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UPDATE: Downtown Kelowna standoff ends peacefully

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:25:46 GMT

The suspect was taken into custody at 4:30 p.m.

Tanker overturns in North Okanagan

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:25:46 GMT

The driver says that he blew a tire and drove the tanker, which was carrying a load of barley malt, off the road.

Deadline for urban chicken project extended

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:25:46 GMT

The City of Penticton is embarking on a pilot project that will allow residents to have urban chickens in their backyards.

Competitive horse jumper hands out tips to local riders

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:25:46 GMT

About 30 people signed up to take lessons with Kyle King, an award-wining equestrian from the United States.

Heading to Peru to teach firefighting skills

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:25:46 GMT

Glenn Paley is a training officer with the Kelowna Fire Department and will be heading to Peru next Monday with a group from Firefighters Without Borders.

Nearly two years later, residents ready to move back in

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:25:46 GMT

Residents are finally getting ready to move back into their apartment building almost two years after fire ripped through their units.

Cigarette may be to blame for apartment fire

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:25:46 GMT

Just after 9 a.m. on Saturday, fire crews were called to the Arbutus Court Building on Burtch Road. A fire on a second-storey balcony in one of the units forced the entire building to be evacuated.

Fired fruit worker walking to Victoria

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:25:46 GMT

He lost his job and has no house; now an Okanagan man says he has nothing left to lose by walking to Victoria to try and clear his reputation.

Group launches to clean up Okanagan beaches

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:25:46 GMT

Trash in our water seems to be a growing problem around the world so, to support World Water Day, the first chapter of an organization called Ocean Hour has launched in Kelowna.

Group of snowmobilers hit by avalanche; one dead

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:25:46 GMT

UPDATE: The body of a missing snowmobiler, who was swept awat by an avalanche, has been located in the Kootneay area.

Thunderbirds surprise Rockets in overtime for second time to take 2-0 series lead

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:25:46 GMT

KELOWNA, B.C. - The Kelowna Rockets were supposed to cruise through the first round of the Western Hockey League playoffs, but the Seattle Thunderbirds refuse to let that happen.

Mental health group to appeal to Parliament to change mentally-ill law revisions

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:25:46 GMT

The Conservative government's tough stand on mentally ill offenders likely won't reduce crime and could have just the opposite result, say leaders of the country's forensic mental health organizations who are drafting a letter to express their concerns.