News Items tag as: Okanagan Regional Library

iN VIDEO: How to access free 3D printing at an Okanagan library branches
March 30, 2024 - 6:00 AM

From toys to sculptures and replacement car parts, the 3D printer at the downtown Kelowna library has people covered.
No more late fees at Okanagan Regional Library branches
September 25, 2023 - 11:07 AM

The Okanagan Regional Library has announced, effective immediately, it is a fines-free library.
How Drag Story Time became a thing at Kelowna’s downtown library
January 19, 2023 - 6:00 AM

Libraries everywhere work hard to encourage children to discover the joys of reading books.
After more than a century, this Okanagan community is losing its library
September 23, 2021 - 7:30 AM

The Oyama Library, which opened on Feb. 22, 1915, will close at the end of October. That decision was announced today, Sept. 22, by the Okanagan Regional Library.
Okanagan’s newest library branch won't require tax increase
June 15, 2021 - 6:30 PM

The proposed $8 million West Kelowna library branch will come with no additional cost to taxpayers.
Free streaming and other hidden gems at Thompson-Okanagan libraries
March 22, 2021 - 6:00 AM

Okanagan Regional Library and Thompson-Nicola Regional Library cards offer more than just free books.
Okanagan Regional Library closing all branches due to COVID-19
March 16, 2020 - 2:49 PM

As of tomorrow, the Okanagan Regional Library will be closing all its branches until further notice.
Okanagan libraries running on tight budget, future focus on community spaces
December 15, 2019 - 3:30 PM

Okanagan libraries are running on a tight budget, spending as much as 30 per cent less than other B.C. libraries on major expenditures such as salaries and wages.
Okanagan libraries fighting for access to eBooks
November 03, 2019 - 3:30 PM

A petition against restricted access to a major publisher's new eBooks is gaining attention from libraries across North America.
Unknown white powder prompts evacuation at Vernon library
June 18, 2019 - 2:32 PM

VERNON - An unknown white powder found at the Vernon branch of the Okanagan Regional Library forced the building to be evacuated yesterday afternoon.
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No fine for Kelowna brewery that sold beer to undercover minor
A Kelowna brewery successfully avoided a fine for selling beer to an undercover minor, but it did fire the employee. The province's liquor regulator decided against handing down a $7,000 fine after an 18-year-old bought a six-pack from

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

Don't demolish old Kelowna homes to make way for development, recycle or move them
As Kelowna’s population grows the city is trying to densify housing and that means replacing single-family homes, but a business has proposed that those homes can be repurposed rather than destroyed. Renewal Development and Light Hous

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No fine for Kelowna brewery that sold beer to undercover minor
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Mark Carney suspending campaign to hold meetings on Trump tariffs
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Drivers look for relief at the pump after B.C. ends consumer carbon tax
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From Taco-ma pickups to salsa ice cream, April Fool's Day in Kamloops, Okanagan
Businesses in the Okanagan and Kamloops used April Fool's Day to get...
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