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Petition started to implement Grade 6 French Immersion at new Lake Country middle school
While Lake Country parents are concerned about Grade 6 French Immersion in the district with…

Another RCMP review of Kelowna’s high rate of unfounded sexual assault cases underway
While a Sexual Assault Review Team, based out of the RCMP’s national office, has completed…

Roughly 1 in 5 children live in poverty in the Thompson-Okanagan
Across the Thompson-Okanagan region, Central Okanagan children are faring slightly better than their neighbours. First…

West Kelowna homeless shelter finally opens
A call that went out from the West Kelowna Shelter Society earlier this week has…

Climate change event aims to bring worldwide perspective and local knowledge
The results of climate change are so often so far away in time or distance…

RCMP warn of ‘grandmother scam’ after Kelowna senior loses $14K
The RCMP is cautioning the public after a Kelowna grandmother was conned out of thousands…

Door opening for major transit expansion in Central Okanagan
Overcrowding at Kelowna’s transit garage is preventing the Central Okanagan transit system from expanding as…

New way of preserving farmland championed in Okanagan, Kamloops
While there are a number of trusts that serve to protect wild land in B.C.,…

Defence recommends 18 months in jail for West Kelowna teacher guilty of sexual exploitation
A defence lawyer for a former West Kelowna teacher who pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation…

Kelowna more unaffordable than Kamloops but both score poorly: international survey
A nine-country survey of housing affordability in 309 cities lists Kelowna in the worst possible…

A ‘Fresh Start’ for those struggling through life has room to grow beyond its Kelowna roots
Michael Buffett walked away from his dream job running a Banff restaurant to live in…

Sustainable Kelowna beauty store gives mall shoppers alternative options
Julie Michaud doesn’t like using terms “zero waste” and “natural” to describe her beauty stores,…

Rising number of Kelowna hotel rooms not scaring off developers hoping to build more
Trevor Morgan isn’t worried that the number of hotel rooms will soon jump by more…
RCMP says its working on West Kelowna school PAC investigation
Concerns that there has been no movement in the investigation into a substantial West Kelowna…

Repairs to heritage firehall in downtown Kelowna will be costly
A more than $500,000 repair project on Kelowna’s Firehall #2 shows that brickwork done in…