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Operation Educate – practicing emergency response
The Regional District’s Emergency Program is once again being exercised. However, unlike the full-scale ‘Operation Unity’ field exercise at Kelowna International Airport last fall, this practice session on Friday morning November 1st, is dubbed ‘Operation Educate’. It’s a table-top session involving senior leadership staff from local governments, emergency response agencies and community partners. Regional Emergency...
Breast cancer link to smoking sparks new awareness campaign
UBC researchers collaborate on project aimed at youth and young adults UBC nursing researchers are taking a fresh approach to educate people about new evidence suggesting links between breast cancer and smoking. UBC School of Nursing Professor Joan Bottorff has launched a program called START – Supporting Tailored Approaches to Reducing Tobacco – that employs...
UBC students head to Oxford for International Model United Nations
First time UBC invited to the international event, where students represent Estonia For the first time ever, two students from UBC’s Okanagan campus will participate in the International Model United Nations conference. Sonya Mollema and Sutheeksan Sunthoram, both third-year Philosophy, Politics, and Economics students in the Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences at...
Kelowna resident wins Travel Survey early-bird prize
KELOWNA – October 30, 2013: Have you completed your Okanagan Travel Survey? John Holland of Kelowna did — he tracked his trips for one day and won! Mr. Holland is the early bird prize winner of a $1,000 shopping spree. Kelowna Mayor Walter Gray presented Mr. Holland with his prize on Thursday, October 30 at...
Ambrosia apple recipe contest
Ambrosia Apples announced today it has launched its Orchard to Table Recipe Contest online at ambrosiaapplescontest.com “The contest is about bringing people, food and fantastic flavors together, with a chance to win great prizes,” said a spokesperson for the group. “Ambrosia apples were created by nature and we want to know how Canadians create in...
Sports fields closed until spring
With the onset of colder weather, the District of West Kelowna is starting to close its sports fields for the season. Fields are being prepared for winter and closed after the last scheduled game or practice takes place on each field. The last fields will be closed the week of November 4. Parks Department staff...
WorkSafe begins latest round of checks to halt wood dust buildups at B.C. mills
RICHMOND, B.C. – Inspectors are heading back to 150 B.C. sawmills over the next three months to ensure the operations are doing everything possible to reduce the buildup of potentially explosive wood dust.
Man found after three months in the woods, stranded by bear attack
MONTREAL – A man has been rescued, clinging to his life, after spending three months in a remote forest during which he survived a bear attack.
Rob Ford video recovered by Toronto police: Chief Bill Blair
TORONTO — Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair says investigators have recovered a digital video file that depicts Mayor Rob Ford and is “consistent with what had been previously described in various media reports.”
SARS-like viruses found in Chinese bats; closest hits yet to 2003 outbreak virus
TORONTO – A consortium of international scientists has discovered a SARS-like virus recovered from a Chinese horseshoe bat.
Hudson’s Bay Co. unveils Canadian Olympic team uniforms for Sochi Games
TORONTO – Canadians are getting their first glimpse of the styles that the country's Olympic athletes will be sporting in Sochi.
Much-feared Halloween favourites, it’s bats that are facing danger
VANCOUVER – They are the stuff of Halloween horror stories, the alter-ego of vampires, the frightful beasts that foreshadow the macabre.
Vehicle burst into flames as driver suffers medical emergency
WEST KELOWNA - A Peachland man is lucky to be alive after he suffered a medical emergency while driving, lost control and crashed into a stand of trees, causing his vehicle to burst into flames. RCMP raced to the scene of the accident after receiving the call at 10:23 a.m. that someone in a Chevy...
Little boy climbs on papal chair, steals the show as Pope Francis leads pep rally for families
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis was delivering a homily but a little boy stole the show.
Liberal leader Trudeau says Harper government ‘arrogant and out of touch’
CALGARY – Federal Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau says Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Conservatives have forgotten their roots and risk the wrath of dissatisfied voters in the next election.
Germ-hunting antibodies suppress HIV-like virus in monkeys; may hold key to new treatment
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Doctors may one day be able to control a patient's HIV infection in a new way: injecting swarms of germ-fighting antibodies, two new studies suggest.
Real Estate Board and Fire Department Repeat Smoke Alarm Awareness Campaign
KELOWNA - It will soon be time for clocks to fall back and another opportunity to remind home owners about changing the batteries in their smoke alarms. The Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board (OMREB) and the Kelowna Fire Department are pleased to declare November as “Smoke Alarm Awareness Month” -- a follow-up to their initial...
Highlights of October 28 Kelowna council meeting
Grant in aid Council issued a grant to Rochelle Hoffmann to help pay for her travel expenses to the All Ireland Championships, where she will compete in Irish dance. Utility billing Council approved a 24-month extension to the City’s current utility billing provider Corix Utilities Inc in order to provide staff with time to determine...
Okanagan College wins double gold at provincial business competition
Okanagan College’s national reputation for business excellence continues to grow as eight students from the Okanagan College School of Business won two gold medals at the Link BC 2013 Student Case Competition, the premier tourism case competition in the province. This is the first time ever junior and senior teams from the same school garnered...
Rockets’ Jordon Cooke named Vaughn CHL goaltender of the week
TORONTO – The Canadian Hockey League today announced that Jordon Cooke of the Kelowna Rockets is the Vaughn CHL Goaltender of the Week for the week ending October 27 with a 2-0-0-0 record posting a goals-against-average of 0.96 and save percentage of .968. Cooke stopped 61 shots in two games backstopping the Rockets to a...
Christmas hamper applications to be taken in November
Those who struggle through the Christmas season to provide food for their family can apply for a Salvation Army Christmas hamper. Each hamper comes with the fixings for a Christmas meal and gifts for children living at the recipient residence who are age 18 or under. Booked appointments to apply take place November 4-15. To...
UBCO’s KULA Club sponsors Trick or Eat on Halloween night
Attention Kelowna residents of the Black Mountain, Rutland, and Glenmore neigbourhoods: UBCO's KULA Club, in collaboration with University Christian Ministry (UCM) and the UBCO Young Liberals of Canada Club, will be coming to your neighbourhood on Halloween to "Trick or Eat". The KULA Club is a non-profit club that is based on the idea of...
Yard Waste pickup Winds Down
Another sign that winter is on the way, there’s just one month left to have your yard waste picked up at your curb. Bi- weekly fall yard waste pickup ends Friday, November 29th. That’s the last day in the Central Okanagan for the curbside yard waste pickup program until collection resumes again March 1st, 2014....
Social media at the City continues to grow
With the growing popularity of the City of Kelowna’s Twitter and Facebook social media channels, the City now offers another way to connect with what’s happening around the City – Instagram. Instagram is an online photo-sharing, video-sharing and social networking service that lets users to share their pictures and videos with followers. Instagram has grown...