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  • Controversial stretch of North Okanagan – Shuswap rail trail will go to public hearing
    A Southern Interior rail trail project heralded for connecting the Shuswap to the North Okanagan is moving ahead, with one key part missing.
    Canada
    Mar 12
  • Okanagan begins annual drought watch at Level 2, very dry
    At Level 2, or very dry, the province says ‘adverse impacts to socio-economic or ecosystem values are unlikely.’
    Canada
    May 17
  • UBC Properties, City of Kelowna sued over effects of tower construction
    A recently filed lawsuit is taking aim at just about everyone involved with the construction and design of UBC Okanagan's downtown tower.
    Canada
    May 13
  • Pro-Palestinian protesters mark quiet night on UBC Okanagan campus
    The UBC Okanagan protesters join a growing number of encampments on North American campuses, though the Kelowna version has been more peaceful than many of its counterparts.
    Canada
    May 15
  • More schools considered for Kelowna as city’s population growth continues
    Central Okanagan Public Schools says it wants to get ahead of the growth curve, which could see another 100,000 people in the city by 2040.
    Canada
    Apr 30
  • Displaced residents of Kelowna’s Hadgraft Wilson Place face another moving day
    The 84 residents of Hadgraft Wilson Place were forced out April 1, when cracks in the building’s foundation prompted an evacuation.
    Canada
    May 6
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  • UBC Okanagan offers to assess repairs for evacuated subsidized housing building
    UBC Okanagan officials are looking to get into the subsidized housing complex to evaluate stability-threatening cracks found in its foundation.
    Canada
    Apr 30
  • ‘Vernon is home for us’: COVID-19 pandemic changes course of Nigerian man’s life
    The Nigerian man was visiting his sister in Fort McMurray, Alta., and was scheduled to fly home in April 2020. But when the pandemic hit, Canadian borders closed.
    Lifestyle
    May 9
  • Residents displaced by tower construction receive helping hand from Okanagan College
    Okanagan College will temporarily open its new student housing building on KLO Road to displaced residents of Hadgraft Wilson Place.
    Canada
    Apr 26
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  • More transitional housing now complete for people experiencing homelessness in Kelowna
    The new location will provide 60 homes to people experiencing homeless who are 55 and over and people with physical disabilities.
    Canada
    May 14
  • B.C. ban on public drug use welcomed by Central Okanagan mayors
    All B.C. mayors from Princeton down the valley to Vernon signed a request for the province not to allow drugs to be consumed in public spaces.
    Health
    Apr 30
  • Funding shortfall puts B.C. lakes at risk of invasive mussels
    The fight to keep invasive mussels from damaging B.C. lakes and waterways got some financial support this week, but it falls short of what's needed, officials say.
    Environment
    May 2
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  • Rethink cedars, says Kelowna Fire Department after hedge blaze
    The fire destroyed a neighbouring garage as well as a vehicle on an adjacent property.
    Canada
    May 1
  • After release from U.S. research facilities, rescue beagles head to new Okanagan homes
    Beagles released from scientific testing facilities south of the border will soon be calling the Okanagan home, according to an organization that rescues and rehomes the pups.
    Canada
    Apr 17
  • Construction work resumes at UBC Okanagan tower
    'This is the first of many stages which will have to be taken to help stabilize things before moving forward on the project,' a City of Kelowna representative said. 
    Canada
    Apr 11
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  • Three South Okanagan elementary schools set to permanently close
    Three South Okanagan elementary schools will permanently close in June 2025.
    Education
    Apr 18
  • Okanagan weather: Big warm-up through the week
    A big warm-up is expected by the end of the week with clouds in and out and a slight chance of showers in the Okanagan weather forecast ahead.
    Weather
    Apr 8
  • Artificial intelligence roots out sloppy recyclers in Central Okanagan
    The findings also showed that 6.7 per cent of households are considered “repeat offenders,” and are responsible for a third of the recycling contamination.
    Canada
    Apr 5
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  • ‘Looking over our shoulders’: A mother’s killing looms large in small B.C. town
    RCMP say Tatjana Stefanski, 44, was last seen on April 13 with her ex-husband before "departing unexpectedly" with him in a black Audi.
    Crime
    May 23
  • Residents of evacuated Kelowna, B.C. subsidized housing consider their futures
    While cracks in the foundation of the building are the issue many are talking about and working to rectify, it's less tangible issues weighing on them.
    Canada
    Apr 2
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