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Kelowna News

Coastal snowstorm headed for Valley

Coastal snowstorm headed for Valley

Dec 14, 2009 / 9:38 am

The snow warnings have already started to fly on the West Coast, and a system expected to dump 10-20 cm of snow in Downtown Vancouver will make its way into the...

City crews ready for snow clearing

City crews ready for snow clearing

Dec 14, 2009 / 9:11 am

City snow crews are ready for what Environment Canada is calling the Valley's first major snowfall of the season. Environment Canada says areas of the Valley...

Development seeks special rezoning

Development seeks special rezoning

Dec 14, 2009 / 5:00 am

All homes within the Kelowna Mountain development in the Upper Mission could be zoned for secondary suites. The development company has applied to the city for...

Series named after OC president

Series named after OC president

Dec 13, 2009 / 3:00 pm

Kalamalka Press has launched a new book series inspired by local writer and Okanagan College president Jim Hamilton. The James Hamilton Series debuted with the...

Council urges global climate action

Council urges global climate action

Dec 13, 2009 / 2:00 pm

Kelowna Mayor Sharon Shepherd issued a proclamation this week in support of the international climate change summit underway in Copenhagen. “An international...

War reporter to open speaker series

War reporter to open speaker series

Dec 13, 2009 / 1:00 pm

Kevin Sites, former correspondent with ABC, CNN and NBC, and recipient of the Daniel Pearl Award, will share stories of people and places from the world’s...

Weather playing havoc with roads

Weather playing havoc with roads

Dec 13, 2009 / 12:24 pm

Expected flurries are playing havoc with Okanagan roads and RCMP are asking drivers to slow down. While sanding trucks are out in full force, RCMP at the scene...

False alarms can cost you money

False alarms can cost you money

Dec 13, 2009 / 12:14 pm

The Central Okanagan Regional District says people need to be reminded that false alarms are not only a drain on police resources - they could also be a drain...

Snow Busters program has begun

Snow Busters program has begun

Dec 13, 2009 / 12:00 pm

The fourth annual City of Kelowna Snow Busters program has begun – a program that encourages Kelowna residents to assist others by clearing driveways or...

$10,000 for ski patrol upgrades

Dec 13, 2009 / 10:00 am

A Kelowna area ski patrol division is getting government money for some upgrades. The Pacific South Division of the Canadian Ski Patrol System is receiving...

Drug dealers busted after home invasion

Drug dealers busted after home invasion

Dec 13, 2009 / 8:49 am

Two alleged drug dealers were busted after they tried to break into a home where they had apparently set up shop. Kelowna RCMP say Saturday morning a man called...

Extensive damage in carport fire

Extensive damage in carport fire

Dec 13, 2009 / 8:17 am

No one was hurt in an early-morning carport fire that caused about $78,000 in damage to a Glenmore home. Jason Brolund, Assistant Fire Chief for the Kelowna...

BBB warns of scammers using their logo

BBB warns of scammers using their logo

Dec 13, 2009 / 5:00 am

The Better Business Bureau wants you to know that just because a company is using the BBB logo, it doesn't mean they're a member. "It's so easy to just cut and...

Road stop leads to grow op

Road stop leads to grow op

Dec 12, 2009 / 1:00 pm

Drugs and firearms have been seized from a residence in Peachland following a road stop in Rock Creek. Just before 9:30 a.m. Thursday, RCMP stopped a vehicle on...

Heritage buildings in need of repair

Heritage buildings in need of repair

Dec 12, 2009 / 5:00 am

A number of city owned heritage building are in "serious disrepair" and in need of immediate attention. These include all three buildings on the Brent's Grist...

New scam targeting seniors

New scam targeting seniors

Dec 11, 2009 / 5:00 pm

Another day -- another scam uncovered in the Central Okanagan. This one, according to police, is targeting seniors. Constable Steve Holmes says in this...

Ground broken on housing development

Ground broken on housing development

Dec 11, 2009 / 3:30 pm

The ground may be cold, but it was still able to be broken on an $11.7 million, 72-unit housing development for seniors and persons with disabilities in Kelowna...

Pedestrian killed on Bernard Ave.

Pedestrian killed on Bernard Ave.

Dec 11, 2009 / 2:33 pm

RCMP continue to investigate the circumstances which led to the death of a pedestrian on Bernard Avenue in Kelowna Friday morning. The incident happened at...

Cops warn about Nigerian cheque scam

Cops warn about Nigerian cheque scam

Dec 11, 2009 / 6:00 am

Police would like to advise the public of a cheque fraud scam that is currently circulating Kelowna and a number of other communities. Kelowna RCMP have...

DKA stolen cart found in lagoon

DKA stolen cart found in lagoon

Dec 11, 2009 / 6:00 am

It didn't take long for someone to find a stolen piece of property after the picture appeared on Castanet's front page. A large cart used by the Downtown...