Central Okanagan

• Okanagan residents urged to be vigilant as warmer temperatures increase fire risk

  Outdoor enthusiasts are loving it, but with the warm weather about to heat up even more this weekend, there's a concern for potential fire starts.

  Canada

  May 1
  
• Kelowna business hit hard amid an increase in dumpster fires

  Security photos from numerous local businesses show recycling and garbage bins ravaged by fire, tagged with graffiti and their secured lids busted.

  Canada

  Apr 30
  
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• Cost of doing business in Kelowna grows amid social disorder

  Sometime between Monday night and Tuesday morning, a fire broke out behind a furniture store, the flames damaging a cardboard recycling dumpster next to the building.

  Canada

  Apr 29
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• ‘Bailey’s Law’ clears House of Commons hurdle to toughen intimate partner violence laws

  Bailey McCourt's ex-husband, James Plover, is charged with first-degree murder and is awaiting a trial date. If approved by the Senate, the bill would move to receive royal assent.

  Crime

  Apr 28
• Disturbing Kelowna incident involving goslings prompts calls for enforcement action

  The incident, caught on video, happened at the Madison building on the corner of Ellis Street and Doyle Avenue and shocked those who witnessed it.

  Canada

  Apr 27
• Autism Okanagan home looted just months after it was donated to the charity

  'A gut punch,' is how Tammy Gilmour, the organization's co-president, describes it. 

  Canada

  Apr 23
• Inclusive playground the latest target of vandalism in Kelowna

  'We come here a lot and we normally like to meet a friend here,' a seven-year-old Kelowna resident named Kaelyn told Global Okanagan.

  Canada

  Apr 22
• Relaxed short-term rental restrictions welcomed in Kelowna amid registry challenges

  As many short-term rental hosts in B.C. prepare to welcome tourists, though, the process has been frustrating and costly for some.

  Canada

  Apr 21
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• Hallway health care persists at Kelowna General Hospital as hospital floors sit empty

  Concerns about so-called 'hallway health care' have been expressed for years, but the issue was reignited Tuesday during question period in the legislature.

  Canada

  Apr 15
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• Kelowna woman gets second chance at life thanks to complete stranger

  Lyndsay Richholt had been living on borrowed time, in end stage liver failure from autoimmune hepatitis.

  Health

  Apr 14