Kelowna

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

 

(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

 

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

 

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)
Megan Beckmann (left) and Monique Saebels are trying to keep their hopes up standing outside of the new Okanagan College dorms they are temporarily housed in while evacuated from Hadgraft Wilson Place. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)

Evacuated Kelowna apartment now deemed unsafe to enter

Pathways Abilities Society was able to offer limited access up until now

  • May 21, 2024
Megan Beckmann (left) and Monique Saebels are trying to keep their hopes up standing outside of the new Okanagan College dorms they are temporarily housed in while evacuated from Hadgraft Wilson Place. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)
Trailside welcomes its first residents May 15, 2024 into the transitional housing facility on Highway 97 N in Kelowna. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)

VIDEO: Transitional housing units open for seniors in Kelowna

Trailside will help residents reach the goal of stable housing

  • May 14, 2024
Trailside welcomes its first residents May 15, 2024 into the transitional housing facility on Highway 97 N in Kelowna. (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)
Teddy bears placed at a vigil in Ben Lee Park, Kelowna for 15-year-old homicide victim Tristan Seeger. (Brittany Webster/ Black Press Media)

Teens demand more from adults as youth violence rises in Kelowna

Kelowna RCMP said they take an education first approach

  • May 14, 2024
Teddy bears placed at a vigil in Ben Lee Park, Kelowna for 15-year-old homicide victim Tristan Seeger. (Brittany Webster/ Black Press Media)
Residents of Hadgraft Wilson Place evacuating on April 2. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)

Evacuated residents launch class action lawsuit against UBC, City of Kelowna

The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Hadgraft Wilson Place residents

  • May 13, 2024
Residents of Hadgraft Wilson Place evacuating on April 2. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)
Canucks goalie and Marvel characters on display at Orchard Plaza Save-On-Foods in Kelowna. (Jacqueline Gelineau/ Kelowna Capital News)

Kelowna grocery store display really ‘scores’

A Canucks goalie welcomes shoppers at Save-On-Foods in Kelowna

Canucks goalie and Marvel characters on display at Orchard Plaza Save-On-Foods in Kelowna. (Jacqueline Gelineau/ Kelowna Capital News)
The Kelowna Chiefs are down 2-0 in their KIJHL playoff series against the Princeton Posse after 5-2 and 7-2 losses on Feb. 23 and 24, 2024. (Kelowna Chiefs file photo)

Kelowna Chiefs franchise sold to new owner

Former Kelowna Spartan Darren Tmchyshyn has purchased team from Jason Tansem

The Kelowna Chiefs are down 2-0 in their KIJHL playoff series against the Princeton Posse after 5-2 and 7-2 losses on Feb. 23 and 24, 2024. (Kelowna Chiefs file photo)
Hadgraft Wilson Place. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)

Call for UBC Properties Trust to cease downtown Kelowna construction

Pathways Abilities Society said UBC Properties Trust representatives toured the damage in November

  • May 1, 2024
Hadgraft Wilson Place. (Brittany Webster/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)

UBCO requests access for assessment of evacuated Kelowna apartments

Hadgraft Wilson Place residents will be housed by Okanagan College for the summer

  • Apr 29, 2024
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)
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)
Four B.C. breweries are coming home with awards from the 2024 World Beer Cup, held in Las Vegas. (World Beer Cup/Facebook)

Kelowna, Victoria breweries coming home with hardware from World Beer Cup

Breweries in North Vancouver and Whistler also won awards

Four B.C. breweries are coming home with awards from the 2024 World Beer Cup, held in Las Vegas. (World Beer Cup/Facebook)
Friends of 15-year-old homicide victim Tristan Seeger stand next to a memorial for the teen on the six month anniversary of his death. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)

6 months later and no charges in Kelowna teen’s homicide

Tristan Seeger was struck by a vehicle and killed in October 2023

  • Apr 23, 2024
Friends of 15-year-old homicide victim Tristan Seeger stand next to a memorial for the teen on the six month anniversary of his death. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)
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)
Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Jennifer Whiteside making an announcement on complex care housing in Kelowna on April 15, 2024. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)

240 new complex care units to be built across B.C.

20 of the units will be built on Pacific Ave in Kelowna

  • Apr 15, 2024
Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Jennifer Whiteside making an announcement on complex care housing in Kelowna on April 15, 2024. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)
Alberta businessman Marshall Eliuk and his wife Judi donated $1.5 million to BC Cancer - Kelowna on Friday, Apr. 12. (BC Cancer Foundation)

Alberta businessman donates $1.5 million for new cancer therapy suite in Kelowna

“It’s an honour to give back,” states Marshall Eliuk

Alberta businessman Marshall Eliuk and his wife Judi donated $1.5 million to BC Cancer - Kelowna on Friday, Apr. 12. (BC Cancer Foundation)