Kelowna News

Former Kelowna, B.C., fire chief Gerry Zimmermann is on the mend. The man who inspired Kelowna residents as he led them through the 2003 forest fire that destroyed hundreds of area homes, has been fighting acute pancreatitis.

A 1985 photo of Okanagan Lake purports to show the elusive Ogopogo on its surface.

A still featuring a possible cousin of ogopogo's from the Imax movie Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure.

Friends of the Calgary family whose minivan plunged over an embankment in B.C. are thanking the two young men who jumped into Griffin Lake to save their lives.

An insurance expert is warning that more B.C. homeowners are risking losses due to forest fires because they're under-insured. Karen Hopkins-Lee, chief underwriter for Canadian Direct Insurance, says people living in fire-threatened areas should make sure their policies are updated to reflect the current value of their homes.

Kelowna's parks and sports fields are getting less water, as the city tries to conserve supplies in the face of summertime water shortages that could affect most of southern B.C. City parks supervisor Ted Sophonow told The Province that his staff are cutting back on watering by 72 per cent in southeast Kelowna, where water levels are alarmingly ...

A head-on collision between a Kawasaki motorcycle and a Hyundai sedan resulted in the death of the motorcyclist on Canada Day.

Two teenagers from Kelowna are being hailed as heroes after saving four Calgarians whose minivan careened down an embankment and into a lake near Revelstoke, B.C., on Monday.

REGINA a ' RCMP are advising residents living in south central Saskatchewan that a high-risk sex offender, Murray Allan Hill, 59, is moving into the area.

Two teenagers from Kelowna are being hailed as heroes after saving four Albertans whose minivan careened down an embankment and into a lake near Revelstoke, B.C., on Monday.

Six Kelowna chartered accountant students graduated from the CA School of Business program at a ceremony held May 23 in Vancouver.

Nearly three dozen stolen computer monitors that were bound for schools and hospitals in the African country of Cameroon have been returned to a B.C. church group with an apology from the thieves.

Police in Vancouver are warning merchants to watch out for any counterfeit bank notes that customers may hand to them over the counter.

The federal government dealt a blow to Winnipeg's agriculture sector on Thursday, announcing the departure of 356 Agriculture Canada jobs from the city.

Kelowna's high unemployment rate may be a benefit as the city looks to access funds for four specific projects.

A music promoter who's been trying to bring British musician Rod Stewart to Kelowna, B.C., says the concert will go ahead after a change of venue.

Police dressed in dark-clad gear with helmets and protective vests, and armed with semi-automatic weapons, drew a bead on an aging blue locomotive in the Kelowna Pacific Railway yard near Okanagan Spring Brewery Wednesday.

The desperation caused by a crack cocaine addiction has resulted in a 27-year-old Michael Yaskowich being given a five-year jail sentence in Kelowna provincial court.

A local business wants to built the first water park for dogs in B.C. for the benefit of Kelowna residents, of both the human and canine variety.

Two Kamloops men are facing more than 20 charges following a nine-month police investigation into a $3-million high-end theft ring that targeted retailers across Western Canada, including a Salmon Arm store.