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TV pilot highlights luxury homes being built in the Okanagan
KELOWNA - A local TV producer is putting the finishing touches on a pilot TV episode that gives viewers a glimpse of what goes into building Kelowna’s newest and most expensive homes. Pamela Tomlinson, who produced The Carnies, The Canadian Culinary Championships and a feature length film called Hitler’s Speech Writer, has turned her lens towards a local construction...
Orange Shirt Day remembers residential school victims
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - If you saw someone wearing orange today, don’t assume they are supporters of the federal NDP. “Orange Shirt Day is a reminder of the pain and anguish of residential school survivors and their families,” Rose Caldwell says. “For the ones who made it through and the ones who never came home.” Caldwell is...
Woman reunited with Diego the dog more than a week after Vernon car accident
VERNON - He’s hungry, dehydrated, and a bit scratched up, but Diego is home. The five-year-old Chihuahua went missing Sept. 21 after jumping out a window during a car accident in Vernon. His owner, Tonya Olson, spent the last nine days desperately searching for him, holding out hope that he was alive. On Wednesday, Sept....
Vernon business frustrated as robbers walk free
VERNON - A Vernon business owner is fed up after two robberies at their store in the last year, and no arrests. Aman Sudan and her husband bought the local Mac’s Convenience Store franchise on 27 Street about a year ago. Since that time they’ve been robbed twice; the first time in January 2015 when...
Kelowna CBC reporter’s Twitter mistake pronounces Carlos Santana’s premature death
KELOWNA – The local host of CBC’s Daybreak South was forced to delete several tweets…
Vernon RCMP still looking for witnesses to Polson Park killing
VERNON - RCMP may have charged three people with murder in the death of Jason Hardy but the investigation continues. Police spokesperson Const. Jocelyn Noseworthy issued a short release today, Sept. 30, issuing another plea for witnesses. "Police are requesting anyone who was in the Polson Park area of Vernon from the evening of Aug....
Kelowna science lecture will address confusion over GMOs, fluoridation and other controversial topics
KELOWNA - Whether scientists can be trusted or not will be the topic of conversation at a Kelowna lecture tonight. Dr. Susan Jacobs-Kaufman, a professor from the University of Alberta, will be at the Okanagan Jewish Community Centre at 7 p.m. tonight, Sept. 30, discussing the reasons many people do not believe scientists when it...
TAYLOR TRIAL: Witnesses describe finding body of teen in Kamloops neighbourhood
KAMLOOPS — The walking trail by a ravine near Guerin Creek was often littered with beer cans, bottles and garbage, but three dog walkers, a hydro worker and a letter carrier noticed something out of place the morning of Dec. 5 before a 16-year-old girl’s body was found in the neighbourhood. The body was CJ...
Record grape harvest bodes well for Fall Okanagan Wine Festival
KELOWNA - It's been a stellar year for Okanagan vineyards and it will continue with a ten-day celebration of all things wine, which is expected to attract more than 20,000 visitors. Many local wineries are picking grapes earlier than ever before this year, according to Lori Pike-Raffan, the public relations director for Okanagan Wine Festivals...
What an El Niño winter means for the Thompson-Okanagan
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - With autumn well underway it's hard to ignore the fact that it's only a matter of time before the snow hits, but with a strong El Niño expected this season winter could look, and feel, a little different this year. Meteorologists say the event may be a little overhyped but we could expect temperatures...