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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...
Lightning strikes 500 per cent above normal for May
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – We didn’t get a lot rain, and temperatures were only a bit warmer…
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...