Kelowna

Kelowna RCMP are in the are of Centennial Park in Rutland. (Thomas Dutil)

Hazmat team called in to search Kelowna RCMP vehicle, close park

The fire department and an ambulance are also on scene

  • Mar 19, 2024
Kelowna RCMP are in the are of Centennial Park in Rutland. (Thomas Dutil)
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)
Gagandeep Singh, 21, surrounded by friends after being attacked at a bus stop in Kelowna on March 17,2023. (GoFundMe)

No charges 1 year after Kelowna bus stop attack on Sikh student

A Sikh international student was attacked after exiting a transit bus with groceries

  • Mar 15, 2024
Gagandeep Singh, 21, surrounded by friends after being attacked at a bus stop in Kelowna on March 17,2023. (GoFundMe)
File photo: The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities precisely trigger controlled avalanches above Thane Road, reducing the chances of a catastrophic natural avalanche. (Michael S. Lockett | Juneau Empire File)

Kelowna man killed in Alberta avalanche

The man was skiing in near Tower Peak in Kananaskis

File photo: The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities precisely trigger controlled avalanches above Thane Road, reducing the chances of a catastrophic natural avalanche. (Michael S. Lockett | Juneau Empire File)
The threat of invasive mussel infestation is creeping closer and extreme prevention measures are being urged by the Okanagan Basin Water Board. (File photo)

Okanagan mobilizing as aggressive mussels threaten to muscle into B.C.

Kelowna forum brings together stakeholders in bid to repel and react to invasive species incursion

The threat of invasive mussel infestation is creeping closer and extreme prevention measures are being urged by the Okanagan Basin Water Board. (File 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)
A screenshot of the VRBO listing for Laurinda Summers vacation rental at Big White taken Jan 16, 2024 stating the rental is pet friendly. (VRBO.com)

Rental warning: Vacation to Big White soured by hidden costs

The family stayed at a rental home on the mountain to ring in the new year

  • Feb 22, 2024
A screenshot of the VRBO listing for Laurinda Summers vacation rental at Big White taken Jan 16, 2024 stating the rental is pet friendly. (VRBO.com)
Friends and family gather at Ben Lee Park for a vigil for 15-year-old Tristan Seeger who was stuck and killed by a vehicle on Oct. 21. The incident is being investigated as a homicide. (Brittany Webster/Black Press Media)

Kelowna mom who lost son speaks out after B.C. teens ‘deliberately’ hit by car

Youth were chased and struck by a vehicle in Abbotsford on Feb. 14

  • Feb 21, 2024
Friends and family gather at Ben Lee Park for a vigil for 15-year-old Tristan Seeger who was stuck and killed by a vehicle on Oct. 21. The incident is being investigated as a homicide. (Brittany Webster/Black Press Media)
Team Martin has started an online auction to help raise money for the Central Okanagan Hospice Association (COHA) ahead of the 2024 Swinging with the Stars event. (Team Martin/32 Auctions)

Auctioning Taylor Swift tickets to support Central Okanagan Hospice Association

Team Martin is raising the money ahead of the 2024 Swinging with the Stars event

Team Martin has started an online auction to help raise money for the Central Okanagan Hospice Association (COHA) ahead of the 2024 Swinging with the Stars event. (Team Martin/32 Auctions)
Kelowna fire crews rescued a dog from Carney Pond around 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 6. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)

Fire crews rescue dog from icy pond in the Okanagan

Fire crews were called to the scene at 1:30 p.m.

Kelowna fire crews rescued a dog from Carney Pond around 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 6. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)
Mission Villas retirement home and John’s Angels handed out food, clothes, and care packages to those experiencing homelessness at Kelowna’s Tent City on Saturday, Jan. 27. (Jordy Cunningham/Capital News)

PHOTOS: Care packages bring bright smiles to rainy Kelowna tent city

Mission Villas, John’s Angels gave out care packages to those experiencing homelessness a Tent City

Mission Villas retirement home and John’s Angels handed out food, clothes, and care packages to those experiencing homelessness at Kelowna’s Tent City on Saturday, Jan. 27. (Jordy Cunningham/Capital News)
A photo taken from the facebook page of Northern Escape Heli-Skiing that shows a helicopter landing. The head of the heli-skiing company involved in a fatal crash north of Terrace, B.C., last Monday says pilot Mark McGowan was among the four dead. (Northern Escape Heli-Skiing/Facebook)

Kelowna pilot among 4 dead in fatal helicopter crash near Terrace

Mark McGowan is being named as the pilot who died in the crash

  • Jan 29, 2024
A photo taken from the facebook page of Northern Escape Heli-Skiing that shows a helicopter landing. The head of the heli-skiing company involved in a fatal crash north of Terrace, B.C., last Monday says pilot Mark McGowan was among the four dead. (Northern Escape Heli-Skiing/Facebook)
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)
Canada’s Gracie Graham, centre, reacts with goalkeeper Hannah Clark, right, during the Women’s U18 Ice Hockey World Championship match between Canada and Sweden, in Ostersund, Sweden, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023. Graham had a goal and two assists as Canada advanced to the semifinals of the world women’s under-18 hockey championship with a 6-0 win over host Switzerland on Thursday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Per Danielsson-TT News Agency via AP

3 B.C. players, Team Canada to play for bronze in Switzerland

Canada lost 4-2 against Czechia in the u18 Womens World Juniors on Saturday morning

Canada’s Gracie Graham, centre, reacts with goalkeeper Hannah Clark, right, during the Women’s U18 Ice Hockey World Championship match between Canada and Sweden, in Ostersund, Sweden, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023. Graham had a goal and two assists as Canada advanced to the semifinals of the world women’s under-18 hockey championship with a 6-0 win over host Switzerland on Thursday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Per Danielsson-TT News Agency via AP
Kelowna Japanese exchange student Mia Saito had been missing since Jan. 7, when she flew from Kelowna to Vancouver. (Kelowna RCMP/Contributed)

Missing Kelowna Japanese exchange student could be in the Lower Mainland

Mia Saito flew to Vancouver on Sunday, Jan. 7 and could be experiencing a crisis

Kelowna Japanese exchange student Mia Saito had been missing since Jan. 7, when she flew from Kelowna to Vancouver. (Kelowna RCMP/Contributed)
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 City Hall. (File photo)

$1.75 billion: 2023 a record year for Kelowna building permits

84 per cent of permits were for apartment buildings

Kelowna City Hall. (File photo)
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)
A young Jim Howe tries out his Winterstick Swallow Tail snowboard at Big White in Jan. 1980. (Contributed)
A young Jim Howe tries out his Winterstick Swallow Tail snowboard at Big White in Jan. 1980. (Contributed)
A GoFundMe has been set up to raise money for Tristan Seeger’s family after the 15-year-old died after being struck by a vehicle in Kelowna. (GoFundMe)

‘Astoundingly mediocre’: Mom on investigation of Kelowna teen’s homicide

Paule Seeger is looking to thank the first responders that were with Tristan after he was hit

  • Dec 19, 2023
A GoFundMe has been set up to raise money for Tristan Seeger’s family after the 15-year-old died after being struck by a vehicle in Kelowna. (GoFundMe)