Tag Archives: Okanagan

It didn’t take long for the Bait Bike program to find a “winner” in Kelowna. RCMP say one of their bait bikes was stolen on the first day of the operation for the fourth straight yea...

Interior Health has issued a drug alert for a substance seen in Kelowna recently. The health authority said the light blue substance, which can be either chunky or a powder, is being sold as “do...

A project led by Kelowna RCMP's Community Safety Unit saw members break up a group of intoxicated youths, seizing a weapon and alcohol in the process. The initiative on Friday, March 31, began with pl...

The local region's unemployment rate increased last month. Statistics Canada reports the unadjusted unemployment rate for the Thompson-Okanagan economic area was 4.7 per cent in March 2023. That marke...

Crews are responding to a 250 millimeter (10 inch) water main break at the corner of Water Street and Boyce Crescent in Kelowna this morning (Apr. 6). “There is extensive damage to the roadway a...

There was a large police presence on Nickel Road in Kelowna today. The Kelowna RCMP’s general investigation section executed a search warrant on a problem residence targeting a repeat offender i...

Rock The Lake has announced three new bands joining the highly-anticipated festival outside of Prospera Place this summer from August 11 to 1, 2023. Juno award-winning Canadian rockers Finger Eleven a...

Kelowna Council has approved the closing of Bernard Avenue to vehicles in the 200-block starting on the May long weekend. Businesses in the 300-500 blocks will have the option to expand their sidewalk...

Construction of the new South Perimeter Way in Kelowna is now complete and open to traffic and pedestrians, connecting the south end of Gordon Drive to the new Stewart Road West. "The long-awaited ope...

The largest fundraising campaign in the history of the Kelowna General Hospital (KGH) Foundation has been launched. The goal is $40 million to advance health care at the hospital, and in the community...