Rob Munro

COVID-19 may be severe and long lasting even in young people
The recent spike in B.C. COVID-19 cases has been triggered largely by young people getting…

Revelry planning to fill a huge gap in Kelowna music venue options
Plans are afoot to create a much needed multi-purpose music and café space in Kelowna…

Locked in long term care ‘prison:’ Woman asks for assisted suicide rather than continue in COVID-19 isolation
After months of being locked up in her long term care room, 78-year-old Shirley Turton…

No new COVID-19 deaths in B.C. despite another big increase in case numbers
COVID-19 continues to rear its ugly head in B.C. with another 84 new cases in…

Be warned these eyes will be on you in Kelowna this weekend and the rest of the summer
Heading into the weekend with temperatures expected to soar into the low 30s, Kelowna has…

Wrong way driving leads to more fatal car crashes in the Southern Interior than anywhere else in B.C.
While speed and distracted driving compete as the main cause of fatal car accidents in…

Petition calls for partial defunding of Kelowna RCMP
A Change.org petition calling for a $2.5 million cut in funding to the Kelowna RCMP,…

Anyone holding large parties in B.C. this weekend should expect ‘consequences’
Health Minister Adrian Dix has drawn a line in the sand and warned against violating…

Second COVID-19 outbreak at the Okanagan Correctional Centre in Oliver
There have been 78 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours in B.C, including…

Still want visitors to the Central Okanagan this fall? Tourism Kelowna wants to know
Tourism Kelowna is launching a new on-line survey to see how willing Central Okanagan residents…
Toddler found safe in a wilderness area near Beaverdell
A major search operation was launched yesterday after a two-year-old boy wandered away from his…

Spring flooding forced this Kelowna woman to get creative with her Curly Frog Farm
When Brenda Dureault bought a 26-acre hayfield from her father 20 years ago it was…

Horgan, Henry stress masks last line of defence, not an ‘invincibility shield’
The premier and B.C.'s top doctor continue to defend the province's policy that mask wearing…

These two advocates are looking for help to change B.C.’s long term care system
Geir Larsen and Joan Guenther both lost their spouses in the same care home and…

B.C. to hire 500 more contact tracers in response to COVID-19
There will be 500 people hired in September to boost the ranks of people who…