Gary Barnes

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Approximately 30 Okanagan fruit growers gathered in front of Kelowna’s Ramada Inn where BC Tree Fruit Cooperative members were meeting on June 5, 2024. (Gary Barnes/Kelowna Capital News)

Okanagan growers continue to squeeze fruit co-op for answers

Growers have several concerns with how the BC Tree Fruits Cooperative conducts business

Approximately 30 Okanagan fruit growers gathered in front of Kelowna’s Ramada Inn where BC Tree Fruit Cooperative members were meeting on June 5, 2024. (Gary Barnes/Kelowna Capital News)
(KF Aerospace/Facebook)

Kelowna’s KF Aerospace, partner land $11B federal government contract

The contract was awarded to SkyAlyne, a partnership with Montreal aviation company CAE

(KF Aerospace/Facebook)
Edmonton Oilers’ Leon Draisaitl during a game with the Kelowna Rockets against the Portland Winterhawks on May 1, 2015 at Prospera Place. (Photo/Kelowna Rockets/Marissa Baecker)

Former Kelowna Rocket Leon Draisaitl ready for Stanley Cup Final

Draisaitl helped the Rockets win the 2015 WHL Championship

Edmonton Oilers’ Leon Draisaitl during a game with the Kelowna Rockets against the Portland Winterhawks on May 1, 2015 at Prospera Place. (Photo/Kelowna Rockets/Marissa Baecker)
Sandy Sault-Hartwick is an Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee artist from Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, who now calls Kelowna home. (Photo contributed)

‘Connected to my culture’: Kelowna Indigenous beadwork artist on national stage

Sandy Sault-Hartwick is attending the Indigenous Fashion Arts Festival in Toronto

Sandy Sault-Hartwick is an Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee artist from Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, who now calls Kelowna home. (Photo contributed)
Okanagan fruit growers and farmers protested at the BC Tree Fruits Cooperative on Sexsmith Road in Kelowna on May 29, 2024. (Gary Barnes/Kelowna Capital News)

Growers and farmers protest at BC Tree Fruits Cooperative in Kelowna

They want the BCTFC to live up to promises following the expansion of a packing house in Oliver

Okanagan fruit growers and farmers protested at the BC Tree Fruits Cooperative on Sexsmith Road in Kelowna on May 29, 2024. (Gary Barnes/Kelowna Capital News)
The UBCO downtown Kelowna campus construction has resumed. The evacuated low-income housing Hadgraft Wilson Place can be seen in the background. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)

Another lawsuit filed against UBC over ‘unsafe to enter’ Kelowna apartment

Natasha Chance is seeking general, special, and punitive damages

The UBCO downtown Kelowna campus construction has resumed. The evacuated low-income housing Hadgraft Wilson Place can be seen in the background. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)
(Metro Creative Services photo)

Kelowna 5th in Canada for credit card debt: Study

The average outstanding balance per capita is $3,394 according to Money.ca

(Metro Creative Services photo)
Prime Minister speaks to reporters during a visit to West Kelowna Fire Hall #31 to meet with first responders and elected officials. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)

‘It is likely to be a bad forest fire season:’ Prime Minister visits Okanagan

The PM met with local first responders and elected officials at Fire Hall #31

Prime Minister speaks to reporters during a visit to West Kelowna Fire Hall #31 to meet with first responders and elected officials. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)
BC United Kelowna-Mission MLA Renee Merrifield in the B.C. Legislature during Question Period on April 11, 2023. (Legislature video)

‘Decriminalization changes cause more chaos’: Kelowna MLA Merrifield

Illicit drug use to be illegal in all public spaces, including inside hospitals, transit, parks

BC United Kelowna-Mission MLA Renee Merrifield in the B.C. Legislature during Question Period on April 11, 2023. (Legislature video)
An Independent Investigation Office of BC report concludes that a Kelowna RCMP officer’s inaction regarding a wellness check “may well constitute a breach of RCMP policy and practice.” (File Photo)

Kelowna RCMP officer ‘likely crossed criminal negligence threshold’: IIO

Independent Investigations Office investigated the officer’s handling of a wellness check on Jan. 10

