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The Okanagan Sun return to the Apple Bowl for spring camp

The Okanagan Sun return to the Apple Bowl for spring camp

May 28, 2023 / 4:00 am

After an off-season away, the Okanagan Sun have returned to the gridiron to defend their national championship of 2022, and it all starts at the Apple Bowl with...

New development proposal continues remake of neighbourhood east of Capri

New development proposal continues remake of neighbourhood east of Capri

May 28, 2023 / 4:00 am

The City of Kelowna envisions a total remake of the neighbourhoods within what is known as the Capri-Landmark Urban Centre. This is the area between Landmark...

Pathways Abilities celebrates 70 years in Kelowna

Pathways Abilities celebrates 70 years in Kelowna

May 28, 2023 / 4:00 am

Pathways Abilities Society is celebrating 70 years of community service this year. The organization was created by a group of committed parents, teachers and...

Meet Me at the Market: Family farm goes value-added route instead of selling fruit to packing houses

Meet Me at the Market: Family farm goes value-added route instead of selling fruit to packing houses

May 28, 2023 / 4:00 am

Meet Me at the Markets is a recurring series highlighting the stories behind the many vendors and food producers who make up the Kelowna Farmers' &...

Truck drives into the corner of RBC downtown Kelowna

Truck drives into the corner of RBC downtown Kelowna

May 27, 2023 / 8:43 pm

There appears to be damage done to the side of the Royal Bank of Canada in downtown Kelowna after a two-vehicle accident sent one truck into the corner of the...

Car accident on Highway 97 and Boucherie Road

Car accident on Highway 97 and Boucherie Road

May 27, 2023 / 3:58 pm

A car accident involving a motorcycle and a truck has slowed traffic in West Kelowna. According to a witness, the crash happened at the intersection of Horizon...

Hot air balloon lands on residential road in Kelowna Saturday morning

Hot air balloon lands on residential road in Kelowna Saturday morning

May 27, 2023 / 10:45 am

Glenmore residents were treated to a bit of a show Saturday morning, when a hot air balloon touched down on a residential street. The large balloon got a little...

Pattison radio stations making way for 'focal point' development

Pattison radio stations making way for 'focal point' development

May 27, 2023 / 4:00 am

The property at the corner of Cook and Lakeshore roads, home to Pattison radio stations Beach FM and the Lizard could be transformed in the coming years. An...

Stober Group and UBCO create scholarship to honour Kelowna business leader

Stober Group and UBCO create scholarship to honour Kelowna business leader

May 27, 2023 / 4:00 am

The University of British Columbia Okanagan and the Stober Group are honouring deceased Kelowna business leader Dave McAnerney with a new $50,000 scholarship....

Mother breaks neck on Kelowna's Gyro Beach rope swing

Mother breaks neck on Kelowna's Gyro Beach rope swing

May 27, 2023 / 4:00 am

The May long weekend took a tragic turn for Kelowna's Stanford family when an idyllic day at the beach turned into a nightmare. Rachel Stanford took what...

Diabetes Canada's donation truck will be stopping in Kelowna

Diabetes Canada's donation truck will be stopping in Kelowna

May 26, 2023 / 5:18 pm

If you've been looking to declutter and offer a helping hand at the same time, get ready to drop off gently used clothing and small household items at the...

Province pledging financial aid for seniors living with mental health and addiction challenges

Province pledging financial aid for seniors living with mental health and addiction challenges

Kelowna/Penticton May 26, 2023 / 5:00 pm

The provincial government is providing more than $800,000 in grant funding to the Seniors Services Society of BC. The money is earmarked for the society's...

Kelowna bylaw officer allegedly assaulted at Rail Trail site

Kelowna bylaw officer allegedly assaulted at Rail Trail site

May 26, 2023 / 4:18 pm

A Kelowna bylaw officer was allegedly assaulted Wednesday while working at the designated homeless camping site along the Rail Trail. RCMP say the incident...

Townhouses and apartments proposed for development at the base of Dilworth Mtn.

Townhouses and apartments proposed for development at the base of Dilworth Mtn.

May 26, 2023 / 3:48 pm

A new housing development is being proposed for Denali Drive at the base of Dilworth Mountain. MQN Architects are seeking a development permit for the 79-unit...

Kelowna woman fined after caught trying to sell at-risk turtle

Kelowna woman fined after caught trying to sell at-risk turtle

May 26, 2023 / 3:45 pm

A Kelowna woman whose nickname is “Turtle” was fined Friday morning after she was caught in a B.C. Conservation Officer Service sting operation...

Kelowna real estate company defamed former agents, must pay $55,000

Kelowna real estate company defamed former agents, must pay $55,000

May 26, 2023 / 2:18 pm

A Kelowna real estate company has been ordered to pay two of its former agents $27,500 each for defaming them and abusing the courts. Donna Merle Craig and Geri...

Prolific offender arrested hours after bail release on separate charges

Prolific offender arrested hours after bail release on separate charges

May 26, 2023 / 2:04 pm

Police are once again highlighting a prolific offender in Kelowna who was arrested Wednesday evening for allegedly breaking into a downtown business, just hours...

Coroner's inquest to be held into 2017 Kelowna police custody death

Coroner's inquest to be held into 2017 Kelowna police custody death

May 26, 2023 / 12:06 pm

The BC Coroners Service will hold a public inquest into the death of a Kelowna man in 2017 who died while in police custody. Edward James Waddell, 40, was...

May long weekend impaired driving blitz catches 7 Kelowna drivers

May long weekend impaired driving blitz catches 7 Kelowna drivers

May 26, 2023 / 11:04 am

An impaired driving blitz over the May Long weekend in Kelowna took seven drivers off the road. Kelowna RCMP stopped more than 100 vehicles resulting in five...

Home Hardware holds fundraiser for former employee diagnosed with inoperable breast cancer

Home Hardware holds fundraiser for former employee diagnosed with inoperable breast cancer

Lake Country May 26, 2023 / 4:00 am

Sherri Evans had such an impact on her colleagues at the Home Hardware in Lake Country for the few years that she worked there, that they are making her the...