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There could be some hope for the Kelowna performing arts community, which is dealing with increasing demand for more venue space. As Sydney Morton reports, a task force is now looking into filling that gap.

The Kelowna Art Gallery is giving visitors a glimpse into the past. A new exhibit opening next week includes nearly 100 pieces from the vault. Sydney Morton has a preview.

A trio of arrests in the case of a teen girl who was swarmed and violently attacked in a Kelowna park. A much-needed expansion for a home offering a place to stay for families of hospital patients. And the Kelowna Art Gallery digs deep into its vault in a new exhibit.

Chainsaw artist Kamron Garbe is transforming a large tree trunk into a heron and some kokanee fish. The carving began Monday and should be finished by Thursday.

It is a fitting addition to a college in a place like the Okanagan. Construction will soon begin on a new centre for food, wine, and tourism on the Kelowna campus of Okanagan College. The state of the art facility is expected to have a big impact on the desperate need to fill hospitality-related positions...

The Rotary Centre for the Arts in Kelowna prides itself on being an inclusive place, but an advocacy group says the centre is renting out space to a church group that’s homophobic and transphobic. The group is calling on the Rotary Centre to re-examine who it rents its space to.

Meet Bert! The handsome black and white cat is Global Okanagan’s pet-of-the-week. The 5-year-old was found as a stray in Kelowna’s Rutland area. He’s available for adoption through the Okanagan Humane Society.

Kelowna’s Rotary Centre for the Arts is being accused of not promoting inclusivity, a Penticton gas station is rebranding, after a legal dispute, and a car goes through the front of an Okanagan business.

A first of its kind art exhibit featuring the work of seven Canadian artists has taken over the Kelowna Art Gallery and will be open to the public starting March 2. As Jayden Wasney reports, the artists have been asked to create a display that challenges the prescribed norms and conventions of a traditional exhibition.

It is an amenity most larger post-secondary institutions have — a gymnasium and fitness centre. And now Okanagan College in Kelowna will join them. The College Foundation today announced a multi-million dollar fundraising campaign that will pave the way for a modern, state-of-the-art recreation and wellness centre. One that as Klaudia Van Emmerik reports, the...

A Kelowna photographer inspired by nature has found a unique way to help raise funds for his muse, mother nature. Sydney Morton introduces us to Steve Austin and the fundraising exhibit he has created.

The first Imagine Pandosy Art Festival flourished in the Kelowna neighbourhood today, bringing artists and art lovers together safely. Sydney Morton gives us a tour of the colourful event.

Local theatres were just adjusting to playing smaller audiences when the recent provincial health order shut their doors and put performances back online. The latest production to hit the really small screen is the holiday classic, It’s a Wonderful Life by New Vintage Theatre. Community reporter Sydney Morton reports.

A martial arts gym in Kelowna is under investigation for its policies that are allegedly anti-mask and anti-vaccine. Jules Knox reports.

Research from UBC Okanagan is shedding light on the problem of food insecurity on campus. A survey of thousands of Kelowna university students showed more than 4 in 10 worry about having enough to eat.

Three Okanagan artists are having their work highlighted at the Kelowna Art Gallery and one of those artists means a lot to Vancouver Canucks fans, Richard Brodeur, was a goalie for seven seasons with the Canucks. Sydney Morton has more.

Over the last eight months, Lucas Macauley has changed his life.  His life on the street began when he was prescribed morphine after a motorcycle accident in 2011, he was cut off after coming in to refill his prescription a day early.

It’s yet another way the community is showing its support for Iran. A new exhibit at the Kelowna Art Gallery put together by two Iranian artists showcases what it means to be an Iranian woman and the struggles that come with it. Victoria Femia reports.

Arlene Westervelt’s sister Debbie Hennig makes a statement outside the Kelowna courthouse on the day that Bert Westervelt’s preliminary hearing was supposed to start.

The 7th annual B.C. Culture Days weekend will feature more than 600 free arts events. In West Kelowna, the community has come together with the Westbank First Nation to use art as a bridge between the two communities. Doris Maria Bregolisse reports.