Tag Archives: Okanagan

Consultants chosen to review new performance venue proposal
A group pushing for a new performance venue in downtown Kelowna is pleased the city has chosen a team of consultants to study the financial aspects of the proposal. Members of Citizens for a New Perfo...
Pete McIntyre Jun 08, 2021

RCMP seek witnesses to hit and run collision involving pedestrian
Police are looking for information on a driver who allegedly failed to stop after hitting a pedestrian in Kelowna. on Thursday On June 3, 2021 just after 4:30 p.m., a woman was crossing Underhill Stre...
Pete McIntyre Jun 08, 2021

Fights lead to stabbings in Kelowna’s downtown
RCMP are looking to talk to more witnesses after two men were stabbed in downtown Kelowna. On Friday June 4, just before 11:30 p.m., Mounties were called to the 1300 & 1400 blocks of Water Street ...
Pete McIntyre Jun 07, 2021

COVID cases stay under 200 in B.C.,vaccine clinics ‘busy’
A fourth straight day of less than 200 new COVID-19 cases in B.C. The province reported 183 on Friday (June 4), with 30 in Interior Health. Elsewhere, there were 40 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Heal...
Pete McIntyre Jun 04, 2021

City opens two parks in time for summer
Residents and visitors to Kelowna will be able to enjoy Glenmore Recreation Park and the expansion of Rutland Centennial Park this summer. Officially opening Saturday, June 5, Glenmore Recreation Park...
Pete McIntyre Jun 04, 2021

New COVID-19 outbreak at Kelowna General
Interior Health (IH) has declared a COVID-19 outbreak on unit 3E at Kelowna General Hospital. The health agency says two patients and one staff member have tested positive for the virus. “Invest...
Pete McIntyre Jun 04, 2021

Suspects accused of assaulting police officer
A 58-year-old man and 47-year-old woman were arrested and face charges including assaulting a police officer. They were pulled over in their RV on the highway in West Kelowna Wednesday for not having ...
russ.byth@jpbg.ca Jun 03, 2021

UPDATE: Missing Kelowna teen located
Kelowna RCMP say the missing 13-year-old Kelowna resident reported missing June 3 has been found, and is safe and sound
Pete McIntyre Jun 03, 2021

UPDATE: Police incident in Kelowna ends
UPDATE An incident where a man apparently barricaded himself in a building in the 1000 block of Harvey Avenue lasted abbut three hours this morning. The road was reopened just after 9 a.m. with no upd...
Pete McIntyre Jun 03, 2021

Okanagan First Nation chief ‘angry and perplexed’ by residential school burial site
WESTBANK, B.C. - The chief of the Westbank First Nation has issued a statement in the wake of the horrific findings at the Kamloops residential school. Christopher Derickson says he has been bombarded...
Pete McIntyre Jun 02, 2021