Tag Archives: Okanagan
April is Community Clean-up Month
Residents are encouraged to grab some gloves and bags and help in a spring clean-up of their neighbourhood. April is Community Clean-up Month, and the Regional District of Central Okanagan Waste Reduc...
Mar 23, 2022
City announces plan for road resurfacing
The City of Kelowna will be resurfacing 10.5 kilometres of roads as part of its annual pavement management program this year. The program has a budget of $3.5 million and will involve the resurfacing ...
Mar 22, 2022
Interior continues to lead B.C. in new COVID-19 cases
Interior Health continues to have the highest concentration of new COVID-19 cases. The region was home to 76 new infections Tuesday. The health authority with the second highest new case count was Van...
Mar 22, 2022
House damaged by fire in West Kelowna
A wood stove may have caused a house fire in West Kelowna overnight. Fire Rescue responded to a home in the 2400 block of Thacker Drive around 1:30 a.m. March 22. West Kelowna fire on Thacker Drive (P...
Mar 22, 2022
Park and airport upgrades approved in carryover budget
Kelowna council has given the green light to carry over $177 million in projects that didn’t get completed last year, or are multi-year projects. They include the development of Pandosy Waterfro...
Mar 21, 2022
Eight deaths, 506 new COVID-19 cases in B.C. over weekend
The province has reported 506 new COVID-19 cases and eight deaths linked to the virus over the weekend: March 18-19: 200 new cases March 19-20: 170 new cases March 20-21: 136 new cases Of those cases,...
Mar 21, 2022
RCMP investigating serious assault
Mounties in Kelowna are investigating a serious assault that sent a man to hospital this morning. RCMP were called to the 1000-block of Sunset Drive in Kelowna at 1:35 a.m. on March 21 for a report of...
Mar 21, 2022
Crews douse grass fire likely caused by cigarette
People who smoke are being encouraged to discard their materials responsibly after a grass fire broke out off the highway in Kelowna. At 11:15 a.m. today (March 20), the Kelowna Fire Department Dispat...
Mar 20, 2022
COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to fall
COVID-19 case numbers for British Columbia continued to decline on Friday, with 199 reported around the province, a decrease of 41 from Thursday. Of that total, Interior Health led the five health reg...
Mar 18, 2022
Fire prevention will be new part of year-round B.C. Wildfire Service
New funding will allow the B.C. Wildfire Service to provide more fire prevention activities around communities, in addition to the usual responding to fires. The province is providing $145 million to ...
Mar 18, 2022