Jacqueline Gelineau

(Tae Hauk/Submitted)

‘More than just my race’: B.C. artist raps about life as a minority

Tae Hauk grew up in Kelowna as one of the few visible minorities in his community

(Tae Hauk/Submitted)
Former bookkeeper Carey Earl defrauded the Kelowna-based social services
organization, Access Human Resources, of $1.35 million over 10 years.
(Access Human Resources graphic)

Former Kelowna bookkeeper guilty of fraud to spend 6 years in jail, pay $1M

Carey Earl has been found guilty of defrauding Access Human Resources, an agency that helps adults with disabilities

Former bookkeeper Carey Earl defrauded the Kelowna-based social services
organization, Access Human Resources, of $1.35 million over 10 years.
(Access Human Resources graphic)
(Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)

Kelowna encampment calls on UBC to divest from ‘Palestinian genocide’

A Pro-Palestine encampment was set up at the UBC Okanagan campus on May 13

(Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)
BC Wildfire Service is currently responding to the Truax Creek wildfire. The blaze is now estimated at 50 hectares in size. (BC Wildfire Service / X)

Evacuation alert issued for Traux Creek wildfire near Lillooet

The blaze is located north west of Lillooet

BC Wildfire Service is currently responding to the Truax Creek wildfire. The blaze is now estimated at 50 hectares in size. (BC Wildfire Service / X)
(Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)

Kelowna city councillor B.C. NDP’s newest candidate

Loyal Wooldridge will be campaigning for a spot at the B.C. Legislature in Kelowna’s newest riding

(Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)
Janice Marie-August, an Elder from the Syilx Okanagan and a survivor of Catholic residential school in the Okanagan at the May 3, Red Dress event in Kelowna. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)

‘I just about became a missing, murdered woman’: Kelowna Red Dress march

Red Dress Day is an annual movement to honour missing and murdered Indigenous people

Janice Marie-August, an Elder from the Syilx Okanagan and a survivor of Catholic residential school in the Okanagan at the May 3, Red Dress event in Kelowna. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)
(ALERT photo)

Kelowna business owner denies gang ties, sued again by government

Province looks to seize 9 properties alleged to have been purchased with proceeds from crime

(ALERT photo)
Tent City resident Paula Chartrand sits next to the broken tap. (Jacqueline Gelineau/ Capital News)

‘Some may go days without water’: No working tap at Kelowna’s Tent City

The water tap has been broken and turned off for seven months

Tent City resident Paula Chartrand sits next to the broken tap. (Jacqueline Gelineau/ Capital News)
Residents of Hadgraft Wilson Place evacuating on April 2. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)

Evacuated residents of limited income apartment moved to Okanagan College

Residents will be moved temporarily into a new residence building at Okanagan College campus

Residents of Hadgraft Wilson Place evacuating on April 2. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)
Erica Stewart pictured with her tent and belongings after the Tent City spring cleaning on April 23. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)

‘We are not a zoo’: Kelowna’s Tent City residents react to recent cleaning

This article featuring Erica Stewart, a resident of Tent City, is part of a series on homelessness in Kelowna

Erica Stewart pictured with her tent and belongings after the Tent City spring cleaning on April 23. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)
(BC SPCA/Submitted)

Dachshund dumped in a ditch near Kelowna, found by mountain biker

The dog was thin, dehydrated and covered in feces when it was found in a crate in a ditch near Postill Road

(BC SPCA/Submitted)
Former bookkeeper Carey Earl defrauded the Kelowna-based social services organization, Access Human Resources, of $1.35 million over 10 years. (Access Human Resources)

Crown wants 6 years in jail for Kelowna woman guilty of $1.3M fraud

Carey Earl has been found guilty of defrauding Access Human Resources, an agency that helps adults with disabilities

Former bookkeeper Carey Earl defrauded the Kelowna-based social services organization, Access Human Resources, of $1.35 million over 10 years. (Access Human Resources)
Rescued beagles meeting their new foster families in Kelowna after being rescued from laboratory testing. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)

‘From lab to love’: Former research beagles play in Kelowna after rescue

The Beagle Alliance rescued 10 pups that were being used as laboratory test subjects

Rescued beagles meeting their new foster families in Kelowna after being rescued from laboratory testing. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)
David Lindsay (right) and two of his supporters outside the Kelowna Courthouse on March. 1. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)

‘No regard for our law’: Crown wants Kelowna ‘Freedom Fighter’ sentenced to jail

David Lindsay, a leader of Kelowna’s self-proclaimed “Freedom Fighters,” has been found guilty of assaulting security guards while trying to enter an Interior Health building

David Lindsay (right) and two of his supporters outside the Kelowna Courthouse on March. 1. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)
Matthew Cholette was found dead in 2020. (Facebook photo)

Kelowna woman pleads guilty to 2020 Black Mountain death

Matthew Cholette, was found dead outside of a townhouse complex in Black Mountain in 2020

Matthew Cholette was found dead in 2020. (Facebook photo)
(Sebastien Devrainne/Facebook)

Kelowna equestrian coach charged with multiple sex offences

Incidents allegedly took place between January 2012 and June 2023

(Sebastien Devrainne/Facebook)
(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)
(Black Press file photo)

Man released despite ‘concerning and violent’ actions, say Kelowna police

A man was released from custody less than 24 hours after a violent incident, contrary to police recommendations

(Black Press file photo)
Lorence Williams is charged with second-degree murder. (Contributed)

Voodoo, witchcraft and surprise guilty plea in Kelowna murder trial

Lorence Williams entered a guilty plea for manslaughter on the 15 day of a 45 day murder trial

Lorence Williams is charged with second-degree murder. (Contributed)
Maxwell Brayer was crowned Canada’s Top Young Sommelier at a competition on the first weekend of March 2024, winning the opportunity to take his prestigious pallet across the pond in October. (Chaîne des Rôtisseurs/Submitted)

Kelowna vino virtuoso vying to be world’s Top Young Sommelier

In October, Max Brayer will represent Canada at the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs International Young Sommelier Competition in Portugal

Maxwell Brayer was crowned Canada’s Top Young Sommelier at a competition on the first weekend of March 2024, winning the opportunity to take his prestigious pallet across the pond in October. (Chaîne des Rôtisseurs/Submitted)