Tag Archives: Okanagan
City of Kelowna: Last week for property tax payments
The City of Kelowna is reminding residential property owners that Aug. 31 is the final day to pay property taxes without incurring a 10 per cent penalty. For commercial properties (Class 4, 5, 6, 7 or...
Kate Bouey Aug 24, 2020
Boater charged after liquor found on vessel
Members of the BC Conservation Officers Service charged a boat operator with driving without due care and attention on Wood Lake this past weekend. According to a Facebook post, officers believed the ...
Kate Bouey Aug 24, 2020
Evacuation alert lifted for Penticton, B.C., wildfire threat has ‘subsided’
PENTICTON, B.C. - An evacuation alert has been lifted for nearly 3,700 properties in the path of a wildfire in British Columbia’s south Okanagan region, while hundreds of others forced out of th...
Kate Bouey Aug 24, 2020
UPDATE Christie Mountain wildfire: minimal growth, progress being made
UPDATE 4:00 p.m. Aug. 23 The B.C. Wildfire Service says a fire burning south of Penticton has seen “minimal” growth over the weekend, but it’s starting to spread southeast. The updat...
Pete McIntyre Aug 21, 2020
Swimming advisory posted for beach
A swimming advisory has been issued for Strathcona Beach on Abbot Street in Kelowna due to elevated bacterial counts. The advisory is a notice to swimmers that bacterial levels are currently higher th...
Pete McIntyre Aug 21, 2020
Masks handed out at BC Transit sites
To coincide with the implementation of the mandatory face covering policy, BC Transit and the City of Kelowna will be handing out masks on Monday August 24 in the Kelowna Regional Transit System. Foll...
Pete McIntyre Aug 21, 2020
UPDATE Missing man located
UPDATE 1:50 p.m. A Lake Country man who was reported missing today (Aug. 21) has been located. West Kelowna RCMP confirm the 53-year-old man reported missing has been located safe, due the coordinated...
Pete McIntyre Aug 21, 2020
Meet the newest RCMP recruit
A four-footed, furry fellow is the newest addition to the Kelowna RCMP detachment. Nats has started training on his journey to become a police services dog. The cute canine, a German Shepherd, joined ...
Pete McIntyre Aug 21, 2020
Care home residents in fire area relocated
Interior Health is taking proactive measures to protect patients, clients, residents and staff from the Christie Mountain fire. The fire between Penticton and Okanagan Falls is 2,000 hectares with 319...
Pete McIntyre Aug 20, 2020
MP ready for annual cycling trek of riding
Richard Cannings is ready to ride around his riding. For the past four years, the NDP member of parliament for South Okanagan-West Kootenay has tackled one of the country's largest electoral ridings b...
Pete McIntyre Aug 20, 2020