Tag Archives: Okanagan
Pattison radio stations broadcast ‘Better Together’ day for JoeAnna’s House
Starting at 6 a.m. this Thursday (Oct. 8), the Jim Pattison Radio Group is teaming up morning show hosts from 103.1 Beach Radio and Power 104 for "Better Together Day," an all-day, live radio event to...
Pete McIntyre Oct 06, 2020
Council to vote on plan for new city hall
West Kelowna may get its first purpose-built city hall after all. Plans for it were closely rejected in a referendum four years ago, but since then the city has been saving and says that no new taxes ...
Pete McIntyre Oct 06, 2020
Liberals announce plan for more private auto insurance; NDP slams it
B.C. Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson has announced his party will end the ICBC monopoly by opening up the automobile insurance market to competition from the private market. Wilkinson said that will a...
Pete McIntyre Oct 06, 2020
B.C. Covid update Monday: 358 new cases
Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said there were 358 new COVID-19 cases over the weekend, including 13 within Interior Health. Henry says there were 130 new cases on Saturday (Oct. 3), 108 o...
Pete McIntyre Oct 05, 2020
Geologist donates more than 100k to students
From the origins of the Okanagan Valley to the complexities of the Mount Boucherie volcano, a geologist has turned his passion for local geology into a major monetary deposit for students. Murray Roed...
Pete McIntyre Oct 05, 2020
ATV driver may have been impaired in collision with teen
A Kelowna man is facing potential charges after a collision with a pedestrian. On September 26 just after 10:50 p.m., Kelowna RCMP received a report of a collision between an all terrain vehicle (ATV)...
Pete McIntyre Oct 05, 2020
Crews douse garage fire
A garage fire caused damage in Kelowna Sunday. At 06:15 a.m. the Kelowna Fire Department Dispatch Center received a 911 call from a home owner reporting a fire in his garage in the 2400 block of Quail...
Pete McIntyre Oct 05, 2020
Injured mountain biker rescued
Central Okanagan Search and Rescue (COSAR) came to the aid of an injured mountain biker on the Kettle Valley Railway near Kelowna around 4 p.m. Sunday. A woman in her 60s injured her ankle at trestle ...
Pete McIntyre Oct 05, 2020
Okanagan app gives small business big business tool
A Kelowna-based app developer is hoping to provide Okanagan small businesses the kind of technology that normally only franchise and corporations can muster. Creatrixe Solutions has spent three years ...
Pete McIntyre Oct 04, 2020
Horgan makes surprise stop in Vernon
John Horgan made an unannounced campaign stop in Vernon Saturday. The NDP leader, who called the snap election last month, met with Vernon-Monashee candidate Harwinder Sandhu and Kelowna-West candidat...
Pete McIntyre Oct 04, 2020