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Global Music Fest this Saturday in West Kelowna
The District of West Kelowna, with the generous support of key sponsor Reuter Real Estate, presents the inaugural Global Music Fest this Saturday in Memorial Park. Global Music Fest 5 to 10 p.m. Saturday, August 24 Memorial Park (adjacent to Johnson Bentley Memorial Aquatic Centre) 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. – Kids Zone 7:00 p.m....
Kylee Epp Brings Country-Pop to Music in the Park
This Friday’s Music in the Park will feature Kylee Epp, a young singer-songwriter who blends country and pop into her own unique sound. Kylee’s career is on the move, having just released her latest single “You Will” to radio stations across Canada this month. Find out more about Kylee and her music at www.kyleeepp.com. The...
UPDATE: “Possible drowning victim” found dead
UPDATE: 1:01 p.m. Aug. 19, 2013 KELOWNA - The man police have been searching for in Okanagan Lake is dead. The family has been notified and the investigation is now under the care of the coroner. 10:38 a.m. Aug. 19, 2013 KELOWNA - A possible drowning only 100 feet from shore near Watt Road is...
CNR Wharf Closed Wednesday
The CNR Wharf, at 3911 Gellatly Road, will be closed Wednesday, August 21 as test piling work is being conducted. This one-day closure will allow important preparatory work for the upcoming CNR Wharf Upgrade Project. Phase 1 of the project could see the wharf demolished this Fall with construction of a new, upgraded public swim...
Global Music Fest this Saturday in West Kelowna
The District of West Kelowna, with the generous support of key sponsor Reuter Real Estate, presents the inaugural Global Music Fest this Saturday in Memorial Park. Global Music Fest 5 to 10 p.m. Saturday, August 24 Memorial Park (adjacent to Johnson Bentley Memorial Aquatic Centre) 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. – Kids Zone 7:00 p.m....
Manure delivery for jacuzzi lands ex-husband in legal stink
MONTREAL – It was an alleged fecal felony, with a plodding police pursuit.
ULCC Adopts model legislation, concludes 95th annual conference
VICTORIA, B.C. - Voter participation in Canadian elections will likely improve in future, thanks to model legislation adopted this week by the Uniform Law Conference of Canada, a government-supported organization that works to modernize and harmonize federal, provincial and territorial laws. During its annual meeting this week in Victoria, the Conference adopted the Model Election Amendment Act, which aims to...
Brown Road upgrades to begin August 26
Brown Road will be closed for construction from August 26 through mid-November, but access to businesses, churches and residences will be maintained during the Phase 1 Streetscape Improvement Project. During construction, the public will be directed to use Old Okanagan Highway and then proceed along Bering, Gossett, Apollo or Drought Roads to access area businesses,...
Local company wins Kelowna RapidBus contract
KELOWNA - Emil Anderson Construction Inc. of Kelowna has been awarded a $4.8-million contract to expand RapidBus BC, providing transportation options for families and communities and creating jobs. RapidBus BC provides passengers with faster, more frequent bus transportation. Since the service began in 2010, ridership has grown almost 10 per cent between downtown Kelowna and the University of British Columbia-Okanagan...
West Kelowna council highlights for Aug. 13
Recycling Curbside Collection Changes With new provincial regulations to the provincial Recycling Regulation of the Environmental Management Act which will see producers of packaging and printed paper becoming responsible for the collection, resident education, processing and recycling or disposal of the material, a new non-profit organization has formed called Multi Material British Columbia (MMBC). MMBC...
New Rockets blasting into town next week
As close to 180 young hockey players get set to converge on Prospera Place in Kelowna next week, scouts, coaches and management for the Kelowna Rockets are getting set to welcome another crop of potential players. When the Rockets 2013 training camp begins next Wednesday, Aug. 21, it will be one of the biggest rookie...
Crime Stoppers most wanted: Desiree Kaylee Tamantha Kovacs-Crosby
Crime Stoppers is asking the public’s assistance in locating the following female who is wanted on a province-wide warrant as of August 15, 2013. Desiree Kaylee Tamantha Kovacs-Crosby (DOB 1990-04-28) is wanted for one count of theft under $5000. Kovacs-Crosby is described as a 23-year old white female, 5’7” tall and 100 lbs. She has...
