Tag Archives: Okanagan
Airport introduces app-based parking option
Kelowna International Airport (YLW) is making it easier — and safer — for visitors to pay for parking. The airport has launched an app-based contactless payment option for airport parking....
Jan 20, 2021
BC Liquor Stores raise over $1 million for Food Banks BC
Thanks to the generosity of its customers, BC Liquor Stores (BCLS) collected $820,028 for food banks during the holiday season. Together with proceeds from its fundraising campaign last summer, the go...
Jan 20, 2021
Provincial recall legislation should be expanded to cities, says CTF
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling for British Columbia's recall legislation to be expanded to local governments. "We can take pride that British Columbia is the only place in Canada that ca...
Jan 20, 2021
More COVID cases connected to resort
COVID-19 cases are on the rise again at Big White Ski Resort with another 28 cases reported today as part of a community cluster. Of the new cases, 22 reside and/or work at Big White. Of the 203 known...
Jan 19, 2021
Central Okanagan lobbies for regional development office
Central Okanagan political leaders plan on pressing the federal government to locate a Regional Development Agency (RDA) office in the Kelowna region. In the Government of Canada's fall economic state...
Jan 19, 2021
Cocaine hidden in bananas sent to wrong destination
Employees of an Okanagan grocery store got a big surprise when they went to unpack a shipment of bananas almost two years ago. The Kelowna workers found 12 bricks of what they believed were illicit dr...
Jan 19, 2021
Emergency Response Team deployed; one man in custody
One person was taken into custody early Tuesday morning following a standoff with RCMP in Kelowna. At around 4:45 p.m. Monday, police received a call about a man armed with a handgun in the area of Gl...
Jan 19, 2021
BC Parks looks to hire summer students
Young adults interested in working outdoors this summer and playing a key role in environmental stewardship can now apply for the BC Parks Student Ranger Program. The program offers 48 people training...
Jan 19, 2021
Home care franchise on a hiring spree
A leading international franchise with offices in the Okanagan is looking to hire more home care workers. Home Instead has 1,200 offices in 15 countries and employs 90,000 workers, with the concept of...
Jan 19, 2021
Lights kept up longer to brighten spirits amid pandemic
Some British Columbians are keeping the holiday decorations up longer this year as a way to combat the COVID-19 blues. A new survey for BC Hydro finds four in five British Columbians put up holiday de...
Jan 19, 2021