Tag Archives: Okanagan
Rosters announced for BCHL Top Prospects Game
The B.C. Hockey League has announced the rosters for the league's 2022 Top Prospects Game to be held Jan. 14 at the South Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton. Forty players, split into two teams, will...
Dec 14, 2021
4.2M British Columbians vaccinated against COVID-19
It’s been one year since the COVID-19 vaccines have become available in British Columbia, and to date, a vast majority of the population has chosen to get a dose. On Dec. 15, 2020, the first dos...
Dec 14, 2021
Discovery of unmarked graves The Canadian Press news story of the year
The discovery of unmarked graves at a former residential school in the British Columbia Interior and the countrywide awakening it set off have been chosen as Canada’s news story of the year by e...
Dec 14, 2021
Suspicious fire at boarded-up building
Kelowna fire crews were called to a boarded-up house on Leathead Road this afternoon. The first report to 911 said there was smoke coming from the structure around 1:00 p.m. “The first arriving ...
Dec 13, 2021
Be prepared if you’re planning air travel this month
It’s expected to be a busy holiday season at Kelowna International Airport (YLW), and for many passengers, it will be the first time they have flown in a while. For that reason, YLW has prepared...
Dec 13, 2021
Canada’s world junior team includes 12 WHL players
Hockey Canada has named 12 WHL players to Canada's National Junior Team for the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship, scheduled for December 26 to January 5, 2022 in Edmonton and Red Deer, Alta. In tot...
Dec 13, 2021
Interior closes out week with 93 new COVID-19 cases
Interior Health was home to 575 active COVID-19 cases Friday after recording 93 new cases in the region. Those cases were part of 437 recorded across B.C. The provincial active case count as of Friday...
Dec 10, 2021
West Kelowna proposes 4 per cent tax hike
West Kelowna property owners could be paying an average of $82 more for city taxes next year, if council’s proposed budget is approved. The draft plan calls for a municipal tax increase of 4 per...
Dec 10, 2021
BC Care Providers Association suffering from staffing crisis, desperate for nurses
The BC Care Providers Association is calling its staffing shortage a crisis. Care Providers CEO, Terry Lake, says it’s a province-wide problem, but the Interior region is suffering the most. Nur...
Dec 09, 2021
One COVID death recorded in the Interior, eight in other B.C. regions
A total of nine COVID-19 deaths were reported Thursday, including one in the Interior. To date, 2,378 British Columbians have died due to the virus, including 295 in the Interior. The Ministry of Heal...
Dec 09, 2021