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UPDATE: Missing boy located
UPDATE: 2:37 P.M., APRIL 21, 2015 RCMP say the youth has been located. KELOWNA - Police say this boy didn't come home last night and that's not like him. That's 15-year-old Kyle Davidson and he was last seen Monday morning, April 20, and his family says his disappearance is out of character. In a release...
Local companies step up to help out pass holders of suddenly-closed kids attraction
KELOWNA – A week after a West Kelowna activity centre for kids suddenly closed its doors, two local companies have agreed to step up and help out. Frustrated parents spoke out last week after O-Go Play shut down without any notice, leaving pass holders out of money and out of luck. The founder of a...
Watch out for rattlesnakes; they’re out early in the Thompson-Okanagan
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Sunny weather has gotten many of us out from beneath our rocks looking for some rays, and we’re not the only ones in the animal world. Warm temperatures have brought rattlesnakes out earlier than normal in the Thompson-Okanagan, according to WildSafe B.C. spokesperson Frank Ritcey. “With the warm weather, the snakes will be...
Rockets prepare the brooms for Ams
Rockets Media release The Kelowna Rockets defeated the Tri-City Americans 5-3 on Tuesday night in Kennewick, WA, taking a three-games-to-nothing lead in the team's 1st round WHL Playoff series. Cole Linaker had a goal and an assist and Tyson Baillie scored the game-winning goal midway through the third period in the Rockets victory. The Rockets...
Kelowna pretty satisfying place; Vancouver not so much
KELOWNA – Kelowna holds a solid 12th place when it comes to life satisfaction while Vancouver found itself at the bottom of the list, according to a survey recently released by Statistics Canada. The life satisfaction survey, published this month, looked at 33 metropolitan areas in Canada with data gathered from 2009 and 2013. Kelowna...
Ceiling fan likely sparked Kelowna house fire
KELOWNA – A Kelowna family is looking for somewhere else to sleep tonight after a fire broke out in the ceiling above a bathroom in their home this afternoon. Firefighters were called to the small blaze at 2235 Arrowhead Crt. in East Kelowna at about 2:37 p.m., April 20. Platoon Capt. Eric Simpson says everyone...
Former WFN chief Ron Derrickson pens book about changing face of aboriginal struggle for sovereignity
WEST KELOWNA - Unsettling Canada - A National Wake Up Call is the title of a new book co-written by six-term Westbank First Nation chief Ron Derrickson. With a forward by famed Canadian social activist Naomi Klein, the book purports to tell the story of how First Nations and Canada have found themselves at seemingly...
Early start to wildfire season in Southern Interior, numbers still below 10-year average
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - A series of wildfires were ignited this past weekend as dry weather combined with warming temperatures to create conditions ideal for human-caused fires. B.C. Wildfire crews responded to four fires over the weekend, two in the Kamloops part of the fire centre and two in the southern tip. Information Officer Kayla Pepper says...
RCMP looking for this man following attack on young woman
KELOWNA – RCMP have released a sketch of the suspect wanted in connection with the attack of a young woman in Kelowna in February. The 21-year-old woman was assaulted on Harvey Avenue near Burtch Road around 5:12 a.m., Feb. 7., Cpl. Joe Duncan says in a media release. Duncan says she was walking eastbound on...
West Kelowna pharmacy robbed
WEST KELOWNA – Police are looking for a man suspected of robbing a Remedy RX pharmacy in West Kelowna on Friday. According to a media release from RCMP, a lone male entered the pharmacy at 2:55 p.m., April 17, and demanded pharmaceutical drugs. “The suspect fled the scene on foot initially and then hopped on...
Kelowna Flightcraft rebrands with new name
KELOWNA – Kelowna Flightcraft is getting a facelift with a new name meant to encompass the wide variety of services the company offers. The new name — KF Aerospace — along with the new logo and look better encompass the breadth of services the company offers, including air cargo operations, aircraft leasing, maintenance and engineering...
UPDATE: Orchard Park Mall evacuated due to suspicious package
KELOWNA - Orchard Park Mall was evacuated at around 2 p.m. today, April 15, because of what police say is "a suspicious package" and the mall will be closed for the remainder of the day. RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Joe Duncan says people should stay away from the mall and the surrounding area. The Explosive Disposal...
Two Okanagan wind farms get green light
OKANAGAN – The first wind farms ever built in the Okanagan will be producing electricity by 2016. Agreements between B.C. Hydro and Zero Emission Energy Development have been inked for wind farms west of Summerland and west of Kelowna, according to a media release from the B.C. Liberal caucus. The White Rock-based company will be...
CONCERT REVIEW: Whitehorse “Leave No Bridge Unburned”
KELOWNA - Bouncing onto the stage a-clutter with a mess of old tube amplifiers, drums and other music-making machines, the unknowing might have been forgiven for thinking that Melissa McClelland and husband Luke Doucet had left the rest of the band stranded at a motel along the way to windy Kelowna last night. But the...
Centre of Gravity music lineup announced
KELOWNA – The music lineup for the largest sports and music festival in the Okanagan has just been announced and features some of the biggest names in music. Hit makers like Diplo, Knife Party and Flo Rida will be joined by Erica Dee, Tre Funk, Emotionz, The Funk Hunters, Delhi 2 Dublin, Kytami, SkiiTour and...