Kieran Koltun is accustomed to the Okanagan sunshine beating down on him during football practice for the Kelowna Owls. But the 17-year-old wide receiver is headed into a whole new level of heat as a scholarship athlete for Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth.
The Kelowna Rockets have waived over-age forward Liam Kindree on Wednesday, general manager Bruce Hamilton said.
Kierra Smith — a West Kelowna Olympian and NCAA swimming champion — has been invited to speak alongside NBA legend Magic Johnson at a virtual fundraiser.
West Kelowna's Marco Kacic has signed onto a new auto racing team for the 2021 season, inking a deal to drive for JMF Motorsports.
Taya Hanson’s skill-building has gone beyond ball-handling, defence and adding dimension to her offensive game.
Justin Kripps and his Canadian crew locked up third place in the overall World Cup four-man standings for the second straight year after sliding to the bronze medal Sunday in Igls, Austria.
Bob Lindsay, a man vital to the success of the Okanagan Sun football team and a builder of community sport for decades, died Jan. 21 after a six-year battle with cancer.
Despite a football season sacked by the pandemic, the Kelowna Owls are celebrating six graduating players headed on to the next level.
Malindi Elmore has landed a blue-chip recruit as she continues to build her cross-country running program at UBC Okanagan toward national medal contention with the signing of Joanna Brown.
We can safely assume Kelowna Rockets president Bruce Hamilton is a man of faith, because he keeps on moving forward in his pursuit of hosting hockey games this season at Prospera Place.
Thanks to the global pandemic and his move from Bellator to the Professional Fighters League, Canadian welterweight contender Rory (Red King) MacDonald has not fought since October 2019.
Jared Young doesn’t mince words when he speaks about his time playing minor baseball in Kelowna for the Okanagan Athletics.
Playing pain-free tennis has Canada's Vasek Pospisil thinking about what might be possible on the ATP Tour's singles scene. A refreshed mindset and solid results have helped build his confidence too.
Captains in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League provide leadership in their own way. There are different things to shoulder off the ice for a leadership group.
KIJHL play is paused until January, but there were plenty of interesting storylines that emerged in the early stages of the regular season this past fall.
“It’s a dream come true to represent my country at the World Juniors.”
Kaedan Korczak will wear the Maple Leaf on his chest once again, and he's hoping for another gold medal.
B.C. Hockey League clubs have been sent back to their dressing rooms to continue awaiting the start of the regular season.
Josh Dueck knows the role of chef de mission for Canada's Paralympic team during these unparalleled times comes with huge and unique challenges.
The West Kelowna Warriors Junior ‘A’ Hockey Club are planning to hold Brendan Ritchie Day on Saturday, Dec. 12.
B.C. Hockey League officials have been forced to postpone the start of the regular season. Teams were expect to begin play Dec. 2, but the provincial health office last week banned most travel until at least Dec. 7 in a bid to curb the spread of COVID-19.
Adam Morrison is not yet 30 years old. He was a Philadelphia Flyers draft choice after four seasons in the Western Hockey League.
Teammates of a Kelowna soccer player who was diagnosed in August with a cancerous brain tumour have launched a campaign to raise awareness and fund research into the disease.
It didn’t take long for Jack Finley to make an impression.
Tampa Bay Lightning draft pick Jack Finley is joining the West Kelowna Warriors on loan.
The coronavirus pandemic scuttled induction ceremonies at the B.C. Hockey Hall of Fame in Penticton this year, but the hall still wants to celebrate.
One of the first challenges for two Kelowna-area women participating in an off-road navigation rally in the U.S. was simply getting their Toyota Tacoma across the Canada-U.S. border.
Bill Chow remembers what conversations surrounding mental health entailed during his youth.
With less than two months until the puck drops on the World Junior hockey championship, Hockey Canada has announced a roster of 46 players — including Kelowna Rockets defenceman Kaedan Korczak — will attend training camp Nov. 16-Dec. 13 in Red Deer, Alta.
Matt Berger's grandmother Renee gave him a big-box store skateboard when he was four years old.
West Kelowna Warriors forward Carter Wilkie will continue his hockey career at the Rochester Institute of Technology in the NCAA.
The West Kelowna Warriors’ second overtime win in as many nights was also a big one for charity.
The Kelowna Rockets have loaned forwards Dallon Wilton to the Neepawa Natives and Jake Poole to the Virden Oil Capitals of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League until Dec. 20.
Exhaust fumes are a thing of the past inside Summerland Arena, where the ice is now being resurfaced by a battery-powered Zamboni.
It didn’t take long for Emma Bulawka to shake the rust from her blades.
Ted Balderson might be going through the longest rookie initiation in hockey history.
Kelowna Rockets president Bruce Hamilton says he hopes this week’s announcement the WHL regular season is to begin Jan. 8 gives reassurances to fans.
CALGARY - The Western Hockey League has announced that its regular season will open on Jan. 8, 2021.
A 3-2 win in Salmon Arm on Saturday gave the West Kelowna Warriors a split with the Silverbacks in BC Hockey League Okanagan Cup action this weekend.
The 2020-21 curling season began Thursday in Kelowna with excitement after a long layoff but uncertainty about what the coming year holds.
The Tampa Bay Lightning’s affinity for Kelowna hockey players continued on Wednesday morning when they selected Jack Finley in the second round of the NHL draft.
The West Kelowna Warriors came up just short in a pair of close games with the Penticton Vees on the weekend.
Del Komarniski gets excited when he sees Kelly Olynyk report to the scorer's table to check into a game.
The West Kelowna Warriors and Penticton Vees started the four-team Okanagan Cup hockey tournament with two wins apiece on the weekend.
The four Okanagan BC Hockey League teams will hold a two-month tournament prior to the start of the regular season in December.
An Ivy League hockey player and Colorado Avalanche draft pick is joining the West Kelowna Warriors for the upcoming BC Hockey League season.
EDMONTON - After running into a hot goalie late last round and being shut out in the opener of the Western Conference final, pressure mounted in the minds of the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 2.
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Gary Sánchez and the slumping New York Yankees lost their fifth in a row Tuesday night and fell for the 15th time in 20 games, again failing to get clutch hits in a 2-1 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays.
Never mind just squeezing into a wild-card spot. The Toronto Blue Jays might find themselves among the American League contenders at season's end if their strong run of play continues.
VANCOUVER - Canucks general manager Jim Benning has a long to-do list this off season and one of his first tasks is a real challenge — find a way to keep goalie Jacob Markstrom in Vancouver.
Electric Hydrofoils or eFoils are essentially flying surfboards. I was able to capture Mike Prince from Kelowna, British Columbia, flying his Electric Hydrofoil or eFoil around the Okanagan Lake in Kelowna, British Columbia.
KELOWNA VS. VANCOUVER | The Best City in Canada to Live in? (2021)
Arizona State women's basketball was led by junior guard Taya Hanson — of Kelowna, B.C. — after her career-performance in a 56-63 win over California on Friday, Jan. 1. Hanson tied an ASU program record with seven made threes, finishing with 21 points on 7-of-10 shooting from beyond-the-arc …
