Kelowna News

Film crews will be hard at work in Kelowna on Sunday and Monday when Sepia Films, a Canadian production company, begins filming "A Mother's Nightmare," a made for television movie, throughout the city.

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Dr. Bert Kelly was one of a handful of rural physicians in Northern BC who banded together back in 1999 to demand the provincial government address the shortage of doctors in the region...it was the spark that ignited the flame that led to the momentous health rally in Prince George in 2000 and generated UBC's Northern Medical Program at UNBC in ... (more)

In a news release issued late Friday afternoon, Tom Smithwick, lawyer for the residents says the Supreme Court of BC has ruled in favour of his clients.

There appear to be two different sets of criteria for admission to the different medical schools at the University of British Columbia, according to documents obtained by CBC News.

It was announced last week B.C.-based Westkey Graphics Ltd., a direct competitor of Menzies in Kamloops and Kelowna, completed acquisition of the Grande Prairie-based graphics and printing company.

How much money does the province have to spend? How much is it in debt? How close is it to an election? For the past five years, Kamloops has watched while hundreds of millions of dollars were poured into hospitals in Kelowna and Vernon.

A Kelowna based music school is hoping to open doors to the future of music education in Canada.

"Our officers were acting on information they received both from the images on the store video as well as witnesses." Amy Young, 26, a resident of Salmon Arm remains in custody and will make her next court appearance on June 17 to answer to the charge of armed robbery.

Work is expected to begin early next month on a new overlay for 7,300 feet of airport's 8,900 foot runway.

Okanagan College Media Release Okanagan College is honouring more than 1,600 students who will earn credentials from a variety of academic, vocational and trades programs when graduands from all four campuses come together in a series of Convocation ceremonies in Kelowna.

It was announced yesterday B.C.-based Westkey Graphics Ltd., a direct competitor of Menzies in Kamloops and Kelowna, completed acquisition of the graphics and printing company.

The two highest paid public servants in British Columbia - whose combined pay was more than $1.5 million in 2010 - work in a building in Victoria that doesn't even have a sign identifying the business.

But Don McRae's recent comments could also be more indicative of a lack of understanding of the tree fruit sector.

By Alistair Waters - Kelowna Capital News Published: May 30, 2012 4:00 PM Updated: May 30, 2012 4:27 PM Kelowna's mayor says his council feels the city has gone about as far as it can with rules limiting smoking in public places - for now.

Fishers Anna Maria Ilinyczky and her husband say the Kokanee have all but disappeared from Wood Lake near Kelowna, B.C. Traditionally, Kokanee salmon have thrived in the Okanagan's Wood Lake but Anna Maria Ilinyczky, who has been fishing Wood Lake for more than a decade, says the fish just aren't biting.

According to Blair Stewart, Urban Forestry Supervisor, the bridge, one of three built in cooperation with the Friends of the South Slopes in 2010, was closed earlier this month due to flooding concerns along KLO Creek.

Prince George, B.C.- Northern Thunderbird Air has been selected by the BC Ambulance Service as one of two proponents to provide fixed wing aircraft to transfer those patients needing higher levels of care.

Running a small business often means recognizing that traditional approaches to a strong corporate culture won't work.

The information released last week by Statistics Canada is for 2010 and is based on Census Metropolitan Areas , not individual municipalities.