New RapidBus Transit system unveiled
Kelowna's new $21.5M Bus Rapid Transit system was unveiled Wednesday. Phase One of what is known as RapidBus BC will connect downtown Kelowna with UBC Okanagan by providing service every 15 minutes during peak travelling time along Highway 97. It also offers enhanced service to Rutland, with bus s...
College sees large enrolment increase
Okanagan College campuses are bracing for another year of record enrolments as early registrations point to a double-digit increase in student numbers. "We're seeing a 19 per cent year-to-date increase in registrations," says Okanagan College President Jim Hamilton. "The pattern that has seen us gr...
Anti-theft program targets Ford trucks
A successful Lower Mainland auto crime prevention project is being expanded to the Okanagan for the first time, and is targeting the most stolen vehicle in British Columbia - Ford F-Series trucks. ICBC's Ford F-series immobilizer program offers a free electronic immobilizer up to the value of $175 ...
Parents aid search of missing son
More than two weeks since Kelowna resident Owen Kiernan Rooney, 24, vanished from Grand Forks, his family has not given up hope. "It is time to come home," says Sharron Rooney, pleading for information regarding her son's whereabouts. Sharron and her husband Steve Rooney flew from Australia 13 day...
Third bird tests positive for West Nile
Interior Health has confirmed a third crow has tested positive for the West Nile virus. The bird was discovered with the virus over the weekend. IHA officials would not say exactly where the discovery was made except to say it was in the Central Okanagan between Lake Country and Peachland. Back o...
Summit of Knox Mountain Park re-opens
The road leading to the summit of Knox Mountain Park will re-open to vehicle traffic Wednesday, September 1 at 9 a.m. Knox Mountain Drive was closed last month due to extremely high fire hazard. "Fire danger rating is still moderate-to-high for Kelowna area so please be cautious while visiting the...
Electrical fire displaces residents
Two people are in the care of Emergency Social Services after an electrical fire Monday night. The Kelowna Fire Department responded to a fire in a crawl space of a fourplex on Sexsmith Road at 7:47 p.m. "It appears an overloaded electrical circuit overheated causing a small fire," says Assistant ...
Update: fire in strip mall extinguished
Update: 3:00 p.m. - Kelowna Fire Department Assistant Chief Lou Wilde says the cause of the fire is still undetermined. Wilde says investigators have ruled out electrical problems as a potential cause. Update: 10:05 a.m. - Monday night's fire destroyed most of Take 2 Video's stock, causing about ...
Enrolment increases at UBC Okanagan
Strong demand for a University of British Columbia degree has resulted in the sixth straight year of enrolment growth at UBC's Okanagan campus, which will welcome 1,832 first-year students, up by 22 per cent. UBC's Vancouver campus has met its enrolment target and will have 5,666 new first-year st...
Update: alleged drunk driver kills child
Update: 12:25 p.m. - Monday night's fatal crash, which claimed the life of a six-year-old boy, has become even more tragic. Beryl Itani with Emergency Social Services says the mother and her son had been displaced by the Franklyn Road mobile home fire last week. Itani says they had been in the c...