News Items tag as: West Kelowna news

'Unprovoked' West Kelowna stabbing of friend earns 20-month jail sentence
March 22, 2025 - 4:00 AM

A night of drinking and using drugs at a friend's West Kelowna home suddenly went sideways when Danny Blanchard took a filleting knife to his friend in the kitchen.
Okanagan landscape painter puts memories, emotion into his work
March 09, 2025 - 7:00 AM

West Kelowna's Robert E. Wood uses his childhood memories of growing up in the Okanagan to inform his work as a landscape artist.
West Kelowna high school basketball team makes historic run to provincials
March 05, 2025 - 6:00 PM

West Kelowna’s Mount Boucherie Secondary School Bears are battling it out for the title of provincial champions in Langley this week.
West Kelowna’s new city hall was more than $6M over budget
March 04, 2025 - 5:30 PM

West Kelowna’s new city hall went more than $6 million over budget and now the city wants to improve how it manages large projects.
Geocaching leads West Kelowna couple on extraordinary adventures
January 25, 2025 - 6:00 AM

A world of exploration, adventure, travel and new discoveries are all possible through geocaching.
iN PHOTOS: Heated domes provide one-of-a-kind Okanagan winter dining experience
January 17, 2025 - 6:00 AM
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The dining domes at a West Kelowna winery offer customers a unique and extravagant experience during the cold and dreary winter months in the Okanagan.
West Kelowna approves $2.5M for water treatment, but not $50 credit for residents
November 28, 2024 - 5:30 PM

West Kelowna is investing millions of dollars into water treatment plant upgrades, but the city isn't reimbursing people for money they spent flushing bad water out of the pipes.
iN PHOTOS: Okanagan pet portraitist creates emotional works of art
November 20, 2024 - 6:00 AM

A West Kelowna artist has found her artistic niche by creating pet portraits.
Fostering rescued dogs inspires new book from West Kelowna author
November 17, 2024 - 4:00 PM

The newest book from a West Kelowna author is now available in stores in the Okanagan and a portion of the proceeds will go toward a Kelowna dog rescue.
West Kelowna farm selling thousands of apples after fruit packers closure
November 17, 2024 - 6:00 AM
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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.
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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

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

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: West Kelowna news

'Unprovoked' West Kelowna stabbing of friend earns 20-month jail sentence

Okanagan landscape painter puts memories, emotion into his work

West Kelowna high school basketball team makes historic run to provincials

West Kelowna’s new city hall was more than $6M over budget

Geocaching leads West Kelowna couple on extraordinary adventures

iN PHOTOS: Heated domes provide one-of-a-kind Okanagan winter dining experience

West Kelowna approves $2.5M for water treatment, but not $50 credit for residents

iN PHOTOS: Okanagan pet portraitist creates emotional works of art

Fostering rescued dogs inspires new book from West Kelowna author

West Kelowna farm selling thousands of apples after fruit packers closure

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