Kelowna News

James Dessert, a Grade 8 student from Charles Bloom Secondary in Lumby, was the big winner of the 2014 Spaghetti Bridge contest held at Okanagan College's Kelowna campus on March 7. Dessert's bridge weighed in at a mere 994.99 grams, but more than held its weight as it took on 112.58 kilograms of pressure before collapsing before an enthusiastic ... (more)

What this means for the Kelowna-headquartered company is that its modular workforce housing can be used in Alberta, and throughout Canada, because BigSteelBox has met the high standards set by the Alberta Building Code.

It is going to cost the City of Kelowna another $1.12M to upgrade Lakeshore Road from Cook Road to Lexington Drive.

Website: http://www.tribunemetal.com Music: http://tribune.bandcamp.com/ Heavy metal brewers TRIBUNE are proud to announce their 2014 'CANADA SLAYS TOUR' kicking off in Kelowna, BC on April 3rd and will see the band trek as far East as Montreal, QC and return West to wrap up the tour in Nanaimo, BC on May 3rd.

Canada's unemployment rate was unchanged at 7.0 per cent in Febuary, Statistics Canada reported Friday.

RCMP Supt. Nick Romanchuk, left, and police services manager Kerry Solinsky look over plans for a new police building during an open house Thursday afternoon at the Royal Anne Hotel.

Kelowna residents will get their chance to learn more about the new RCMP building slated to be built at the corner of Clement Avenue and Richter Street.

After years of futility in his first six NHL seasons with the New York Islanders and Florida Panthers, the star goaltender found a home - and the playoffs - in Vancouver.

Mila Wittenberg and Benita Peiffer wrapped up B.C. Cup cross-country aggregate titles, while several other Whistler and Pemberton skiers finished high in the season rankings after the series concluded with the B.C. Championships in Kelowna over the weekend.

Former Kelowna girl Ingrid Hansen created the Little Orange Man and like his creator, he has an Okanagan persona you'll recognize on stage.

Med Access Inc. is a Kelowna-based company that provides electronic medical record services to 2,000 specialty and general practice physicians in B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario.

This week's column is dedicated to three friends who have passed away. Gary August has been a friend of the DeHart family for many years and I was happy to have seen him a few times last summer and fall.

It may not be the most optimal weather to deliver a rock to the house, but a group of curling enthusiasts didn't seem to mind.

The Bank of Canada is keeping its trendsetting, overnight interest rate at one per cent, where it has been since September 2010.

Norman Cocks , 31. a full-patch Hells Angels member, is shown with dad Robert Cocks, 53, a member of the Throttle Lockers, an HA support club.

Sculptor Kim Adams, photographer Angela Grauerholz and painter Carol Wainio are three of the veteran Canadian artists being honoured with the Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts.

Marg Kentel, City Councillor: "I know what we're going to hear. Nobody's going to want it.

Skully, a two-and-a-half-year-old English mastiff-shepherd cross, is about to undergo critical surgery on one of her legs this week, and desperately needs a foster home in either Kelowna or West Kelowna to help her on the road to recovery.

Singer Jann Arden will return to the Okanagan after a five year absence to perform for the Kelowna MapleFest event on March 29 at Kelowna Community Theatre.

It hasn't always been a smooth ride for the Kelowna-born installation artist of Middle Eastern descent, whose works have occasionally been censored by Canadian authorities.