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SNELSON TRIAL UPDATE: Friends recall last moments with Jennifer Cusworth

KAMLOOPS - The last time Jennifer Cusworth’s friends saw her alive at a house party, they planned to get her home safely after drinking into the early morning hours of October 16, 1993. For Pam Coulombe and Faith Klinksiek their plan didn’t work out; the 19-year-old disappeared from the party. A jury heard Coulombe and...

Knox Mountain disc golfers score deal with city

KELOWNA - If disc golf is gaining popularity as a sport it’s because of guys like Ryan Derksen. Despite the rain this week, the young man from Saskatchewan was chucking discs at far-off holes, enjoying a solo practice round at the Knox Mountain Park disc golf course. “I played in Calgary yesterday. Whenever I travel...

Salmonella outbreak proof that monitoring system works: Buckerfield’s CEO

KELOWNA - The recent spike of salmonella cases connected to live poultry sales is a good news story, proof the system works rather than an indictment of its failings, according to a local business. “Fourteen cases is a very small number and it was detected and caught and the public was actually protected from what...

United Airlines drops service to Kelowna

KELOWNA – After less than a year of service between Kelowna and San Francisco, United Airlines has departed for good. The carrier first started service to Kelowna in October of last year and according to airport spokesperson Jenelle Hynes had already decided in December that it just wasn’t economically feasible to continue the once-daily flights...

Community gardens get big green thumbs up in Kelowna

KELOWNA - Better support for community gardens, both public and private, can happen if there is a better understanding of what food security means for the community.  City staff hope to provide a better understanding by amending the food security policy in the official community plan and the zoning bylaw.  “This is turning a landscape...

Local woman uses social media to find long lost father

"IT'S GOING TO BE MY FIRST FATHER'S DAY IN 46 YEARS WHERE I ACTUALLY KNOW WHO MY FATHER IS." KELOWNA – A local expert in social media found out the power of Facebook last weekend when she used it to find and meet her father for the first time in 46 years. And even though...

Heavy rains cause mudslide impacting Highway 33

KELOWNA - Police are warning traffic near Highway 33 at the McKenzie Road turnoff to watch out for machinery cleaning up a mudslide. Const. Steve Holmes says heavy rains caused the slide and debris washed down from the north slope, partially blocking the turnoff. City crews are on scene. %%image1%% To contact the reporter for...

UPDATE: Woman hit on Highway 33 in Rutland

KELOWNA – RCMP investigators are on the scene of a crash involving a vehicle and a woman in her 70s on Highway 33 in Kelowna. Const. Steve Holmes says the woman was crossing Highway 33 near Roxby Road in front of Coopers Foods, June 1 just after 3 p.m. when she was hit by a...

UPDATE: 24-year-old from Kelowna wins $1-million lottery

KELOWNA - Brittany Powell was filling up her car at a gas station with some friends when she decided to check her Lotto Max ticket. “All of a sudden bells started going off. I was excited because I thought maybe I had won $50,000 and could pay off my jeep,” she says. “But I couldn’t...

Heroes welcome for Kelowna Rockets

KELOWNA – Around 100 fans lined the VIP entrance to Prospera Place this afternoon to welcome home the second best team in Canadian Hockey League. The Kelowna Rockets charter bus rolled up to their home arena Monday, June 1 just before 2 p.m. to throngs of flag-waving, jersey-wearing fans of all ages. As they got...

Injunction fails, Okanagan Rail Trail land purchase goes ahead

KELOWNA - The last real hurdle to the purchase of the CN Rail corridor purchase was removed this morning in B.C. Supreme Court where an injunction sought by the Okanagan Indian Band blocking the sale was denied. “With no injunction in place CN is within its right to sell the corridor lands,” City of Kelowna...

Three Days Grace announces Kelowna concert date

KELOWNA – Canadian rockers Three Days Grace will play Prospera Place in Kelowna as part of the band’s 15-city Canadian tour that kicks off July 3 in Toronto. The platinum-selling group will stop in Kelowna on Tuesday, Nov. 24, to promote their new album HUMAN. Three Days Grace exploded onto the scene in 2003 with...

Welcome home the Rockets at Prospera Place this afternoon

KELOWNA – The end result of the 2015 CHL Memorial Cup may not have been exactly what they were hoping for but fans of the Kelowna Rockets are sure to be on hand this afternoon to welcome home the second best team in the league. The Rockets lost 2-1 in overtime Sunday, May 31, despite...

Home on Harvey lost to fire

KELOWNA - No one was hurt but fire has destroyed a home in the 700 block of Harvey Avenue overnight. Kelowna Fire Department Platoon Capt. Eric Simpson says crews were called out at 2:10 a.m. to find flames shooting out of the two-storey home. "Crews protected the exposures at the same time attacked the fire...

UPDATE: Young Kelowna man found

Update: RCMP say missing person Ryan Vetter, 20, has been found. —— KELOWNA – RCMP are asking for help to find a missing 20-year-old man with autism who’s been missing for over 24 hours. Police say Ryan Vetter was last seen Saturday morning, May 30, at his home in Rutland. Vetter was wearing glasses, a...

Property tax exemption? How do I get me one of those?

KELOWNA - It's hard to see what Valley First Credit Union in Rutland, the yet-to-be-built luxury Westcorp hotel near Kerry Park and the newly-rebuilt Kelowna Yacht Club might have in common. But what links them is all are either eligible or have already received a ten-year property tax holiday under Kelowna’s revitalization tax exemption bylaw,...

Why rescuing that baby wild animal is a bad idea

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Encounters with wild animals don’t happen every day so it’s hard to know what to do when you come across a baby animal you think might have been abandoned by its parents. Fairfield Animal Hospital in Kelowna says this year they have seen more baby wild animals than ever brought to their clinic...

City policy changes aimed at stopping double-dipping shoe box suite developers

KELOWNA - Concerns about micro suites and their impact on City of Kelowna finances, plus how and where they are built, are raised in a new report by city staff. City planner Ryan Roycroft says the city has already foregone $1.7 million in development cost charges for the 315 so-called shoe box suites which have...

VIDEO: Spring car cruise attracts automotive fans from across B.C.

OKANAGAN – An annual car cruise which started a few years ago as a way for friends and car enthusiasts to show off their rides, has grown to include hundreds of 'tuners' from across the province. Tyson Noel organized the first Kelowna Spring Cruise and has seen it go from fewer than 50 cars to...

MEMORIAL CUP: Rockets face Remparts in semi-final

QUEBEC CITY, Que. - The Kelowna Rockets and Quebec Remparts will meet for the second time at the 2015 Memorial Cup tonight when the teams play in the semi-final game at Le Colisee in Quebec City. The Rockets lost to the Remparts 4-3 last Friday in its opening game of the tournament and advanced to...