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A group of citizens concerned about pesticide spraying in West Kelowna want an audience with elected officials.

Kelowna firefighters battled a small brush fire near Highway 97 and McCurdy Road on Tuesday morning.

If you are looking for an excuse to lace up your skates and hit the ice, why not join in a fundraising hockey game where you can share the ice with a pro. Sydney Morton takes us to MNP Place in Kelowna where organizers are preparing for the inaugural Hockey Helps the Homeless tournament.

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.

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...

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

There’s a new hotspot in town to pick up local produce, crafts, and trinkets and its right in Kelowna’s Landmark District. Sydney Morton takes us to the new and improved Kelowna Farmers’ and Crafters’ Market.

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.

He’s a financial consultant who has some big financial decisions to make of his own now after winning nearly $1.5 million. The Kelowna man was recently playing slot machines at Chances casino when luck struck and on Friday, he was presented with the colossal cheque.

Every holiday comes with a price when it comes to buying the food to create your feast. As Victoria Femia reports, some Kelowna residents say it’s getting harder to put that feast together as prices at the grocery store continue to climb.

A West Kelowna man says he was sitting in his parked SUV in downtown Kelowna when a stranger carrying a piece of lumber began attacking his vehicle. Police eventually arrested the suspect three blocks from the scene.

Imagine being able to order a BC Transit bus at your convenience. In one Kelowna neighbourhood, that is about to become a reality. The on-demand bus service is about to be launched in Kelowna and as Klaudia Van Emmerik reports–it’s the first of its kind service in all of BC.

Heart disease can run in the family so in many cases understanding the risk factors can help prevent otherwise healthy young people from experiencing a major cardiac event. That’s where the Save BC program comes in–trying to provide early detection in men under 50 and women under 55–especially those with a family history. As Klaudia...

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...

Kelowna’s mayor and council is about to receive a significant bump in annual salary. On Monday, a report before council recommended a nearly $20,000 raise to the mayor’s annual salary, as well as an increase of 30 per cent for city councillors. Jayden Wasney reports.

With persisting dry conditions in the Okanagan, a resource company owned by the Westbank First Nation has committed to years of fire mitigation work. As Victoria Femia reports, the work is already ten years in – and it’s expected to create a long-term strategy to reduce the risk of wildfires.

It’s been idle this month, but some activity has resumed at the construction site of UBC-Okanagan’s downtown Kelowna campus. The construction of what will be a university tower is being blamed for structural damage at nearby buildings, including one that displaced more than 80 people with physical and mental challenges. Klaudia Van Emmerik has an...

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...

This weekend is the three-day Reconcili-Action Festival, a celebration of community and culture being marked across Turtle Island. Our community reporter Sydney Morton stopped by today’s festivities.

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...