News Items tag as: pickleball

NOT JUST SENIORS: North Okanagan teen takes home gold at national pickleball tournie
September 09, 2024 - 7:00 PM

A North Okanagan teenager is the youngest player to win gold at a national pickleball tournament.
PICKLEBALL ENVY: Why Kelowna isn't hosting tournaments any time soon
April 26, 2024 - 7:00 AM

When Vernon was chosen earlier this month to host the 2024 Pickleball Western Regional Championships, it made for plenty of pickleball envy.
Vernon getting ready to host western regional pickleball championships
April 16, 2024 - 11:30 AM

Vernon will be host to this summer's 2024 Pickleball Canada Western Regional Championship and now is the time to register.
Kamloops pickleballer picked to play in Australia's first pro league
January 29, 2024 - 6:00 PM

Kamloops is home to Canada’s best female pickleball player and she’s been selected to play in Australia’s pro pickleball league.
Massive pickleball tournament on this weekend in Vernon
September 28, 2023 - 1:38 PM

Vernon will be hosting a massive pickleball tournament this weekend.
Nine new Kelowna courts no help to B.C.’s second largest pickleball club
April 17, 2023 - 7:00 PM

The Pickleball Kelowna Club is the second largest club in B.C., behind Vernon, with 600 members and 12 aging outdoor courts next to the soon to be replaced Parkinson Recreation Centre.
iN VIDEO: Vernon club creates world's largest 'Pickleball Christmas Tree'
December 01, 2021 - 1:46 PM

A Vernon pickleball club has created what is probably the largest Christmas tree made out of pickleball in the world in the hope to raise donations for the food bank.
Vernon's passionate pickleballers raise $1M in just 3 weeks
June 17, 2020 - 3:21 PM

The Vernon Pickleball Association has managed to raise over $1-million in just three weeks.
Not just for Baby Boomers: Okanagan pickleball business grows with player demand
January 23, 2020 - 6:30 PM

Snowbirds may have been the first to bring pickleball to the Okanagan, but it’s the passion of the players that has kept the game alive and growing.
Kelowna pickleball tournament aims to fund new courts
June 12, 2019 - 8:23 AM

KELOWNA - What’s expected to be the first of many annual Kelowna Open Pickleball Tournaments has more than fun in mind.
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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

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