City of Kelowna

Kayla Shepard placed fourth in the 59kg category at the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in Delhi, India in July 2023. (Commonwealth Games)

Kelowna weightlifter goes toe-to-toe with world’s best in Thailand

Kayla Shepard, from the Kelowna Vikings Weightlifting Club, will represent Canada on the world stage

Kayla Shepard placed fourth in the 59kg category at the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in Delhi, India in July 2023. (Commonwealth Games)
Sexual offender Taylor Dueck has been released from prison after serving his full sentence and is now living in Abbotsford.

Man with history of sexual assaults arrested for re-offending in Kelowna

Kevin Falcon expressed his displeasure with the fact that the public was not notified of Taylor Dueck’s release from prison at a Feb. 29 press conference

Sexual offender Taylor Dueck has been released from prison after serving his full sentence and is now living in Abbotsford.
Cherry harvest impacted by 2024 cold snap. (File photo)

2024 B.C. cherry season the pits after ‘devastating’ cold snap

The B.C. Cherry Association expects 2024 harvests to be ‘dramatically reduced’

Cherry harvest impacted by 2024 cold snap. (File photo)
Eric Falkenberg created a larger-than-life display to help people get excited about the upcoming Superbowl.(Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)

Super silly sculptures for Super Bowl at Kelowna Save-On-Foods

8 sculptures celebrate the spirit of the Super Bowl at Kelowna’s Save-On-Foods

Eric Falkenberg created a larger-than-life display to help people get excited about the upcoming Superbowl.(Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)
CoLab in downtown Kelowna has been evacuated for more than one month due to damage caused by the UBCO campus construction taking place across the street. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)

No solutions: UBCO tower causes permanent evacuation of Kelowna businesses

The construction of the new downtown UBCO tower campus has caused damage to neighbouring businesses

CoLab in downtown Kelowna has been evacuated for more than one month due to damage caused by the UBCO campus construction taking place across the street. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)
Faith Johnson-Jourdain, a Grade 12 student at Mount Boucherie with her art from the school’s Indigenous Art class. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)

Central Okanagan school a leader in education through an Indigenous lens

The Indigenous Art course at Mount Boucherie Secondary School empowers students to learn in a unique way

Faith Johnson-Jourdain, a Grade 12 student at Mount Boucherie with her art from the school’s Indigenous Art class. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)
HeChangedIt has created a safe space for men to connect those who have lived experience and those looking for help. (pixabay)

Blue Monday: Okanagan company wants to spread love before it is too late

HeChangedIt wants people to post, tell or show someone that they care about them this Blue Monday

HeChangedIt has created a safe space for men to connect those who have lived experience and those looking for help. (pixabay)
A Kelowna Tent City resident pictured with his burnt cooler after a fire spread from a neighbouring tent. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)

Wet, cold, desperate B.C. tent city residents plead for fire extinguishers

While it is against the rules to use fire, people are desperate for warmth, say Tent City residents

A Kelowna Tent City resident pictured with his burnt cooler after a fire spread from a neighbouring tent. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)
City councillor Ron Cannan at a Stand with Ukraine event on Oct. 14, in Kelowna. (Jordy Cunningham/Capital News)

Politicians claim Kelowna councillor’s column ‘promotes religion over inclusion’

“He is not being cancelled. He is being called out,” said Norah Bowman, professor of social issues

City councillor Ron Cannan at a Stand with Ukraine event on Oct. 14, in Kelowna. (Jordy Cunningham/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.
Kelowna Tent City resident with a card made by students from Glenmore Elementary School. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)

Kelowna teacher works with Tent City resident to de-stigmatize homelessness

Students at Glenmore Elementary School spoke with a Tent City resident about homelessness in Kelowna

Kelowna Tent City resident with a card made by students from Glenmore Elementary School. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)
Freida Whales reading at Drag Story Time on Jan. 28, 2023. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)

Kelowna drag queen praises Ontario court ruling over ‘groomer’ 2SLGBTQIA+ slur

A recent decision states that calling drag performers a ‘groomer’ is not protected as free speech

Freida Whales reading at Drag Story Time on Jan. 28, 2023. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)
David Lindsay (right) and two of his supporters outside the Kelowna Courthouse on March 1, 2023. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)

Kelowna lockdown protester, ‘freedom fighter’ found guilty of assault

David Lindsay was trying to gain entry to a building despite being banned

David Lindsay (right) and two of his supporters outside the Kelowna Courthouse on March 1, 2023. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)
A collaborative inter-provincial RCMP task force has caught a man involved in a B.C. human-trafficking circuit. (Black Press file photo)

Quebec man charged in connection with human-trafficking circuit in B.C.

Stanley Jean-Baptiste was arrested in Montreal following an investigation that began in May of 2021

A collaborative inter-provincial RCMP task force has caught a man involved in a B.C. human-trafficking circuit. (Black Press file photo)
Const. Sean Eckland (Facebook)

B.C. RCMP officer to plead guilty in case tied to explicit text allegations

Sean Eckland charged after allegedly sending messages to survivor of an assault he was investigating

Const. Sean Eckland (Facebook)
Conservative Party of BC Leader John Rustad at a town hall on Dec. 5, 2023. (John Rustad/X)

Kelowna MLA condemns ‘third world crime’ comment by B.C. Conservative leader

Renee Merrifield calls John Rustad’s comment ‘despicable’

Conservative Party of BC Leader John Rustad at a town hall on Dec. 5, 2023. (John Rustad/X)
A Sycamore Road home in Kelowna cordoned off as police conduct an investigation after a man was found dead at the residence on Thursday, June 17, 2021. (Aaron Hemens/Capital News)

Psych assessment ordered for B.C. woman accused of murder, mutilation

Gabriella Sears fired and hired a new lawyer mid-trial in Kelowna, causing delays

A Sycamore Road home in Kelowna cordoned off as police conduct an investigation after a man was found dead at the residence on Thursday, June 17, 2021. (Aaron Hemens/Capital News)
Gerry Wagner is hoping to thank the Air Canada Angel that got him home before his life-threatening heart attack. (Gerry Wagner)

Heartwarming heart attack: Man looking to thank Kelowna Air Canada Angel

Gerry Wagner is hoping to thank the Air Canada Angel that helped him get home in the nick of time, saving his life

Gerry Wagner is hoping to thank the Air Canada Angel that got him home before his life-threatening heart attack. (Gerry Wagner)
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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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UBAKA Kelowna. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)

‘Indescribable horror:’ Kelowna court hears infant sexually abused by father

Members of Urban Bulldogs Against Kid Abuse filled the courtroom to support the survivors of abuse

UBAKA Kelowna. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)