Bernard Avenue

• Bernard Avenue closure to be expanded for ‘block party’ on Saturday

  On Saturday, the Downtown Kelowna Association will hold its 2023 Block Party. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

  Canada

  Jul 18, 2023
  
• Residents of historic Kelowna street feeling ‘wounded’ by massive new house

  Residents of a Kelowna heritage neighbourhood say guidelines meant to protect the character of the street appear to have been flouted in the construction of a massive new home.

  Canada

  Jul 11, 2023
  
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• Man with replica gun arrested downtown after report of weapon: Kelowna RCMP

  After RCMP swarmed a downtown Kelowna intersection for reports of a man with a gun, officers determined the weapon was a BB gun and arrested a man they said was known to them.

  Crime

  Jun 21, 2023
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• Kelowna, B.C.’s Bankhead Store destroyed by fire Sunday morning

  Emergency crews are responding to the Bankhead Store in Kelowna, B.C., after it went up in flames Sunday morning.

  Fire

  Jun 4, 2023
• Portion of Bernard Avenue in Kelowna, B.C. to close earlier this year

  Full closure will begin July 1, although City staff and the Downtown Kelowna Association are researching further whether the 400 and 500 blocks should ever fully close to traffic.

  Canada

  Apr 5, 2023
• Bernard Avenue in Kelowna, B.C. may close sooner this year

  Meet Me on Bernard has become a yearly tradition in Kelowna, closing down four blocks of Bernard Avenue for the summer months. However, it might start earlier this year.

  Canada

  Mar 30, 2023
• Prolific offender caught breaking into downtown Kelowna, B.C. business

  Kelowna Mounties said that it was just before 8 a.m. when a business in the 500 block of Bernard Avenue was broken into. An arrest was made shortly thereafter.

  Crime

  Mar 10, 2023
• Thieves steal 20 bronze vases from Kelowna cemetery: RCMP

  Kelowna Memorial Park cemetery staff told police the vases were secured by adhesive on the walls for people to place flowers at their loved ones’ graves.

  Crime

  Mar 6, 2023
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• Kelowna firefighters douse two ‘suspicious’ downtown fires within hours each other

  Smoke was seen rising from a multi-storey building under construction at around 10:30 p.m. Thursday in the 1400 block of St. Paul Street.

  Fire

  Feb 10, 2023
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• Kelowna, B.C. man left battered, bleeding after assault

  'This kind of attack on someone is completely unacceptable and the Kelowna RCMP will exhaust all investigational avenues in order to identify and arrest those responsible.'

  Crime

  Jan 30, 2023