News Items tag as: West Kelowna

Animal cruelty charges laid against 2 West Kelowna residents
January 13, 2021 - 1:29 PM

For their alleged failure to get a critically injured dog medical treatment, two West Kelowna residents face criminal charges.
West Kelowna residents fighting to protect at-risk turtles and neighbourhood from large church development
May 16, 2020 - 12:00 PM

For more than 30 years, Wade Neukomm has watched the landscape that framed his youth morph into an unusual hodgepodge of industrial and residential space, with slivers of natural life surviving at its fringes.
Get ready for bowling and so much more in West Kelowna in July
April 27, 2020 - 5:00 PM

West Kelowna residents should dust off their best bowling wardrobe.
West Kelowna council unanimously approves plan to borrow millions and build new city hall
February 11, 2020 - 5:00 PM

West Kelowna council voted unanimously in favour today of a plan to borrow the $11 million needed to build a new city hall.
UPDATE: Missing West Kelowna woman located
February 20, 2017 - 8:55 AM

UPDATE: 8:49 a.m., Monday, Feb. 20, 2017
School plans move forward to school board
January 19, 2017 - 6:30 PM

CENTRAL OKANAGAN - The school district is taking action towards tackling overcrowding in local schools.
School proposals depend on tonight's school district meeting
January 18, 2017 - 5:22 PM

CENTRAL OKANAGAN - The future of two schools in the Central Okanagan depend on a School District 23 public meeting Wednesday night.
False fire alarm in West Kelowna a wake up call for homeowners
December 08, 2016 - 2:30 PM

KELOWNA - Whether you use furnaces or space heaters, a fire alarm in West Kelowna should be a warning to check your heating equipment sooner than later.
Two suspects in West Kelowna Walmart wheelchair theft caught on tape
October 29, 2016 - 9:20 AM

WEST KELOWNA - Police have released video surveillance footage and are searching for two suspects in the apparent theft of a valuable personalized wheelchair. Police are also looking for one unknown woman, who may have had contact with the two suspects while they were leaving the store.
Personalized wheelchair stolen while victim shopped at West Kelowna Walmart
October 27, 2016 - 11:04 AM

WEST KELOWNA - Yesterday, a thief made off with a valuable personalized wheelchair, while the owner shopped in a motorized chair provided by the store.
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West Kelowna farm selling thousands of apples after fruit packers closure
Paynter’s farm is staying open later into the season to help move thousands of pounds of apples from local farmers after the BC Tree Fruits Cooperative shut down earlier this year. Jennay Oliver, Paynter’s farm owner and operato

Penticton 'potio' smoking lounge blazing a trail for cannabis tourism
A dispensary in Penticton made its patio into a pot smoking lounge, and its success could turn a new leaf for the cannabis industry in the Okanagan. Back in February the BC government permitted smoking pot anywhere you’re allowed to s

Survey finds huge majority of British Columbians say homeownership now a luxury
A survey from Habitat for Humanity Canada shows 87 per cent of British Columbians view homeownership as a luxury. The online survey conducted by Leger for the non-profit asked 1,500 Canadians a range of questions about the housing cri

News Items tag as: West Kelowna

Animal cruelty charges laid against 2 West Kelowna residents

West Kelowna residents fighting to protect at-risk turtles and neighbourhood from large church development

Get ready for bowling and so much more in West Kelowna in July

West Kelowna council unanimously approves plan to borrow millions and build new city hall

UPDATE: Missing West Kelowna woman located

School plans move forward to school board

School proposals depend on tonight's school district meeting

False fire alarm in West Kelowna a wake up call for homeowners

Two suspects in West Kelowna Walmart wheelchair theft caught on tape

Personalized wheelchair stolen while victim shopped at West Kelowna Walmart

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