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Crime Stoppers most wanted: Michael Andrew William Klingspan-Krilow
Crime Stoppers is asking the public’s assistance in locating the following male who is wanted on a province-wide warrant as of June 10, 2014. Michael Andrew William Klingspan-Krilow, 22, is wanted for three counts of breach of recognizance and one count of fail to comply with probation. Klingspan-Krilow is described as a white male, 5’9”...
3 people including cop injured after Vancouver shooting outside Starbucks
VANCOUVER – Three people including a Vancouver police officer have been injured in an exchange of gunfire that began outside a downtown Starbucks.
Funeral service for fallen Moncton RCMP officers held today
OKANAGAN - The funeral for three Moncton RCMP officers gunned down June 4 took place June 10, with thousands of officers from across the country in attendance and many more paying their respects at locations Canada-wide. a memorial open to the public was held today in Kelowna while detachments in Penticton and Vernon offered books...
UBC health and exercise researchers win national grant
UBC School of Health and Exercise Sciences Assistant Professors Mary Jung and Jonathan Little have received $277,000 from the Canadian Institute of Health Research to continue their research on helping people continue personal exercise programs. As many of Canadians have experienced, sticking to an exercise plan can be difficult. Traditional exercise plans are often lengthy,...
Charges recommended against eight employees of B.C. dairy farm: SPCA
CHILLIWACK, B.C. – The British Columbia SPCA has announced that its recommending charges against eight employees of Canada's largest dairy farm.
Pickleball tournament Saturday in West Kelowna
The District of West Kelowna is hosting a Pickleball Canada Sanctioned Tier 3 Tournament this Saturday, June 14 at the Mount Boucherie Secondary School Gymnasium. Registration deadline is 4 p.m. on Wednesday, June 11. Bill Franzman PCO Tier 3 Sanctioned Pickleball Tournament Saturday, June 14, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Mount Boucherie Secondary School Gymnasium...
Recreation programs during teacher strike
West Kelowna Recreation and Culture and its service delivery partners are offering the following programs for when children during the upcoming school closure on Thursday, June 12. District of West Kelowna Recreation staff will offer a full-day of recreation programs for kids ages 6 to 12 Lakeview Community Hall, 860 Anders Road Fee is $32...
Laneway and parking restrictions for Father’s Day Car Show
City Park parking lot will be closed Sunday, June 15 from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. for the annual Father’s Day Car Show taking place between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Traffic routes will be maintained in the downtown core as the participants make their way into the park with their vehicles; however, there will...
Information session for Clifton Road upgrades
The City of Kelowna and design consultant Focus Engineering are proposing to begin road and drainage improvements along Clifton Road. The public is invited to view the preferred design concept and construction schedule for the four-laning of Clifton Road between Clement and Lambert avenues, including upgrades to sanitary, water, drainage and retaining walls. When: Thursday,...
Provincial grants benefit Kelowna-area athletic and arts organizations
KELOWNA – Nine community organizations received a total of more than $288,275 in gaming grants as part of the province’s Community Gaming Grant Program. The B.C. government awarded grants to the following community organizations: - Okanagan Artists Alternative Association $32,000 - Kiwanis Music Festival Society of Kelowna $20,000 - Ogopogo Summer Swim Club $32,400 -...
Kelowna hosts memorial for fallen Moncton officers
KELOWNA - A memorial will be held in Kelowna Tuesday, June 10 for the murdered Moncton RCMP officers. The public and Mounties are invited to attend. In support of the Moncton RCMP regimental funeral service, Mounties from the Kelowna detachment and members of the public can gather at Trinity Baptist Church at 8:45 a.m. for...
School support staff across B.C. reach tentative five-year contract
VANCOUVER – Education support staff in B.C.'s public schools have reached a tentative contract with the province.
Neighbours stunned to learn of Justin Bourque’s alleged involvement in shootings
MONCTON, N.B. - Neighbours in the Moncton, N.B., area where alleged gunman Justin Bourque grew up are offering their support to his family. A local church administrator says she feels terrible for Bourque's parents Denise and Victor, whom she calls good people. Dianne LeBlanc says she hasn't seen Justin Bourque at church for years, but...
