Klfeb2021
With demise of mobile home parks in Kelowna, affordable home ownership slips away for many
It may take years, but another 133 affordable housing units will disappear out of the…
Okanagan pet food bank struggling to keep up with demand in pandemic
A little more than a year after a pet food bank opened in Kelowna, demand…
Sports cards, collectibles ‘crazy hot’ during pandemic
While thousands of laid off hospitality industry workers struggle to make ends, others are paying…
UPDATE: West Kelowna RCMP locate missing boy
UPDATED: Saturday, Feb. 20 The West Kelowna RCMP say a missing 10-year-old boy has been…
New home construction leading economic recovery in Thompson-Okanagan: report
There was a 13.3 per cent drop in new home construction starts in the Thompson-Okanagan…
Cost of renting in Kelowna has doubled in just five years
While the rate of inflation in Canada has stayed in the two per cent range…
Kelowna RCMP called to deal with unruly WestJet passenger
A passenger arriving in Kelowna on a WestJet flight out of Calgary was greeted by…
COVID-19 hammered Kelowna construction starts in 2020
The value of building permits issued by the City of Kelowna in 2020 was close…
Accidental fire forces residents to flee West Kelowna home
Fire officials have issued a warning about burning candles following what they say was an…
Thefts were down but assaults were up in Kelowna in 2020
Property crime in Kelowna — which includes things like theft, and break and entering —…
Charges laid in firearm trafficking investigation in Kelowna
A suspect has been charged with multiple firearm offences and drug trafficking following a Kelowna…
Kelowna RCMP officer found not guilty of sexual assault
A Kelowna RCMP officer has been found not guilty of sexual assault due to the…
B.C. Interior researchers working to understand harmful effects of COVID-19 pandemic
Researchers at universities in B.C. have received $150,000 from the Ministry of Health to work…
Westbank bakery permanently closes due to COVID-19
For the last five years, Bliss Bakery has operated one of its three locations on…
Another highrise proposed for downtown Kelowna but this one is affordable housing
In just over a month, there have been three highrises totalling 107 storeys proposed on…