Tag Archives: Okanagan

West Kelowna making vaccines mandatory for staff
The City of West Kelowna is the latest B.C. municipality to implement a COVID-19 vaccination policy. All city employees will have to show proof of vaccination by Jan. 4, 2022. City management says the...
Pete McIntyre Oct 27, 2021

B.C. football fan scores big lotto jackpot
VANCOUVER, B.C. - Gary Muchula plans to be at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles next February for Super Bowl 56. That’s one of the plans the football fan from West Vancouver is making after winning $1...
Pete McIntyre Oct 27, 2021

Optional boosters the next stage for B.C.’s Immunization Plan
The next stage of British Columbia’s COVID-19 Immunization Plan involves opening up booster shots for those in high risk positions, and then the general population. Dr. Bonnie Henry announced Tu...
Liam Verster Oct 26, 2021

North Westside restructure funding approved
A $60,000 provincial government restructure planning grant will help facilitate a governance and services study for the Central Okanagan West Electoral Area, with an emphasis on North Westside communi...
Pete McIntyre Oct 26, 2021

Increased dog access tried out in Lake Country parks
Pilot projects are providing more dog-friendly access at a pair of regional parks in the District of Lake Country. One of the projects allows dogs to be off-leash in Kopje Regional Park, while the oth...
Pete McIntyre Oct 26, 2021

Missing 12-year-old girl
West Kelowna RCMP is asking for the public’s help to locate a missing 12-year-old girl. Kylie Carlson was last seen Monday (October 25) in West Kelowna. “Police are concerned for KylieR...
Pete McIntyre Oct 26, 2021

UPDATE: Imitation gun and crossbow involved in Kelowna incident
UPDATE: 11:00 a.m. An imitation firearm was one of the items seized by police as part of an investigation into an incident Monday night in Kelowna. RCMP closed off an area in the 1900-block of Pandosy...
Pete McIntyre Oct 26, 2021

Crews snuff out industrial fire
Smoke was billowing from the front of a West Kelowna industrial business when fire crews arrived today. West Kelowna Fire Rescue responded around 1:30 p.m.to the blaze at Kelowna Electroplating on Ros...
Pete McIntyre Oct 25, 2021

Police dog makes arrest
You might say it was a ‘dogged’ pursuit of a suspect. A Kelowna man was arrested with the help of the canine unit after allegedly fleeing the scene of an collision. Police say on Friday, O...
Pete McIntyre Oct 25, 2021

One dead in fatal collision in Kelowna
An investigation has been launched into a motor vehicle crash in Kelowna that resulted in the death of a local man. Kelowna RCMP Municipal Traffic Services and the B.C. Coroners Service are running th...
Liam Verster Oct 25, 2021