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Adventure Club to headline UBCO Frosh party Friday

KELOWNA – To celebrate the start of another school year the University of B.C. Student Union is holding their annual Frosh Concert this Friday, Sept. 18. With artists like Adventure Club and Big Data performing, tickets to the outdoor concert are expected to sell out soon, according to the UBCSUO Facebook page. Last year Canadian...

Local immigrant making sure Mexican culture is celebrated in Kelowna

KELOWNA - A Kelowna bar is holding an event Wednesday night to help some local immigrants feel a little closer to home on a special day. Carmen Ruiz says Mexican Independence Day is important for the roughly 1,500 Mexicans living and working in the Okanagan. “This something that makes us really excited,” she says. “Lots...

ELECTION 2015: NDP candidate vows to do more than toe the party line

WEST KELOWNA - The NDP candidate for the Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola riding believes her experience in urban and rural communities make her the best candidate. Angelique Wood, 45, grew up in Vancouver but moved to the small town of Hedley in 2006. In Vancouver she worked as an art dealer for First Nation and Inuit art...

SNELSON TRIAL: Lawyers present final arguments in manslaughter trial

KAMLOOPS - Motive, opportunity and his own lies all point to Neil George Snelson as the person who strangled and beat 19-year-old Jennifer Cusworth to death over 20 years ago in Kelowna, court heard from the Crown during final arguments today, June 15. Cusworth, an Okanagan Community College student was found in a ditch on...

The definitive guide to New Year’s Eve in Kelowna

KELOWNA – If you are looking for ways to ring in the New Year go no further. InfoNews.ca has compiled a list of the parties, dances and family friendly events being held on Dec. 31, 2014. We hope you have a safe and happy holiday and wish you all the best in the New Year....

B.C. Liberal Convention comes to Kelowna

KELOWNA – The B.C. Liberal Party holds their biannual convention at the Delta Grand Hotel in downtown Kelowna this weekend. Hundreds of party caucus members are expected to attend including Kelowna-Lake Country MLA Norm Letnick and Surrey lawyer Sukminder Virk who will each serve as co-chair. Check-in started this morning. “Convention 2014 is a great...