Tag Archives: Okanagan
Family invests in future of health care in Okanagan
The Stober Foundation has donated $500,000 over the next five years to support the development of the new Health Sciences Centre at Okanagan College's Kelowna campus. The facility will train 450 stude...
Pete McIntyre Apr 30, 2020
Suspect arrested after breaking into occupied home
A man is facing potential charges after breaking into a West Kelowna home. Just after midnight on Tuesday, RCMP were called to a home in the 2800-block of Lower Glen Rosa Road. “Residents of the...
Pete McIntyre Apr 30, 2020
B.C. stumpage fees put on hold
The B.C. government is deferring its stumpage fees to help forest companies get through the COVID-19 crisis. Premier John Horgan said the fees operators pay the province to harvest, buy or sell trees ...
Pete McIntyre Apr 30, 2020
‘Illegal dumping in the woods on the rise:’ task force
A group that works to keep the forests clean is raising alarm bells about a growing mess in the woods. The Okanagan Forest Task Force has been finding many new dump sites along Okanagan backcountry ro...
Pete McIntyre Apr 30, 2020
Friends rally to provide meals for Gospel Mission
Friends and business owners are providing the dinner meal to Kelowna's Gospel Mission on Leon Avenue this Thursday. The meal will be delivered at 4 p.m. and will be served to people staying at the eme...
Pete McIntyre Apr 29, 2020
KIJHL seeks government assistance
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) will be seeking financial assistance from the provincial and federal governments due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on its 20-member tea...
Vernon Matters Staff/KIJHL Apr 29, 2020
Provincial state of emergency extended
British Columbia’s provincial state of emergency is being extended for the third time, to support the measures to keep people safe during the COVID pandemic. The declaration, which began on Marc...
Pete McIntyre Apr 29, 2020
Watch out for COVID-related rental scams
While millions of scam listings for apartments, houses and vacation properties appear online, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) is urging the public to watch out for a COVID-19 twist to common rental f...
Pete McIntyre Apr 29, 2020
Ministry looking at different options for schools
B.C.’s Education Minster says planning continues for resuming in-class instruction, but there are no timelines for when it may happen. “Right now we are working with other ministries and e...
Pete McIntyre Apr 28, 2020
RCMP investigate incident at bank
Damage to a Kelowna bank is under investigation by RCMP. “An unknown man entered the ATM area of a bank located in the 190 block of Hwy 33 in Kelowna just after 5 a.m. on April 28. The man damag...
Pete McIntyre Apr 28, 2020