Tag Archives: Okanagan
COVID vaccination clinic at Big White Ski Resort
Interior Health (IH) is working with Big White administration to try to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on staff living in group housing. There was a large community cluster at Big White. “We ca...
Mar 18, 2021
Construction on new access road begins
Work is underway to construct a third access road to the upper mission via southeast Kelowna. The new 2.9-kilometre road will extend Gordon Road and connect the new extension to Stewart Road west. The...
Mar 18, 2021
B.C. records 622 new Covid cases, 136 variant cases
B.C. has recorded 622 new cases of Covid-19 Thursday (Mar. 18) and has identified 136 new cases as variants of concern. The new totals were included in an update prepared by Provincial Health Officer ...
Mar 18, 2021
Beer Fest could be back
If Dr. Bonnie Henry gives the thumbs up, the Great Okanagan Beer Festival will be back this year. Organizers say they are aiming for September, instead of the usual dates in May for the event at Water...
Mar 18, 2021
Slight dip in B.C.’s Covid cases, four more deaths
B.C.’s Covid-19 cases saw a slight decrease today with 498 new cases reported. That’s down from the average of the last seven days of 544. Interior Health had 31 new cases with the provinc...
Mar 17, 2021
New assistant superintendent for school district
The Central Okanagan School District (District 23) has filled a key administrative positon. Raquel Steen has been appointed as assistant superintendent, filling a vacancy created by the planned retire...
Mar 17, 2021
Part of downtown Kelowna to be closed to vehicles for summer event
Kelowna council has decided that four full blocks of Bernard Avenue will be closed to traffic this summer. It will be pedestrian traffic only from St. Paul Street to the foot of Bernard to allow for e...
Mar 17, 2021
Fundraiser for baby Cyrus and family
A Go Fund me campaign has been started to raise money for the family of a former Okanagan toddler with a serious medical condition. Three and a half year old baby Cyrus was born with Pelizaeus-Merzbac...
Mar 17, 2021
Reward increased for information on missing cowboy
The family of missing Merritt-area ranch manager Ben Tyner has announced an increase in the size of the reward for information about him that could also lead to charges in his suspected death. In a po...
Mar 16, 2021
Part of Mission Creek Greenway closed
A section of the Mission Creek Greenway Regional Park in Kelowna will be closed for two weeks. From Wednesday, March 17 through Friday, April 2, the recreational trail will be closed between the Cedar...
Mar 16, 2021