Tag Archives: Okanagan
Over 100,000 B.C. vaccinations against COVID-19
While more cases are being diagnosed and people continue to pass away from COVID-19, the effort to innoculate B.C. residents has reached an early milestone. “To date, 104,901 doses of COVID-19 v...
Jan 21, 2021
Ski resort takes major financial hit from pandemic
The COVID-19 health and safety orders have had a major impact on the bottom line at Big White. The ski resort said since the initial travel advisories in late November, the resort and its reservation ...
Jan 21, 2021
Be wary of sextortion scams, RCMP says
You may think it’s love, but it’s really just a scam. RCMP say romance scammers are alive and well all over the internet, and it's important to remember to keep yourself and your privacy s...
Jan 21, 2021
Suspects located after break in at recreation centre
Two men were arrested after allegedly breaking into a recreation centre in Kelowna. RCMP responded to an alarm at a recreation centre in the 900-block of McCurdy Road this morning (Jan. 21) at 3:30 a....
Jan 21, 2021
Mission Creek Regional Park work gets underway
The first phase of a new park development is underway in the east part of the Mission. Crews will be working in the area of the park south and east of the Leckie Road parking lot, right through until ...
Jan 21, 2021
Sport organizations receive provincial relief funding
Fifty community sport organizations in the Interior, including 32 in the Okanagan-Shuswap, will receive financial support from the province’s $1.5-million Local Sport Relief Fund. COVID-19 has r...
Jan 21, 2021
Kelowna woman wins largest ever scratch and win prize
Kelowna’s Darlene Curylo is $3 million richer after purchasing a ‘Triple Millions Scratch & Win’, the largest instant win ticket ever awarded in B.C. Curylo stopped at the Circle...
Jan 21, 2021
B.C. Liberals start process to choose new leader
The B.C. Liberal party has formed a committee that will guide the process for selecting a new party leader. Former leader Andrew Wilkinson resigned Oct. 26, 2020, shortly after a disappointing second ...
Jan 21, 2021
Council trims tax hike
West Kelowna residents will be paying a little less on the municipal poriton of their tax bill this year. A decrease in the proposed 2021 tax rate was approved by city council from 4.75 per cent to 4....
Jan 20, 2021
COVID outbreaks end at Okanagan care homes
Interior Health has announced that COVID-19 outbreaks at Village by the Station in Penticton and Mountainview Village in Kelowna are over. "I want to thank the staff for their commitment and dedicatio...
Jan 20, 2021