Tag Archives: Okanagan
Covid outbreak over at Kelowna General Hospital
Interior Health has declared the COVID-19 outbreak over in unit 4E at Kelowna General Hospital (KGH). Three cases - one patient and two staff - were linked to the outbreak on this unit. "I would like ...
Apr 21, 2021
City to spend $500,000 to improve highway intersection
As part of a partnership between the City of Kelowna, Ministry of Transportation, and Costco, Kelowna council agreed to spend $500,000 for the city's share of improvements at the Highway 97/Leckie int...
Apr 20, 2021
Drug impaired driver taken off road
A report from a concerned citizen resulted in an alleged drug impaired driver being removed from Kelowna's roads earlier this morning. On April 20, just after 6:30 a.m., RCMP received a call from a re...
Apr 20, 2021
New infrastructure big part of B.C. recovery budget
The British Columbia government plans to spend $8.7 billion over three years on infrastructure as well as on supports for families and businesses to building the economic recovery from COVID-19. In it...
Apr 20, 2021
Interior Health targets Enderby for special vaccination clinic
Due to high COVID-19 case counts, Interior Health will vaccinate all adults over 40 in Enderby and Invermere. Adults age 40 and older in 13 other communities in B.C., representing almost 200,000 peopl...
Apr 19, 2021
Kelowna gives green light to e-scooters
Kelowna residents have a new way to get around and will start seeing more e-scooters around town with today's return of shared e-scooter services. The return follows an update to Kelowna's Traffic Byl...
Apr 19, 2021
Workers to get paid leave to get Covid vaccine
The B.C. government has introduced changes that, if passed, will provide workers with up to three hours of paid leave to get each dose of their Covid-19 vaccine. The amendments to the Employment Stand...
Apr 19, 2021
Open burning season nearing an end
Open burning season in the Central Okanagan ends on Friday, April 30. Until then when conditions allow, all eligible property owners, farmers and other large lot owners with permits from their local f...
Apr 19, 2021
RCMP are looking to identify and speak with this man
Kelowna RCMP have released surveillance images of a man the hopes of advancing an investigation of an alleged criminal offence. The image was captured on the afternoon of March 4, 2021 at a business i...
Apr 19, 2021
UPDATE Residents evacuated due to odour in apartment allowed to return home
UPDATE April 19 6:00 p.m. The "Do Not Occupy" order for the evacuated apartment building in West Kelowna has been lifted and residents can now return. “The building owner has provided a satisfac...
Apr 18, 2021