Gary Barnes

A vehicle passes by an RCMP officer too close during the 2024 Slow Down, Move Over campaign. (RCMP photo)

Kelowna drivers issued most infractions in province by BC Highway Patrol

Of the 2,100 infractions across the province 390 occurred in the Kelowna area

A vehicle passes by an RCMP officer too close during the 2024 Slow Down, Move Over campaign. (RCMP photo)
Bruce Orydzuk talking to security guard in July. (Video: InfoTel)

Self-proclaimed Kelowna ‘freedom fighter’ not guilty of causing a disturbance

‘I never was guilty so justice was served,’ said Bruce Orydzuk

Bruce Orydzuk talking to security guard in July. (Video: InfoTel)
Ingrid Jarrett (centre), President & CEO of the B.C. Hotel Association has been named Business Woman of the Year by the Tourism Industry Association of BC. (TIABC) photo)

Tourism executive from Kelowna named B.C. Business Woman of the Year

‘I am so grateful for our industry, and honoured to be recognized in such a meaningful way’

Ingrid Jarrett (centre), President & CEO of the B.C. Hotel Association has been named Business Woman of the Year by the Tourism Industry Association of BC. (TIABC) photo)
Taylor Dueck. (Contributed photo)

‘Community traumatized’: Kelowna MLA outraged over release of sexual predator

Taylor Dueck had previously served multiple sentences for convictions of sexual assault

Taylor Dueck. (Contributed photo)
The report states Kelowna had an average wait time of 104 minutes in 2023, behind Victoria (107 minutes) and North Vancouver (187 minutes). (Black Press media file photo)

B.C. had highest walk-in clinic wait times in Canada in 2023: Report

North Vancouver had the longest average wait times in the province at 187 minutes

The report states Kelowna had an average wait time of 104 minutes in 2023, behind Victoria (107 minutes) and North Vancouver (187 minutes). (Black Press media file photo)
Ogopogo statue at Paul’s Tomb in Kelowna. (Youtube screenshot from colintube1)

Lure of Loch Ness legend feeds Ogopogo interest in Peachland

Group wants to carve a 25-foot statue of the creature and donate it to the district

Ogopogo statue at Paul’s Tomb in Kelowna. (Youtube screenshot from colintube1)
Record energy-efficiency funding will mean more support for deeper-level energy-saving building upgrades. (CNW Group/FortisBC photo)

FortisBC spending nearly $700M to help customers reduce energy use

Nearly $70M being spent on energy-saving programs for electricity customers in Southern Interior

Record energy-efficiency funding will mean more support for deeper-level energy-saving building upgrades. (CNW Group/FortisBC photo)
A section (left) of the vertical column of a construction crane is lowered past the mangled section of the fallen boom in Kelowna, B.C., Wednesday, July 14, 2021, following a fatal collapse of the crane on Monday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Desmond Murray

RCMP recommend charges in Kelowna fatal crane collapse

RCMP submitted report to BC Prosecution Service for a charge of criminal negligence causing death

A section (left) of the vertical column of a construction crane is lowered past the mangled section of the fallen boom in Kelowna, B.C., Wednesday, July 14, 2021, following a fatal collapse of the crane on Monday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Desmond Murray
The propeller of a motorized boat encrusted with invasive mussels. Zebra and quagga mussels can thrive in tiny crevices and even inside outboard motors, meaning very thorough cleaning is required to prevent their spread. (File photo)

B.C. Interior flexing for out-of-province boat ban to block invasive mussels

Feds announce funding up to $540,000 until 2025 to aid with mussel defence efforts

The propeller of a motorized boat encrusted with invasive mussels. Zebra and quagga mussels can thrive in tiny crevices and even inside outboard motors, meaning very thorough cleaning is required to prevent their spread. (File photo)
The discovery of invasive zebra and quagga mussels in Okanagan waterways continues to be a concern for the Okanagan Basin Water Board. (File photo)

Okanagan officials fear cuts in battle to keep B.C. invasive mussel-free

Group looking for federal pledge to continue paying for inspection programs

The discovery of invasive zebra and quagga mussels in Okanagan waterways continues to be a concern for the Okanagan Basin Water Board. (File photo)
Wildfire damage at Lake Okanagan Resort from the McDougall Creek wildfire in August 2023. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)

Okanagan resort destroyed in wildfire, fined for environmental infractions

Five administrative penalties were levelled against 1782 Holdings Ltd which owns the resort

Wildfire damage at Lake Okanagan Resort from the McDougall Creek wildfire in August 2023. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)
Kelowna's Sikh community is coming to support Dr. Malvinder Hoonjan. (File photo)

Kelowna’s Sikh community accuses Interior Health of discrimination

The president of Gurdwara Guru Amardas Darbar Sikh Society has written to Premier David Eby

Kelowna's Sikh community is coming to support Dr. Malvinder Hoonjan. (File photo)
Kelowna Coun. Ron Cannan. (City of Kelowna video)

B.C. councillor calls feedback to his controversial column ‘hateful’

‘Accused me of being racist’: Kelowna’s Ron Cannan publicly addresses response to New Year’s piece

Kelowna Coun. Ron Cannan. (City of Kelowna video)
Kelowna firefighters assess the damage after a semi-truck crashed into a home at Cameron Avenue and Gordon Drive on April 11, 2023. (Gary Barnes/ Capital News)

Kelowna home hit by semi owned by company involved in Delta overpass crash

On April 11, 2023, a truck plowed into a home at Cameron Ave. and Gordon Dr.

Kelowna firefighters assess the damage after a semi-truck crashed into a home at Cameron Avenue and Gordon Drive on April 11, 2023. (Gary Barnes/ Capital News)
PlayNow.com is offering bets on which B.C. hospital will welcome the first baby of 2024.

B.C. Women’s Hospital betting favourite for first baby of 2024

PlayNow.com is offering bets on which B.C. hospital will welcome the first baby of the New Year

PlayNow.com is offering bets on which B.C. hospital will welcome the first baby of 2024.
A young Jim Howe tries out his Winterstick Swallow Tail snowboard at Big White in Jan. 1980. (Contributed)

‘How cool is that?’: B.C. man remembers 1st snowboard to ever carve Big White

Carving and crashing on Big White in 1980

A young Jim Howe tries out his Winterstick Swallow Tail snowboard at Big White in Jan. 1980. (Contributed)
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B.C. residents with early-stage type 1 diabetes needed for drug study

Clinical trials in Vancouver seeking 17 patients for ongoing clinical trials

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Secular group petitions B.C. municipalities to stop prayer at meetings

‘We’re asking for specific commitments that these communities will end the unconstitutional practice’

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Almost 1 in 5 B.C. seniors at risk of homelessness: Report

The report comes from the United Way BC

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A report by the BC Humanist Association states prayers that were offered at West Kelowna council’s, one of seven B.C. municipalities, inaugural meeting in Nov. 2022 were in violation of a 2015 Supreme Court of Canada decision that ruled ‘opening municipal council meetings with a prayer was an unconstitutional violation of the state’s duty of religious neutrality.’ (Gary Barnes/Capital News)

Prayer at B.C. councils violates Supreme Court ruling: Secular group

The information is contained in a report by the BC Humanist Association

A report by the BC Humanist Association states prayers that were offered at West Kelowna council’s, one of seven B.C. municipalities, inaugural meeting in Nov. 2022 were in violation of a 2015 Supreme Court of Canada decision that ruled ‘opening municipal council meetings with a prayer was an unconstitutional violation of the state’s duty of religious neutrality.’ (Gary Barnes/Capital News)