Moncton rallies around RCMP after three murder charges laid in Mountie deaths
MONCTON, N.B. – A man facing murder charges after three RCMP officers were gunned down in Moncton appeared briefly in court Friday, 17 hours after his arrest ended a manhunt that kept the small city in southern New Brunswick on edge with people locked in their homes.
Ask the big questions, Nobel Laureate tells UBC grads
SCRAP CONVENTIONAL WISDOM AND YOUR OWN IDEAS, JACK SZOSTOK'S CONVOCATIONAL MESSAGE KELOWNA - The importance of life after university is to continue asking the big questions, says Nobel Laureate and UBC Honorary Degree recipient Jack Szostak. Challenge accepted conventions, prejudices and preconceptions, Szostak told the 2014 graduating class at UBC’s Okanagan campus Convocation on Friday....
Pushor-Mitchell award marks five years of support for student leaders
KELOWNA - Alexa Geddes, graduating with a bachelor of science honours with a major in biology and a minor in psychology from UBC’s Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, is the winner of this year’s $10,000 Pushor Mitchell LLP Gold Medal Leadership Prize. Now in its fifth year, the prize honours a top...
City Park Concept Plan workshop sign-up
The City of Kelowna will host a community workshop to help refine the City Park Concept Plan on June 25 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Coast Capri Hotel. Kelowna residents are invited to take part in shaping the Downtown’s signature waterfront park by registering through the following methods: - online at kelowna.ca/mycitypark -...
Jobs abound for College’s Trades graduates
KELOWNA - Alexandra Staple chose to become a welder because she wanted a different future. “I really wasn’t going anywhere in life doing what I was doing,” says the 23-year-old from Kelowna. “And I wanted a career with a future, not just a job.” Staple, who had been working in food and beverage service for...
Youth volunteers thanked by Interior Health
On June 5, Interior Health Volunteer Services in Kelowna hosted a BBQ to thank young volunteers in the Candy Striper and Cadets program. Youth like Shaun Taylor, 17, and Brianna Weiss, 18, volunteer their time and energy to make a difference for hospital patients and long term care residents. Learn more about Volunteer Opportunities at...
Temporary traffic calming installed on Gellatly Road detour
In an effort to slow down motorists, the District of West Kelowna is installing three temporary speed bumps on the Gellatly Road detour route on Carrall Road. “Every day, we receive a call from someone who lives on that detour route and is angry about the speed of traffic going by,” says Mayor Doug Findlater....
2014 Citizens’ Survey in the Mail
One thousand surveys have been mailed out to randomly-selected West Kelowna taxpayers this month with the primary objective of determining how taxpayers of West Kelowna evaluate municipal services. This year the survey was revamped to enhance clarity, accuracy and relevance of findings and to reduce the time it takes to complete. This is the seventh...
Heat is being turned up as Kelowna’s Gospel Mission reaches capacity
Kelowna, BC - Contrary to popular belief Kelowna's Gospel Mission is busiest in the summer. And it seems this year will be even busier. Already five days into June and Kelowna’s Gospel Mission is over our 90 bed capacity, and meals have risen dramatically in the three weeks. Part of our mission is to "provide...
Rails with Trails opens for National Health and Fitness Day
Celebrate the opening of Rails with Trails Phase 2 and National Health and Fitness Day with the City of Kelowna and PacificSport Okanagan at an event on Saturday, June 7. The event will run from 12:30 until 2:30 p.m. where the turf meets the trail on Parkinson Recreation Centre’s east field at the corner of...
Man in fatal traffic accident near Vernon identified
VERNON - The B.C. Corners Service has identified the man who died in a traffic accident June 4 on Highway 97 near Vernon. He was Brian Victor Dolman, 64, of Oyama. Dolman was the driver and only person inside the Subaru SUV when he veered out of the southbound lanes near the Birnie Road turnoff...