Kelowna News

Travelers depart October 2, 2014, returning October 11. In partnership with member travel agency Maritime Travel of Kelowna, and with professors at the University of British Columbia, the chamber announces Discover Italy- nine days in Tuscany and Rome, with a side trip to Leonardo da Vinci's Florence.

Keynote by Jeannette Armstrong, CRC in Okanagan Indigenous Philosophy UBC's Okanagan campus has planned three days of events and activities in support of World Water Day, March 22. World Water Day is a global event intended to raise awareness about a lack of clean drinking water around the world.

The City of Vernon has replaced parking meter mechanisms that allow the devices to accept all Canadian quarters, $1 and $2 coins.

As remuneration in the British Columbia public sector skyrockets, we bring you our annual database of who is making what in B.C.'s public service.

A multi-million-dollar upgrade for a downtown Kelowna transit terminal includes a new roof, sidewalks, lights, landscaping and public art.

Dr. Arvind Gupta has been appointed the 13th president and vice chancellor of the University of British Columbia, Gupta met with faculty and students and gave a short speech at UBC Okanagan on Wednesday afternoon.

Shirley Krushen thought her late husband had taken out a joint life annuity through Canada Life Assurance Company, but found out last year that he was only issued a single life annuity.

UPDATE 2:45 P.M. - Kelowna RCMP say two 12-year-old girls suffered serious injuries when they were struck by a vehicle while crossing Gerstmar Road at an uncontrolled intersection about 8:30 Wednesday morning.

Returning to Chilliwack with a beautiful tapestry of contemporary and classical dance, Ballet Kelowna presents, Innovation, at the Cultural Centre on Saturday, March 22. This ground-breaking composition is a celebration of what Ballet Kelowna's Artistic Director David LaHay describes as "highlighted moments" in the Canadian dance legacy.

BC Tree Fruits has extended its partnership with Sutherland S.A. Produce Inc. for three more years, to manage the Kelowna, British Columbia, shipper's cherry crop to the 2016 season.

Spring break starts next week and the Kelowna & District Safety Council has a full roster of fun and educational safety programs planned for kids ages eight to 12 in Vernon.

An industrial building in West Kelowna could become the site of a large-scale medicinal marijuana-growing business.

For Corrie Griffiths, business development officer with the Central Okanagan Economic Development Commission, the key to attracting new business to this area is to keep the businesses that are already here healthy and to help them grow.

It has been rumoured for sometime that a well named franchise restaurant would be moving into the new Kelowna Yacht Club, upon completion, and today it is being confirmed as true.

It is going to cost the City of Kelowna an additional $1.1M to complete upgrades planned for Lakeshore Road later this year.

The BC coroner has determined that alcohol was a contributing factor in a jet ski crash that killed the operator last summer.

A judge in Kelowna, B.C., had some harsh words for a man sentenced to three years in prison for shooting his roommate after an argument over unpaid rent.

The winners of the first annual BC Farmers' Markets Awards were announced Saturday, and top 'large size' market in the entire province went to Vernon! At the March 1st, 2014 BC Association of Farmers' Markets Conference in Vancouver, farmers, artisans, chefs, and farmers' market organizers from across the province gathered to honour and celebrate ... (more)

The City of Kelowna, BC Transit and design consultants VIA Architecture and MMM Group will host an open house March 13 on Queensway, in front of City Hall.

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.