Tag Archives: Okanagan
Change in water restrictions
Water restrictions for Southeast Kelowna, Crawford and Hall Road have been eased. The stage 2 restrictions have been changed to stage 1, or normal year-round watering restrictions, where irrigation ca...
Pete McIntyre Sep 01, 2020
Deal for mobile home park site completed
A B.C. company has announced it has finalized the purchase of property at 3535 Casorso Road in Kelowna that has been for sale by the previous owner Central Mobile Park Sites Ltd. for over a year. Kerk...
Pete McIntyre Sep 01, 2020
Bernard Avenue reopening to traffic Sept. 9
The traditional end of summer will also bring an end to a pilot program in downtown Kelowna. Monday Sept. 7 will be the final full day of the city’s temporary Bernard roadway program that saw en...
Pete McIntyre Sep 01, 2020
RCMP seize drugs, weapons and stolen property from residence
The Kelowna RCMP Community Safety Unit (CSU) seized illicit drugs, weapons and suspected stolen property from a residence in the Rutland area. Officers executed a search warrant Aug. 26 at a property ...
Pete McIntyre Sep 01, 2020
Students park for free at OC
Okanagan College is waiving parking fees for students this fall. Students can park for free and do not have to display a pass, but they should still observe signage and park in designated areas. "Many...
Pete McIntyre Aug 31, 2020
COVID-19 pushes B.C. to $321 million deficit
ICBC continues to hemorrhage money and COVID-19 resulted declines in tax revenues, as the province ended the fiscal year with a $321 million dollar deficit, which is $595 million lower than the surplu...
Pete McIntyre Aug 31, 2020
One man dead after shooting
RCMP are investigating a shooting which left one man dead and another injured Sunday in Kelowna. Police say it happened in the McCulloch area, but they were called after two men arrived in a car at Ke...
Pete McIntyre Aug 31, 2020
Boil water notice issued for Lakeview-Rose Valley system
The City of West Kelowna, in consultation with Interior Health, has issued a Boil Water Notice for the Lakeview/Rose Valley System effective immediately and until further notice, due to unforeseen mec...
Pete McIntyre Aug 30, 2020
Crews mop up ‘excursion’ on wildfire site
BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) crews are mopping up a small excursion at the Christie Mountain wildfire site south of Penticton. “An excursion is a fire management term that means an unplanned but a...
Pete McIntyre Aug 30, 2020
Ambulance paramedics worried about “stressful overlap” during opioid crisis and pandemic
B.C.'s Ambulance Paramedics have been working through increasingly stressful situations, as the pandemic and the opioid crisis continue to overlap. As the regulations surrounding the pandemic have eas...
Pete McIntyre Aug 30, 2020