Tag Archives: Okanagan

Another sighting of truck with police-like red and blue lights
The latest incident of a person possibly impersonating police was in the West Kootenays. RCMP in Trail say in the early morning hours of Friday (March 26) they received a report from a motorist who sa...
Pete McIntyre Mar 27, 2021

$4.5 million budgeted for Kelowna road upgrades
Kelowna's annual pavement management program will be improving more than 10 kilometres of Kelowna's roads this year. The $4.5 million program includes resurfacing 32 sections of road and three roundab...
Pete McIntyre Mar 26, 2021

New surge in B.C. COVID-19 cases
B.C. is experiencing a new wave of COVID-19 infections and that has provincial health officials very concerned. There were 908 new cases reported in the last 24 hours, the majority in the Lower Mainla...
Pete McIntyre Mar 26, 2021

Big White Covid cluster contained
Three months after it began, a Covid-19 cluster at Big White Resort is now contained. Interior Health made that declaration today. The cluster was initially declared on Dec. 15, 2020 at the resort eas...
Pete McIntyre Mar 26, 2021

Safer right turns added at Kelowna intersections
The City of Kelowna is adding “Smart Right Turns” at a number of intersections this year. The design change improves sight lines for drivers so they can merge safely while keeping an eye o...
Pete McIntyre Mar 26, 2021

Stride and Glide raises over $50,000 for advanced stroke care at KGH
To say the inaugural Stride & Glide for Kelowna General Hospital was a success would be an understatement. The Kelowna Nordic Ski and Snowshoe club set out to raise $20,000, and donations keep on ...
News Mar 26, 2021

B.C. records highest daily Covid case count in over three months
B.C.’s daily COVID-19 case count for Thursday (Mar. 25) was the highest in nearly four months. In her daily written statement, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry reported 800 new cases o...
Pete McIntyre Mar 25, 2021

UPDATE: Police investigating hit and run on highway
UPDATE Mar. 26 RCMP are seeking witnesses to the alleged hit and run collision on Highway 33 near Trapping Creek Forest Service Road Tuesday afternoon. Police are still looking for the driver of the w...
Pete McIntyre Mar 25, 2021

Smaller communities in Interior Health get their own vaccination clinics
Forty-five smaller, rural communities in Interior Health's (IH) will be getting Covid-19 vaccination clinics for people 18-and-older over the coming weeks. They are being called community specific cli...
Pete McIntyre Mar 24, 2021

Kelowna to hold by-election
The City of Kelowna will hold a by-election for a school trustee on behalf of School District 23, following the recent passing of trustee Rolli Cacchioni. General voting day will be Saturday June 26 w...
Pete McIntyre Mar 24, 2021