Category Archives: News

Top Stories - Feb 13 - Wildfire Mitigation
At Kelowna's council meeting today, Parks staff will be updating members on the Community Resiliency investment grant application for 180-thousand dollars. It would be used for wildfire mitigation pro...
Russ Byth Feb 13, 2023 Gov of BC

Top Stories - Feb 10 - Leaving Politics
Former premier John Horgan says he's leaving politics. While he didn't give a specific time for his departure, he suggested St. Patrick's Day might be a good day to go. He has twice battled cancer, an...
Russ Byth Feb 10, 2023

Top Stories - Feb 9 - Netflix Restrictions
The days of free Netflix for family and friends are coming to an end. Netflix Canada is rolling out its long-anticipated plans to crack down on password sharing. Its sending emails about limitations o...
Russ Byth Feb 09, 2023

Top Stories - Feb 8 - Wanted!
Hockey memorabilia appears to be the target of a break-in early yesterday at Player's Choice Sports in the 400 block of Cawston. A signed and numbered Wayne Gretzky "Racers" hockey jersey valued at $1...
Russ Byth Feb 08, 2023

Top Stories - Feb 7 - Al Horning Way!
The City of Kelowna will honour former City Councillor, MLA and MP Al Horning with a future road named for him at Kelowna International Airport. It will connect the south end to Rutland, the area his ...
Russ Byth Feb 07, 2023 City of Kelowna

Top Stories - Feb 6 - Violent Offender
Police are warning about a dangerous offender who may be in, or on his way to the Okanagan. John Aronson is a violent high-risk repeat offender who's wanted for removing his electronic monitoring devi...
Russ Byth Feb 06, 2023 RCMP

Top Stories - Feb 3 - Kelowna Big Spenders
Elections BC has released the expenditures of candidates in the municipal elections last fall. In Kelowna, former mayor Colin Basran's re-election campaign spent about 98-thousand dollars, while Tom D...
Russ Byth Feb 03, 2023

Top Stories - Feb 2 - Mall Crasher
It was like a scene out of The Blues Brothers. A car smashed through the doors of a mall about 1am in Vaughan Mills, Ontario before crashing into an electronics store where the suspects got out and gr...
Russ Byth Feb 02, 2023 York Regional Police

Top Stories - Feb 1 - Record Deaths
Almost 2,300 British Columbians died from toxic drug use last year. That's only 34 fewer than the number reported by the BC Coroner's service the year before. However it was a different story in Kelow...
Russ Byth Feb 01, 2023

Top Stories - Jan 20 - 4 Day Work Week?
A survey by recruitment firm Robert Half suggests a four-day work week may be gaining mainstream momentum in corporate Canada. As workplaces continue to fine-tune post-COVID pandemic schedules and wor...
Russ Byth Jan 20, 2023 Gosal & Co.