Tag Archives: Okanagan
Foam packaging collection to resume at depots
Central Okanagan residents will soon be able to recycle their back pile of Styrofoam products. Foam packaging collection will resume at all depots in the Recycle BC program within the Central Okanagan...
Dec 23, 2021
RCMP investigating suspicious events at a Rutland construction site
Kelowna RCMP is investigating a string of suspicious incidents at a construction site in Rutland. Three separate incidents have been reported at the site in the 600 block of Rutland Road North so far ...
Dec 23, 2021
Province urges residents to prepare for ‘severe’ weather over holidays
The weather outside could be frightful in many areas of British Columbia over the holiday period. At a news conference Thursday, Mike Farnworth, Minister of Public Safety, encouraged residents to prep...
Dec 23, 2021
Financial supports on the way for B.C. businesses
Businesses forced to close under the new COVID-19 restrictions will be able to access some financial relief in the new year. Ravi Kahlon, the Minister of Jobs, Economic Recovery and Innovation, announ...
Dec 23, 2021
New emergency winter shelter spaces opening in Kelowna
People in need of a warm space to sleep will have more options in Kelowna. Kelowna’s Gospel Mission is expanding its mat program and operating a 25-bed temporary shelter at Kelowna Unitarians, l...
Dec 22, 2021
Busy year continues for search and rescue team
Central Okanagan Search and Rescue (COSAR) was called into service Tuesday night for two separate incidents of missing people. The first call came from the Kelowna RCMP at 8:45 p.m. to help search for...
Dec 22, 2021
Province rolls out new COVID-19 restrictions, plans for enhanced testing
British Columbia has announced new COVID-19 restrictions leading into the holiday season. The new measures take effect at 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 22 and will be in effect until Jan. 18: No indoor organized...
Dec 21, 2021
Shooting in hotel parking lot injures two
Two men were shot outside a West Kelowna hotel in what police believe was a targeted attack. At around 5:30 p.m. today (Dec. 20), RCMP responded to 911 calls that shots were fired in the parking lot o...
Dec 20, 2021
Kelowna house severely damaged in suspicious fire
A boarded-up residence that was the subject to a fire a week before in Kelowna has been significantly damaged by another blaze. Kelowna fire crews arrived at the scene in the 1200 block of Leathead Ro...
Dec 20, 2021
Fortis power rates to rise in new year
Residents who get their electricity from FortisBC will be paying more early in the new year. The company has received approval from the BC Utilities Commission (BCUC) for its 2022 electricity rates, w...
Dec 20, 2021