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It was a close vote, but late this afternoon, Kelowna City Council finalized a hefty pay hike for itself. The increase will bring the salaries more in line with like-sized cities. And while Kelowna moves forward with the controversial increase, one other BC municipal council contemplating a similar pay hike has put the brakes on...

The members of the Kelowna City Concert Band have been busy rehearsing ahead of their upcoming spring concert. Sydney Morton takes us behind the scenes to one of their last rehearsals before the concert.

It is a massive pay hike, that if approved on Monday would give city councilors in Kelowna a 30 per cent raise. While many residents agree it’s too much at once, there is an option the elected officials can choose and it’s one that, as Victoria Femia reports, the BC Taxpayers Federation says would send...

Four people were arrested in connection with the death of a 22-year-old Penticton man. Kelowna city council votes to approve a significant pay hike for itself. The City of Kelowna is slated to demolish a notorious home with a list of complaints.

After a number of years, the City of Kelowna is finally starting demolition work on Janusz Grelecki’s Gibson road home. The home had become notorious over the last several years for its state of disrepair prompting city council to vote to take action on it in 2021. Travis Lowe has more.

The City of Kelowna is clearing out a homeless encampment, a fire destroys a home on Mountain Drive, and Okanagan students get ready for the BC Interior Jazz Festival.

The City of Kelowna has just launched what they’re calling an “alternative revenue initiative” to try and generate more money; two Vernon police officers may be charged relating to an arrest three years ago; Interior Health is confirming a possible drug use incident at Penticton Regional Hospital earlier this week that sent several staff members...

Daily and even hourly meetings–that’s what the City of Kelowna says is happening to decide its next steps after a new affordable housing complex had to be evacuated for safety reasons. Cracks are visible throughout the building as its foundation shifts. And now that residents are out–the attention turns to what happens to the building...

Tomorrow may be the last day of February but mother nature giving us a stark reminder that we are still in the thick of winter. The latest winter storm swept through the region Tuesday night – it caused some major traffic back-ups and turned roads into ice rinks and as Klaudia Van Emmerik reports, the...

A man has been arrested by police and charged after allegedly threatening another person with a hammer in downtown Vernon; police in the Central Okanagan have issued a warning about a door-to-door business that’s allegedly scamming area residents; the City of Kelowna has partnered up with a Canadian robotics company, for a pilot project that...

Kelowna mayor Tom Dyas delivered the annual state of the city address in front of nearly 300 people at the Coast Capri Hotel earlier today. As Jayden Wasney reports, social issues like crime and safety, housing and infrastructure needs are top of mind for city council in 2024.  

For the first time, Global News talks with residents of Kelowna’s new tiny homes, meanwhile a cleanup is underway at the tent city site, along the Okanagan Rail Trail, and Interior Health plans on resuming extreme heat wellness checks this summer.

Work crews in Kelowna began the process of cleaning up the homeless rail trail encampment in the city’s north end.

Work resumes on the UBCO tower construction site in Kelowna, Penticton hosts its annual United Way Breakfast, and the Kelowna City Concert Band rehearses, ahead of its spring show.

A Kelowna woman whose son died in the crane accident in the city’s downtown has organized a benefit concert, with all of the proceeds going towards a memorial that will honour all five of the victims. Jayden Wasney reports.

City councilors in Kelowna debate voting for a pay raise for themselves, an Okanagan man wins big playing the slots, and the Kelowna Rockets have a chance to take their first-round playoff series against the Wenatchee Wild.

A small North Okanagan community is on edge after police released a suspect in a suspicious death case; a suspect has been identified in the fire that razed several businesses in downtown Vernon last summer; work crews in Kelowna are working to clean up the homeless rail trail encampment in the city’s north end; and...

University vows to help residents who were displaced due to structure damage from nearby construction. Mitigation efforts are underway in Kelowna as city crews work to relocate individuals at a busy encampment site in Kelowna. Local ski hills are closing for the season soon following a difficult year.

These days it seems like the price of just about everything has gone up, and it may soon get worse for those living in Kelowna. The city has just launched what they’re calling an “alternative revenue initiative,” as a way to try and generate more money. Jayden Wasney reports.

A three-day clean-up is wrapping up today along a section of the Okanagan rail trail in Kelowna. The city hauling away numerous truck-loads of garbage and debris from several encampments that have been growing in recent years. As Klaudia Van Emmerik reports, the clean-up is displacing people who say they just want a safe place...