Tag Archives: Okanagan
Players with B.C. ties make Team Canada’s roster
Hockey Canada has named the 25 players who will represent the host country at the world junior men’s hockey championship in Edmonton. Three goalies, eight defencemen and 14 forwards were chosen ...
Pete McIntyre Dec 11, 2020
Budget tax hike trimmed to 4.04 per cent
Kelowna city council began its 2021 budget deliberations Thursday. Council has given initial approval to a tax increase of 4.04 per cent, down from the earlier 4.27. The new figure would be about $85 ...
Pete McIntyre Dec 11, 2020
New school gets French Immersion program
The Central Okanagan Board of Education has approved a French Immersion program at H.S. Grenda Middle School in Lake Country, which will open next school year for grades 6 to 7, and add a grade 8 prog...
Pete McIntyre Dec 10, 2020
Virtual event has a real world impact
The notion that virtual fundraisers don’t provide the same financial results as in person events has been solidly dispelled by Okanagan College. Season's Eatings, a virtual cooking class and win...
Kevin Rothwell Dec 10, 2020
Coach company applies for new bus route serving Shuswap, Okanagan
Rider Express has applied to offer passenger bus service through the Shuswap and into the Okanagan. The Regina-based coach company already provides service from the Alberta border through Kamloops int...
James Peters Dec 10, 2020
MLA calls for lid on delivery fees charged to restaurants
A B.C. Liberal MLA has introduced a bill in the B.C. Legislature that would cap the fee delivery services can charge to restaurants at 15 per cent. Surrey-White Rock MLA Trevor Halford said with resta...
Pete McIntyre Dec 10, 2020
Woman fined twice for refusing to wear mask
A woman who refused to wear a mask in a Revelstoke restaurant was arrested, and given two fines for violating COVID-19 provincial health orders. On Sunday (Dec. 6) at 5:20 a.m., RCMP was called to a R...
Pete McIntyre Dec 10, 2020
Vaccines give hope, but B.C. still in COVID battle, 619 new cases
While COVID-19 vaccines are on the way to B.C., the pandemic is far from over. More evidence of that came Wednesday with 619 new cases announced, including 81 in Interior Health. There has also been 1...
Pete McIntyre Dec 09, 2020
Stuart Park skating iced by COVID-19 rules
It was one of the few outdoor pursuits left for Central Okanagan residents - a skate at the Stuart Park outdoor ice rink. The latest direction from the provincial health officer means the outdoor faci...
Kevin Rothwell Dec 09, 2020
Craft distillers snubbed by government
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rallied Canadian companies with a war time like plea to retool and start producing personal protective equipment and supplies....
Pete McIntyre Dec 09, 2020