Kelowna Capital News

National Hockey Card Day celebrated with Bobby Hull

National Hockey Card Day celebrated with Bobby Hull

Player’s Choice Sportscards will have Bobby Hull and is celebrating National Hockey Card Day.

National Hockey Card Day celebrated with Bobby Hull
UBC students are calling for government action on the opioid crisis in B.C.

UBC students respond to opioid crisis

Students will head to Victoria in lobby efforts organized by the UBC Medical Students Political Action Committee

UBC students are calling for government action on the opioid crisis in B.C.
The Rockets host Spokane and Prince George this weekend.

Rockets continue home stand tonight

The Rockets have been hot in the month of February going 6-1 with their only loss coming to Kamloops. They are 7-3 in their last 10 games.

The Rockets host Spokane and Prince George this weekend.
Don Burnett’s dad digging out a basement circa 1939 in Kelowna.

Burnett: Digging in on Heritage Week

Just imagine for a minute it is 1922 and the little City of Kelowna with only about 5,000 residents has just grown by five excited souls

Don Burnett’s dad digging out a basement circa 1939 in Kelowna.
Letter: Why the gas discrepancy?

Letter: Misuse of taxpayers funds

Is there no concern for the taxpayer’s money? Is there any understanding of fair market value?

Letter: Why the gas discrepancy?
Kelowna native Adam Temple at work on his love letter to the mountains.

Kelowna native home with an ode to BC mountains

A fine art exhibition, entitled Peaks of Interest is at the Kelowna Rotary Centre for the Arts during the month of March

Kelowna native Adam Temple at work on his love letter to the mountains.
Okanagan College student Abbey Jones has won a B.C. award for social innovation.

Local wins Social Innovation Youth Award

At just 21-years-old she is among the youngest of the recipients

Okanagan College student Abbey Jones has won a B.C. award for social innovation.
You might’ve heard about the guy who almost left some of his gray matter on the ice at the curling rink Friday night.

Letter: Hear about the guy at Kelowna curling club?

That was me. Flat on my back, blood pooling around my head, it seemed like all the curlers in the whole rink gathered around me

You might’ve heard about the guy who almost left some of his gray matter on the ice at the curling rink Friday night.
Letter: Louis Riel and the Donald

Letter: Louis Riel and the Donald

Remember Louis Riel...we sometimes view current events very differently in the future

Letter: Louis Riel and the Donald
Letter: Why the gas discrepancy?

Letter: Why the gas discrepancy?

On average residents of Kelowna are paying .24$ more per litre then people living in Winnipeg

Letter: Why the gas discrepancy?
It's Harmony Day

It’s Harmony Day

Central Okanagan Public Schools are ready to celebrate 10 years of Harmony Day in the Okanagan.

It's Harmony Day
Nominator Dr. Sterling Haynes, Vicki Kascak, Kelowna Branch Manager, St.John Ambulance, award recipient Angela Munson, Terry Keenan and Jean Chute, Past Provincial Chair, St. John Society B.C. and Yukon.

Woman rewarded for saving life

Angela Munson was awarded a Silver Life Saving Award.

Nominator Dr. Sterling Haynes, Vicki Kascak, Kelowna Branch Manager, St.John Ambulance, award recipient Angela Munson, Terry Keenan and Jean Chute, Past Provincial Chair, St. John Society B.C. and Yukon.
Learning chess basics

Learning chess basics

Mount Boucherie Secondary is hosting a Beginners Luck tournament from 9 a.m. to noon, Feb. 18.

Learning chess basics
The Heat’s Aidan Lea and Emily Oxland couldn’t stop the unbeaten Pandas in Canada West volleyball action in Edmonton.

Heat dropped by No. 1 Pandas, set for Wolfpack

UBCO swept by Alberta, now 20-0, in Canada West women's volleyball

The Heat’s Aidan Lea and Emily Oxland couldn’t stop the unbeaten Pandas in Canada West volleyball action in Edmonton.
Kelowna RCMP dog Ice nabbed a pair of suspects Saturday morning.

Ice sniffs out pair of suspects

Kelowna RCMP dog brought in to locate two men, both of whom have been arrested after commercial break-in

Kelowna RCMP dog Ice nabbed a pair of suspects Saturday morning.
Emily Kanester and the UBC Okanagan Heat closed out the Canada West women’s basketball season with a split against playoff-bound Fraser Valley.

Heat women close season with split

UBC Okanagan basketball team honours graduating seniors in final game of Canada West season

Emily Kanester and the UBC Okanagan Heat closed out the Canada West women’s basketball season with a split against playoff-bound Fraser Valley.
There's a protest at Christy Clark's MLA office in West Kelowna today.

Family Day protest at Clark’s office

The West Kelowna office of Christy Clark will be the scene of a planned protest by seniors on the BC Family Day holiday

There's a protest at Christy Clark's MLA office in West Kelowna today.
Police report a break in at the MTL montREAL Food diner restaurant Saturday morning.

Police look for help in break-in

Kelowna RCMP allege that once inside, the suspect caused damage throughout the business and stole an undisclosed amount of cash.

Police report a break in at the MTL montREAL Food diner restaurant Saturday morning.
Letter: Honk, you're an .....

Letter: Will history view Trump differently

Remember Louis Riel? His story is on a smaller scale, yet had me thinking how we sometimes view current events very differently

Letter: Honk, you're an .....
Poem: Should I feel guilty for my race

Letter: Snow clearing left lots to be desired

So far it has been over 100 hours for my street. Hmm, what if we are that late with our taxes?

Poem: Should I feel guilty for my race