Tag Archives: Okanagan
Water quality advisory-Lakeview Heights/Rose Valley
The City of West Kelowna, in consultation with Interior Health, is issuing a Water Quality Advisory for the Lakeview/Rose Valley System effective immediately and until further notice, due to increasin...
Apr 01, 2021
Lake Country icon destroyed in early morning fire
It was put up as a sign in the 1980’s for Holiday Park Resort, and anyone traveling Highway 97 would quickly recognize the large blue and white boat at the intersection of Commonwealth Road. The...
Apr 01, 2021
UPDATE: Conservation Service fines illegal dumper
UPDATE: The conservation officers service has located the individual responsible for illegal dumping on Postill Lake Forest Service Road on March 27th. The CO Service posted on Facebook: Update on Ill...
Apr 01, 2021
Kelowna Rockets activities suspended 14 days after 6 more Covid cases
The Western Hockey League has suspended team activities for the Kelowna Rockets for a minimum of 14 days through Wednesday, April 14, following six additional positive COVID-19 tests. The positive res...
Mar 31, 2021
New Covid outbreak at Kelowna General Hospital
Interior Health (IH) has declared a COVID-19 outbreak on unit 4E at Kelowna General Hospital (KGH). One patient and one staff member have tested positive for COVID-19. An investigation is ongoing and ...
Mar 31, 2021
RCMP looking for video and witnesses to shooting incident
Kelowna RCMP is hoping the public can help to track down the person responsible for a brazen daytime shooting in Kelowna. At around 12:35 p.m. on Monday (Mar. 29), a man was shot in the parking lot of...
Mar 31, 2021
Penticton gets new urgent and primary care centre
People living in Penticton and surrounding communities have better access to team-based everyday health care with a new urgent and primary care centre (UPCC) that is now open at 101 – 437 Martin...
Mar 31, 2021
Emergency not over: province extends Covid declaration
There is still no end in sight to B.C.’s state of emergency. The declaration that gives the government extraordinary powers during the pandemic, has been extended another two weeks to April 13. ...
Mar 30, 2021
Upward trend of COVID-19 cases continues
There have been 840 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours continuing an elevated trend in new cases, mainly in two health regions, Fraser with 421 and Vancouver Coastal with 265, leaving 154 cases o...
Mar 30, 2021
Erratic driver causes chaos in Kelowna
A man was taken into custody after a vehicle went on a damage spree in downtown Kelowna. West Kelowna and Kelowna RCMP were notified around 1:00 p.m. today (Mar. 30) that an erratic driver in a silver...
Mar 30, 2021