Tag Archives: Okanagan

Civic and Community Award winners
Throughout the month of April, finalists of the 46th annual Kelowna Civic and Community Awards have been celebrated online with winners announced each Monday in Council Chambers in lieu of an evening ...
Pete McIntyre Apr 26, 2021

More funding added to business relief program
The B.C. government is adding more than $75 million to the Circuit Breaker Business Relief Grant, bringing the amount available for hard-hit B.C. businesses to more than $125 million. The grant remain...
Pete McIntyre Apr 26, 2021

Police campaign targets defective vehicles
RCMP in Kelowna are looking for defective vehicles in a crackdown this month aimed at making the roads safer. “We continue to see illegal vehicle modifications in the Central Okanagan,” Sg...
Pete McIntyre Apr 26, 2021

Province expands mental health, substance use services for children
The B.C. government is investing $56 million into new mental health and substance use services to support children, youth and their families. “So families don’t lose critical time when men...
Pete McIntyre Apr 26, 2021

Hotel Motel Association celebrates Heart of Hospitality Awards
The awards that recognize local hotel and motel employees have been handed out. The Kelowna Hotel Motel Association held a virtual event to announce its Heart of Hospitality awards. The awards were la...
Pete McIntyre Apr 26, 2021

B.C. Covid update Friday: 1,001 new cases
B.C. is ending the work week with 1,001 new Covid-19 cases. That’s down slightly from the 1,006 cases on Thursday, but up from the mid-800 days on Tuesday and Wednesday. Active cases are at 8,84...
Pete McIntyre Apr 23, 2021

Covid outbreak hits Kelowna facility
A new Covid-19 outbreak has been declared at a Kelowna seniors facility. Interior Health (IH) said ten residents and one staff member at Sandalwood Retirement Resort have tested positive for the virus...
Pete McIntyre Apr 23, 2021

Record breaking KGH Day of Giving
The fifth annual Kelowna General Hospital Foundation Day of Giving was a record-breaker. As of midnight April 22, a total of $1,052,648 had been raised in support of the foundation’s Every Momen...
Pete McIntyre Apr 23, 2021

RCMP investigate fatal rollover collision
One person died in in a crash on Highway 97C in West Kelowna this morning. Just after 2:00 a.m. on April 23, police responded to a single vehicle collision in the eastbound lanes of theOkanagan Connec...
Pete McIntyre Apr 23, 2021

Kayackers capsize in fast-moving creek
Some boaters found out how dangerous Mission Creek in Kelowna can be at this time of year. RCMP notified Kelowna Fire Dispatch of three overturned kayaks in the creek close to Ziprick Road around 1:20...
Pete McIntyre Apr 22, 2021