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An expansion starting next year will be the biggest and most expensive to date at Kelowna International Airport.
A woman is in hospital and her dog is dead after they were struck by a vehicle Thursday while walking along Highway 97 outside Oliver.
A $9-million cannabis facility is ready to roll after the District of Summerland issued a building permit in November.
The Royal Canadian Legion in Penticton is holding a general meeting today that will include the initiation of new members.
Kelowna can achieve “functional zero” homelessness by 2024, according to the new executive director of the Central Okanagan Journey Home Society.
A nomination meeting is planned this month after a secret-ballot vote Thursday cast the Penticton Indian Band into a new byelection.
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Kelowna has a new place to help kids and families impacted by child abuse and neglect.
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Low-energy street lights have delivered some notable savings for Kelowna property owners.
After a taxing three days of deliberation, Penticton city council on Thursday approved the 2020 budget.
A plane with mechanical problems landed safely at Kelowna’s airport on Thursday.
Members of the Penticton Indian Band were set to meet Thursday night to decide if they want to run a new byelection due to irregularities in the 2017 vote.
Hard drugs and fake guns were seized by police who raided a Kelowna home on the highway.
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Editor’s note: The Daily Courier today begins a look back at some of the top news stories of 2019.
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Kelowna city councillors have decided to hire 11 more RCMP officers next year rather than add the seven suggested by city staff.
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Kelowna’s beaches and downtown streets should be cleaner next year.
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A new Highway 97 pedestrian overpass in downtown Kelowna will cost between $5 million and $6 million, city councillors heard Thursday.
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Kelowna councillors have praised themselves for finally creating a waterfront park promised many years ago.
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It hasn't take long this morning for Kelowna city councillors to propose an increase to the municipality's 2020 budget.
Kelowna’s clout on the Regional District of Central Okanagan board could be diminished.
A man and woman said to have assaulted a group of youths in East Kelowna were arrested by police when they tried to run away in snow-covered woods.
The theme of Wednesday’s Kelowna Chamber of Commerce lunch with Central Okanagan MLAs was bashing the government.
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David Prystay likes being first.
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Peachland will get a rainbow sidewalk instead of a rainbow crosswalk.
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West Kelowna city councillors surprised themselves Tuesday by supporting the proposed conversion of farmland to a parking lot.
Four new doctors are set to join a West Kelowna medical practice, improving local access to family physicians.
People trying to help the homeless staying at a downtown compound say city and security officials are needlessly frustrating their efforts.
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Half an hour after another homeless shelter was announced for Kelowna, an appeal went out for volunteers to help run it.
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A 40-bed homeless shelter will open soon in West Kelowna after council on Tuesday unanimously endorsed the proposal from BC Housing.
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Municipal taxes in West Kelowna should rise 4.8%, city councillors heard Tuesday.
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A sharp-eyed employee at the Staples store in Penticton helped police catch a longtime Summerland lifeguard who took advantage of his position to sexually abuse at least one child and make secret video recordings of others, a judge heard Monday.
A member of an elite RCMP unit based in Osoyoos is off the job and facing dismissal from the force while awaiting trial on a charge of committing an indecent act.
The following were the five top-read stories on The Daily Courier’s website for the week of Dec. 1-7, 2019.
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The death of Marina Pettman on Aug. 5, 2019, brings to mind my memories of her mother-in-law.
A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has rejected an application by a defence lawyer to have a search warrant ruled invalid in the case of a man accused of uttering threats against a sex worker.
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Kelowna’s weather forecast heading toward Christmas underscores the city’s gloomy wintertime reputation.
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Having gone to the dogs on a trial basis, a Kelowna beach should stay there, city council heard Monday.
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Kelowna home values have gone down 1%, but municipal taxes are forecast to rise almost 4%.
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Steve Thomson, a three-term Kelowna Liberal MLA, won’t be running for re-election.
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The first purpose-built homeless shelter in West Kelowna is planned for a site that’s behind barbed wire and in the shadow of a gravel pit.
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Builders could pay significantly lower fees to the City of Vernon as the municipality tries to spur new development.
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One of the missing links in the Okanagan Rail Trail will be filled in next year at an estimated cost of $325,000.
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The dilapidated beachfront walkway in Kelowna’s City Park will be rebuilt in the next few years.
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Owners at a Westside waterfront resort want to park vehicles and boats on farmland.
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The closest neighbour to a proposed Westside homeless shelter is in full support of the 40-bed, temporary facility.
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Don't stop drinking white wines just because the weather has turned cold and snow is flying.
Christmas has come early for shoppers in downtown Kelowna.
Kelowna RCMP say they continue to investigate an altercation downtown last weekend that left a man injured.
WorkSafeBC has nailed two construction companies with fines in relation to a roofer who fell to his death last year.
Police in Kelowna are seeking witnesses to an apparent hit and run this week involving a pedestrian at Hollywood Road and Highway 33.
If you pass over Penticton’s Kettle Valley Bridge daily, you may want to find a detour as work is slated to begin Dec. 10.
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