Tag Archives: Okanagan
YLW offers events as part of Airports Safety Week
Kelowna International Airport (YLW), along with 27 airports across Canada are participating in Canadian Airports Safety Week, an airport-led initiative to promote healthy and safe work practices among...
Pete McIntyre Sep 28, 2020
New members join college board
The Okanagan College board of governors has added two new members. Andrea Alexander, a councillor with the Westbank First Nation, and JoAnn Fowler, an Enderby resident who is a mentor for new social w...
Pete McIntyre Sep 28, 2020
B.C. Liberals promise to eliminate PST for one year
The B.C. Liberals have promised to immediately eliminate the Provincial Sales Tax if they get elected on Oct. 24th Leader Andrew Wilkinson told a news conference Monday the current 7 per cent tax will...
Pete McIntyre Sep 28, 2020
COVID outbreak at Kelowna church
Interior Health has declared an outbreak of COVID-19 at Calvary Chapel Kelowna with four cases to date. IH is advising anyone who attended a morning church service on Sept. 13 that they may have been ...
Pete McIntyre Sep 26, 2020
Public urged to avoid part of Cooper Road due to police incident
An unfolding police incident has Mounties in Kelowna advising the public to keep their distance. RCMP have responded to report of a suspicious circumstance in the 1800-block of Cooper Road. The invest...
Pete McIntyre Sep 25, 2020
Student numbers lower than projected
The North Okanagan Shuswap School District is seeing fewer full time students than expected this fall, which could have implications on its provincial funding. Superintendent Peter Jory said most scho...
Pete McIntyre Sep 24, 2020
Okanagan College joins group supporting climate-focused economic recovery
Okanagan College is joining forces with a group of colleges, institutions, polytechnics and CEGEPs from across Canada to educate a post-pandemic workforce to support a new climate-focused economic rec...
Pete McIntyre Sep 24, 2020
Trees at popular park getting replaced
The City of Kelowna wants to make Stuart Park even more tree-mendous. Beginning today (Sept. 24), construction will take place in Stuart Park for tree replacements and irrigation upgrades. During this...
Pete McIntyre Sep 24, 2020
RCMP find drugs and weapons in downtown residence
RCMP seized illicit drugs and weapons from a residence in downtown Kelowna and took two people into custody On Wednesday (Sept. 23), officers from the Community Safety Unit (CSU) and the RCMP Police D...
Pete McIntyre Sep 24, 2020
Power lines cause truck to catch on fire
A nearby building was evacuated and power was out after a fire in Kelowna this afternoon. At approximately 12:30 p.m. (Sept. 23), the Kelowna Fire Department dispatch center received a 911 call report...
Pete McIntyre Sep 23, 2020