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Bylands yards on Whitworth Road %%image19%% Southeast Kelowna %%image3%% Bylands yards on Pritchard Road and Boucherie Road, West Kelowna %%image4%% Sand and gravel quarry on Westlake Road, West Kelowna %%image5%% Log booms along Westside Road %%image20%% Log booms along Westside Road %%image7%% Carr’s Landing %%image8%% Ellison Lake %%image9%% Land cleared near Ellison Lake %%image10%% Kelowna...

Rafting accident claims life of Kelowna man ahead of wedding

KELOWNA – Less than a month before he was set to be married, a young Kelowna man has drowned while white-water rafting near Golden over the weekend. Rene Bourgault was rafting with three other people in Kicking Horse River Sunday, Aug. 16 when the group was thrown into the water roughly ten kilometres east of...

Bird book inspired by UBCO’s bio-diversity

KELOWNA - If you’re looking for hot chicks, look no further than the Birds of the UBC Okanagan Campus 2016 calendar. Produced by biologists, the annual calendar features some of the birds that can be found on the school’s campus. Photographers this year ranged across the entire 209 hectares of campus grounds and includes bluebirds,...

Apple Triathlon president finishes 15 year run

KELOWNA – After 15 years as president of the Apple Triathlon, Richard Montgomery is crossing the finish line and calling it quits. Montgomery has been head of the city’s biggest annual race since 2000 and says in that time he has seen participation go from roughly 300 racers to more than 1,800 and host six...

UPDATE: Crew mopping up after wildfire near Brenda Mines

WEST KELOWNA - B.C. Wildfire is moping up a wildfire about five kilometres south of the Brenda Mines, near Peachland Creek. Fire information officer Kelsey Winter says an air tanker used fire retardant to box in the 0.5 hectare fire northwest of Peachland, named the Boliver Forestry Service Road fire. Once that was in place,...

North Thompson hits level four drought rating

NORTH THOMPSON – As drought conditions persist and stream flows decrease around the province, the North Thompson region has joined the ranks of many others at a level four drought rating. Conditions in the region are still extremely dry even after the past weekend’s rainfall. Further declines in stream, lake and aquifer levels could lead...

Police investigate a suspicious package that wasn’t

KELOWNA - Police closed off an area in Rutland late last night and called in the explosive disposal unit for two 'suspicious' packages that turned out to be nothing. Sgt. Ann Morrison says the packages were found on Houghton Road and they closed off the road between Hein Road and Hollywood Road. The disposal unit...