Environmental watchdog worries Canada set to become pollution haven
VANCOUVER – A group championing environmental law reform in British Columbia and Canada accuses the federal government of breaking an international pledge to protect North America's air, land and water.
B.C. RCMP renew pleas for three-year-old case of missing Australia man
KELOWNA, B.C. – The RCMP in B.C.'s Interior are renewing their public plea for information in a three-year-old missing-person case involving an Australian man.
UPDATE: Early morning crash sends two to hospital
UPDATE: 2:26 p.m. Aug. 14, 2013 WEST KELOWNA - The two drivers involved in a near head-on collision at Hwy 97 and Daimler Road were both residents of West Kelowna, RCMP Const. Steve Holmes said in a press release. According to witnesses, a grey 2012 Hyundai sedan driven by a 76-year-old woman was in the...
Celebration planned for Hwy 97 opening in Lake Country Friday
LAKE COUNTRY - There's only two more sleeps until the grand opening of the new section of Highway 97 between Winfield and Oyama. Traffic will begin to flow over the completed $78 million project Friday, Aug. 16 starting at 7 p.m. At noon the same day the public is invited to come up to the Winfield...
West Kelowna celebrates completion of Gellatly Road upgrades
West Kelowna, British Columbia – Representatives gathered today to celebrate the completion of the third phase of upgrades to Gellatly Road and Trail along Okanagan Lake. Improvements were made to the road surface and existing lakeside trail, along with the addition of cycling lanes, pedestrian lookouts, streetlights, dedicated parking with assigned handicapped stalls, storm sewers...
Revisions to the Provincial Awards Program
VICTORIA - Beginning in September 2013, the Provincial Awards Program will be revised to provide school districts with greater flexibility and better align with the BC Education Plan. The revisions will phase out the Passport to Education over the next three years. This change coincides with our ongoing development of district/authority awards, where students will have more areas to...
Kelowna City Council meeting highlights August 12
Destination Races Wine Country Half Marathon Council supported the request from Pacific Sport for a liquor license for the Destination Races Wine Country Half Marathon that will be held Sept. 7, 2014. Nearly 2,000 people are expected to run in this inaugural race, which begins at 7 a.m. at Vibrant Vines winery and finishes in...
Harley rider taken off wheels in fluke accident
LAKE COUNTRY - A 62-year-old driver of a motorcycle is in hospital with a serious injury after a wheel came off an oncoming pickup truck and struck him yesterday. The accident happened just before 5:30 p.m. on Hwy 97 near Ponderosa Lake Road. Police attending the scene spoke to witnesses who told them the driver's...
Report on breathalyzers not admissible in driving ban review: B.C. Supreme Court
VANCOUVER – British Columbia's Supreme Court has thrown out a roadside suspension issued to a woman who the court said had her rights to a second breathalyzer test violated, but the province's watchdog for motorists says court challenges to the province's tough drinking-and-driving laws are to be expected.
Chemists discover 23 new molecules in red wine
Medical breakthroughs among potential benefits of research findings Scientists have long espoused the health benefits of red wine. Now UBC chemists have discovered 23 new molecules that could mean there are even more vino virtues. Assoc. Prof. Cédric Saucier, who runs the Enology laboratory at UBC’s Okanagan campus, has spent years trying to determine what...
Crime Stoppers most wanted: Dana Paul Merrick
Crime Stoppers is asking the public’s assistance in locating the following male who is wanted on a province-wide warrant as of August 13, 2013. Dana Paul Merrick (DOB 1978-03-27) is wanted for one count of breach of undertaking. Merrick is described as a 35-year-old white male, 5’8” tall and 210 lbs. He has brown hair...
Warrant issued in B.C. for arrest of alleged illegal dentist
VANCOUVER – A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a man who B.C.'s College of Dental Surgeons alleges has been working as a dentist for more than 10 years despite not being licensed or qualified.