An Independent Investigation Office of BC report concludes that a Kelowna RCMP officer’s inaction regarding a wellness check “may well constitute a breach of RCMP policy and practice.” (File Photo)
The Surrey-based Independent Investigations Office provides civilian oversight of police in B.C. (Photo: Tom Zytaruk)

Police watchdog investigates Kelowna RCMP involvement in motorcycle crash

The crash occurred at Highway 97 and University Way on Apr. 15

The Surrey-based Independent Investigations Office provides civilian oversight of police in B.C. (Photo: Tom Zytaruk)
(Image: CCMA)

Best in Canadian country music coming to Kelowna

The city is hosting Country Music Week and the 2025 Canadian Country Music Awards

(Image: CCMA)
Former Kelowna Member of Parliament, Werner Schmidt, died at age 92 on March 29, 2024. (Our Commons photo)

Four-term Kelowna MP Werner Schmidt dead at 92

Schmidt represented the Okanagan Centre, Kelowna, and Kelowna-Lake Country ridings from 1993 to 2006

Former Kelowna Member of Parliament, Werner Schmidt, died at age 92 on March 29, 2024. (Our Commons photo)
BC United Kelowna-Mission MLA Renee Merrifield in the B.C. Legislature during Question Period on April 11, 2023. (Legislature video)

Kelowna MLA blasts health minister over alleged illicit drug use in hospitals

Renee Merrifield says government’s “drug decriminalization experiment” putting nurses, patients at risk

BC United Kelowna-Mission MLA Renee Merrifield in the B.C. Legislature during Question Period on April 11, 2023. (Legislature video)
BC United MLA, Kelowna-Mission, Renee Merrifield. (B.C. Legislature video)

Effort to save Kelowna’s Childhood Connections makes it to Legislature

Kelowna-Mission MLA Merrifield presented a 2,500-signature petition to her colleagues

BC United MLA, Kelowna-Mission, Renee Merrifield. (B.C. Legislature video)
Greg Moroso won $1.485 million after taking a seat at Chances Casino Kelowna on March 22, 2024. (Jordy Cunningham/Captial News)

Comfy casino chair floors Kelowna man with nearly $1.5M win

‘Holy cow, that’s not possible!’

Greg Moroso won $1.485 million after taking a seat at Chances Casino Kelowna on March 22, 2024. (Jordy Cunningham/Captial News)
Kelowna’s Japan sister city, Kasugai, has made a $1,000 donation wildfire relief efforts. (L-R: Stacey Young, Captain, Kelowna Fire Department Kyle Jacobsen, Vice President, Kelowna Professional Firefighters Caroline Miller, Policy & Government Relations Advisor, Kelowna Chamber Naruki Nishimuri, representing the Kasugai Chamber of Commerce. (Kelowna Chamber photo)

Kelowna’s Japan sister city, Kasugai, donates to wildfire relief efforts

Kasugai Chamber of Commerce and Industry donated to help alleviate effects of the 2023 wildfires

Kelowna’s Japan sister city, Kasugai, has made a $1,000 donation wildfire relief efforts. (L-R: Stacey Young, Captain, Kelowna Fire Department Kyle Jacobsen, Vice President, Kelowna Professional Firefighters Caroline Miller, Policy & Government Relations Advisor, Kelowna Chamber Naruki Nishimuri, representing the Kasugai Chamber of Commerce. (Kelowna Chamber photo)
The Spotted Lantern Fly is an invasive species and is considered a danger to the Okanagan fruit and wine industries. (RDCO photo)

Spotted Lantern Fly could eat into Okanagan fruit and wine industries

The fly is not currently in B.C. but it has landed in Ontario

The Spotted Lantern Fly is an invasive species and is considered a danger to the Okanagan fruit and wine industries. (RDCO photo)
(Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)

‘Serious incident’ involving building fire ends: Kelowna RCMP update

The incident no longer poses a risk to the public

(Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)
On Saturday, Oct. 7, 2024 OAC held an open house for the public to see the devastation the camp sustained in the McDougall Creek wildfire. (Jordy Cunningham/Capital News)

Archaeological assessment for Okanagan church camp destroyed in wildfire

Okanagan Anglican Camp lost its buildings in the McDougall Creek wildfire

On Saturday, Oct. 7, 2024 OAC held an open house for the public to see the devastation the camp sustained in the McDougall Creek wildfire. (Jordy Cunningham/Capital News)