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The Kelowna Fire Department was kept busy dealing with two Cedar hedge fires which started within minutes of each other Saturday night in Rutland.
12 hrs ago | Telegram
Mi'kmaq artist repeat winner of Visual Artists Large Year award
Jordan Bennett admits he's a little overwhelmed by the success he's been having recently.
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How would you define naturally beautiful? Natural beauty doesn't necessarily have anything to do with specific body features although a little enhancement never hurts to bring forward someone's natural radiance.
22 hrs ago | Lake Cowichan Gazette
Students can now attend Rockschool
Vernon's Darby Mills is being recognized along with instructors at Wentworth Music School with diplomas from Rockschool, a U.K.-based program that offers accredited exams and instruction in music other than classical.
There are so many loose ends to tie up around the Okanagan Pro Rodeo and Festival, that some are wondering if it will actually happen, including the organizer.
Premier opens new supportive housing project in Kelowna
By Alistair Waters - Kelowna Capital News Published: May 25, 2012 4:00 PM Updated: May 25, 2012 4:25 PM The third jewel in what Kelowna Mayor Walter Gray says is the "triple crown" of affordable housing projects in the city has been officially opened by B.C. Premier Christy Clark.
College students take bronze at national Skills Canada competition
Two Okanagan College students returned from the two-day Skills Canada competition, held last week in Edmonton, with hard won bronze medals.
Drug conviction costs man everything
A Lake Country man has had to forfeit virtually everything after he was convicted in a Kelowna courthouse of growing marijuana.
B.C. man fined $6,000 for feeding 'pot bears'
Allen Piche, 66, outside the Grand Forks, B.C., courthouse on May 24, 2012 after being fined $6,000 for feeding dozens of black bears near his home in Christina Lake.
Radio waves wash listeners with choice
It's report card time for Kelowna's radio stations, as the Bureau of Broadcast Measurement released their latest snapshot of Kelowna's listening habits on Thursday, May 24.
Thwarted break in lands Kelowna man in the clink
By Kelowna Capital News - Kelowna Capital News Published: May 24, 2012 3:00 PM Updated: May 24, 2012 3:41 PM A 32 year old Kelowna man is in custody after he apparently broke into a home on Irma Road this afternoon.
Cancer doctor says Kelowna will benefit from massive Vancouver donation
By Alistair Waters - Kelowna Capital News Published: May 24, 2012 4:00 PM Updated: May 24, 2012 4:14 PM The head of the radiation department at the B.C. Cancer Agency's Sindi Ahluwalia Centre for the Southern Interior says the biggest donation ever to a single organization in B.C may have occurred in Vancouver Thursday, but it's good news for ... (more)
West Kelowna Council highlights
After hearing concerns raised by a delegation from the West Kelowna Residents Association, Council directed staff to contact private property owners of a section of property in the Smith Creek area regarding off-road vehicle use on their property.
Police search for missing teen
West Kelowna RCMP are searching for a missing 14-year-old girl. Raven Graham left her home in the 3200 block of McGregor Road in West Kelowna to attend school on May 15, but has not returned to her home or school since.
John Thomson's I Didn't Know That
I walked into the new Train Station Pub for lunch the other day with the owner Steven Stinson.
Public input invited on new-look Lakeshore Road, Mission Creek Bridge
Kelowna is asking residents what they think are important features for its next major transportation infrastructure project in the Mission.
College opens doors to public for used computer inventory
More than 200 PCs, 50 monitors, and other electronics will be among numerous items up for sale at the Okanagan College Garage Sale at the Kelowna campus.
McLoughlin seeks Conservative nod
Kelowna businessman Mike McLaughlin has announced he will seek the BC Conservative nomination in the provincial riding of Kelowna-Mission. In making the announcement via his Twitter account, McLaughlin says voters of Kelowna-Mission are fed up with the 'waste and corruption' in the Liberal government.
Toronto's Adaline adds a local note to Kelowna concert
Adaline returns to Kelowna June 2. The singer once lived among the college students that frequent K.L.O. Road and is now considering a transcontinental career as an electronic pop princess, transiting between her Toronto home and Europe.
Treasure hunters make stop in Ponoka
Treasure has always been a word to stir the imagination of striking it rich and living on a secluded island in the Caribbean; people often live vicariously through shows such as A&E's Storage Wars or History Channel's Pawn Stars to see what pecuniary value those treasures hold.