Shelley Jordan
West Kelowna council offering open house to discuss the budget
West Kelowna Council is hosting an Open House next week to provide information and gather input from the public on this year’s budget and strategic plan and on the initiative to reclassify the community from a “District” to a “City.” The public is invited to join Mayor Doug Findlater and members of West Kelowna Council...
Take it outside! Conference focuses on outdoor play
Child’s play is serious work for a group of academics, professionals, and planners who will be gathering March 6 at Okanagan College’s Vernon campus to consider the how and why of developing outdoor play spaces and why they are essential for children’s development and for building healthy, sustainable communities. “Shifting Views – Why Children Need...
Street Sweeping Underway Next Week In West Kelowna
WEST KELOWNA - The District of West Kelowna will begin street sweeping in the community starting the first week of March. Sweeping will begin in neighborhoods with lower elevations, south of Highway 97, and will work upwards into the neighborhoods that are at the higher elevations. Signage will be placed in neighbourhoods indicating when sweeping...
Spring sweeping and flushing begins in Vernon
VERNON - City of Vernon crews and contract forces have started the spring sweeping and flushing program. High-volume roads that generate excessive dust will be completed first. The remaining residential areas will be completed as soon as the road edges are clear of snow. The spring sweeping program will take approximately four to five weeks...
WorkBC’s Find Your Fit to showcase B.C.’s in-demand jobs in Vernon
VERNON - Young people considering what skills they will need for tomorrow's in-demand occupations will have an opportunity for interactive, hands-on experience at WorkBC's Find Your Fit tour stop at W.L. Seaton Secondary school on Friday, Feb. 27. Find Your Fit is an interactive event where individuals of all ages can find out about careers in demand throughout the...
Slain Clearwater woman’s family fights for custody of her three children
HOPE, B.C. – The brother of a woman killed last year says he and his wife are struggling to gain custody of his sister's three children in foster care.
3 in 4 Canadian adults bullied in school; 46% say their kids were bullied: poll
TORONTO – Three in four Canadian adults said they were bullied while in school, according to a new survey, while nearly half of the parents polled said their kids have been bullied at some point.
B.C. man accused of terrorism didn’t want to die a martyr, trial hears
VANCOUVER – A British Columbia man accused of plotting to bomb the provincial legislature on Canada Day told an undercover RCMP officer that he didn't wish to die a martyr because he wanted to continue his mission, his trial has heard.
Four children die, mother saves 3 in southern Manitoba house fire
KANE, Man. – A mother was able to save three of her children as flames consumed a rural Manitoba farmhouse early Wednesday morning, but four of her sons died in the blaze.
Firefighters investigate report of smoke at Executive House apartment complex
KELOWNA - Firefighters weren't taking any chances following a report of smoke coming from a fourth floor unit at the Executive House apartment complex this afternoon. Emergency crews were called out at roughly 3 p.m. Feb. 24. According to Kelowna Fire and Rescue Platoon Capt. Tim Light, the smoke was the result of a cigarette...
Devil in the details at roundtable on murdered, missing aboriginal women
OTTAWA – Getting Canada's Aboriginal Peoples, the provinces and territories and the federal government to gather together in the same room is no small feat.
Lake Country pilot’s float plane underwent alterations before crash that killed three people: TSB
ALERT BAY, B.C. – The Transportation Safety Board says a float plane that crashed into a remote island off B.C., killing three people, had undergone a series of modifications to change how it operated.
Canadian dollar up sharply for second day on rising doubts about rate cut
TORONTO – The Canadian dollar continued to advance Wednesday amid increasing doubt that the Bank of Canada is set to deliver another interest rate cut.
Great balls of fire! Flash across Calgary night sky turns out to be rocket
CALGARY – A Calgary photographer who captured a fireball streaking across the night sky says he thought he'd witnessed a plane crashing or a meteor breaking up.
Body-worn cameras will do B.C. police good, recommends all-party report
VANCOUVER – A British Columbia legislative committee has recommended the provincial government "aggressively pursue" whatever steps are necessary to suit up police with body-mounted cameras.