Canadian alcohol producers are cheering decisions from several provinces to yank U.S. booze from provincial liquor stores.

Kiwanis Club of the Central Okanagan raised $38,500 for child and young adult programs in the region from their Taylor Swift raffle. From left, 2024 Miss Kelowna Lady of the Lake Anaya Sattler, Kiwanis Club Vice President Clarence Johnson (center), 2024 Lady in …

1 day ago · There were fewer deaths from illegal drug overdoses in Kelowna and Vernon last year than in 2023, newly-released statistics show, but there was a slight increase in Penticton. There was a decline across both the Interior Health region …

Jan 29, 2025 · Dog handlers, traffic cops, general duty officers, and members of the proactive enforcement unit were all involved in the crackdown. “I commend all these units who worked seamlessly together to deliver these results and send a message to those who are only adding to the opioid crisis,” Kelowna RCMP Sgt. Scott Powrie said.

Jan 3, 2025 · The problems at UBC Okanagan’s so-called ‘vertical campus’, which will rise 43 storeys to be the tallest building between Calgary and Vancouver, have raised questions about construction methods and the city’s building approval and oversight processes and, in some quarters at least, prompted a re-think about the desirability of …

Dec 7, 2024 · The top online stories for the week ending Nov. 30: 1. Growth in city workforce doubles population increase. 2. Kelowna’s Krysko family makes unprecedented donation to BC Cancer

NEW YORK (AP) — William E. Leuchtenburg, a prize-winning historian widely admired for his authoritative writings on the U.S. presidency and as the reigning scholar on Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal, has died at 102.

Jan 21, 2025 · The city had previously licensed 427 short-term rentals before a ban on new applications went into effect. Many more people will welcome the opportunity to rent out their principal residence, basement suite, or carriage house as an important source of revenue, Coun.

6 days ago · Kelowna-area residents are notably more glum than other Canadians about their quality of life, a new survey has found. Fifty-four percent of people in the Central Okanagan say things have gotten worse for them in the past two years. Across the country 40 per cent of Canadians feel this way ...

Sep 24, 2024 · A dramatic plunge in new construction across Kelowna shouldn’t be taken as a sign of looming economic trouble, city councillors heard Monday. “We’re seeing right now development applications between the