new housing units over the past six months, and the BC government expects

News Items tag as: NHL

Kelowna's Tij Iginla signs first contract with NHL team

Former Kelowna Rocket coach new Calgary Flames’ bench boss

Kamloops Blazers goalie signs with New York Rangers

Hockey world mourning loss of three players who died in Surrey vehicle accident

Three Kelowna Rockets alumni in Stanley Cup final

B.C. unlikely to see CFL until vaccine, but NHL games may resume

Kelowna Rockets defenseman signs entry-level contract with Vegas Golden Knights

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