Tag Archives: Okanagan
Bomb squad brought in to investigate suspicious item
Nearby roads were shut down as a precaution as police investigated a report of a suspicious item found in the parking lot of a Kelowna business in the 1500-block of Banks Road, reported to be Walmart....
Pete McIntyre Nov 23, 2020
New COVID-19 restrictions coming into effect as case numbers soar across Canada
Regions across Canada braced for a host of new public health restrictions on Sunday as the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic sent case counts soaring from coast to coast. Surging case counts that r...
Pete McIntyre Nov 22, 2020
Covid outbreak at long-term care facility
Interior Health has declared an outbreak at Orchard Manor in Kelowna after one staff member tested positive for COVID-19. No residents have tested positive or are experiencing symptoms at this time. T...
Pete McIntyre Nov 21, 2020
Exposing kids to STEM is important, even during a pandemic
One challenge for educators in the new reality of remote learning and physical distancing is how to engage youth in hands on learning and get them engaged. Parents are increasingly looking for ways to...
Pete McIntyre Nov 21, 2020
City makes changes due to new COVID orders
The City of Kelowna is adapting or suspending a number of services in response to the Public Health Orders issued by the Provincial Health Officer Thursday. Effective immediately, the following adapta...
Pete McIntyre Nov 20, 2020
Snowfall warning for Coquihalla Highway
Another winter storm is set to blast the Coquihalla with up to 25 centimetres of snow on the mountain highway. Environment Canada said a moist and unstable airmass will continue to give flurries to th...
Pete McIntyre Nov 20, 2020
Child Advocacy Centre and First Nation partner on program
The Child Advocacy Centre has announced that Westbank First Nation (WFN) has signed on as the fifth formally collaborating partner of the organization. The centre, which launched operations on January...
Pete McIntyre Nov 20, 2020
Kamloops man fined $3,000 for unsafe poker game
A Kamloops homeowner may have been winning his card game - but lost his shirt when RCMP arrived. At about 1:00 a.m.Friday (Nov. 20), RCMP were tipped off to an illegal poker game taking place at a hom...
Pete McIntyre Nov 20, 2020
B.C. election makes history despite record low turnout
The Oct. 24 B.C. election was historic in at least two aspects. Elections B.C. said a record number of vote-by-mail packages were received, and it was the first B.C. election in which more people vote...
Pete McIntyre Nov 20, 2020
COVID restrictions go province wide, masks made mandatory
It’s now mandatory for people to wear masks in indoor public places in B.C. That one one of the new measures announced today by Dr. Bonnie Henry to deal with a surge of COVID-19 cases. Henry als...
Pete McIntyre Nov 19, 2020