Category Archives: News

Top Stories - Oct 6 - Strong Advance Turnout
Voter turnout was strong in Kelowna at the first advanced poll of the 2022 local general election. A total of 1,471 people cast ballots. More advanced voting happens on Oct. 8, 12, 13 & 14 at various ...
Russ Byth Oct 06, 2022 Elections BC

Top Stories - Oct 5 - Short Bus Strike
The bus driver's strike in Kelowna will be a short one. Just 1 day. Mayor Colin Basran has announced that both sides agreed to binding arbitration in order to come to a new agreement and the drivers w...
Russ Byth Oct 05, 2022 BC Transit

Top Stories - Oct 4 - Prolific Offender Caught
Kelowna RCMP caught another prolific offender after a report that someone had broken into a business in the 1900 block of Bredin Road early yesterday. They recovered some property in a couple of wagon...
Russ Byth Oct 04, 2022 ID 8707390 © Willeecole | Dreamstime.com

Top Stories - Oct 3 - Transit Talks
A meeting is scheduled for tomorrow between the union representing transit drivers in Kelowna and First Transit. Just one day of negotiations is initially scheduled. Drivers had threatened to walk off...
Russ Byth Oct 03, 2022

Top Stories - Sept 29 - Ian Comes Ashore
Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida as a category 4 storm about noon our time yesterday but the strongest, most destructive winds came ashore about 5 hours after that. Residents were told to prepar...
Russ Byth Sep 29, 2022 CIRA/NOAA

Top Stories - Sept 28 - Senior Almost Carjacked
Monday afternoon police got a call that a 79 year old woman and her 2 adult children were the victims of an attempted carjacking by a woman in a parking lot in the 200 block of Rutland Road South. The...
Russ Byth Sep 28, 2022

Top Stories - Sept 27 - Big Jump
Get prepared for a shock if you go to gas up your car this morning. After a few days of dealing with the price increase of less than a dime, most stations took a huge jump last night. They were sellin...
Russ Byth Sep 27, 2022 Kelley Blue Book

Top Stories - Sept 26 - Rail Trail Runover
A guy in a pickup with Alberta plates ended up driving down the rail trail early Sunday morning and ran over a man who was camped on it in a tent. RCMP say alcohol is believed to be a factor and the d...
Russ Byth Sep 26, 2022

Top Stories - Sept 23 - Powwow Today at O-C
Okanagan College will host several events to mark National Day for Truth and Reconciliation over the next week. The college will hold the 13th annual Youth Exhibition Powwow in Kelowna today from 9:30...
Russ Byth Sep 23, 2022

Top Stories - Sept 22 - Second Seizure
Another dangerous driver has been busted for speeding, his motorcycle was impounded for a week and he faces a bunch of charges. It started with a cop trying to pull him over for expired insurance, but...
Russ Byth Sep 22, 2022 RCMP