Michael Rodriguez

The Kelowna RCMP’s Insp. Adam MacIntosh takes questions from media on Nov. 12, 2021. (Michael Rodriguez/Capital News)

Charges, fines possible for protesters who hijacked Kelowna Remembrance Day ceremony: RCMP

Insp. Adam MacIntosh said the disturbance from local anti-vax protesters was ‘a step too far’

The Kelowna RCMP’s Insp. Adam MacIntosh takes questions from media on Nov. 12, 2021. (Michael Rodriguez/Capital News)
Rail Trail access at Dilworth Drive in Kelowna. (Google Maps)

Fundraiser launched for Kelowna teen attacked, robbed on Rail Trail

The 17-year-old suffered a fractured skull and a collapsed lung, according to the GoFundMe page

Rail Trail access at Dilworth Drive in Kelowna. (Google Maps)
Mar Jok Elementary in West Kelowna. (Google Maps)

COVID-19 outbreak declared at West Kelowna elementary; students move to online learning

Mar Jok Elementary is discontinuing in-person classes, moving to remote learning

Mar Jok Elementary in West Kelowna. (Google Maps)
Kelowna’s Gospel Mission. (Michael Rodriguez/Capital News)

Kelowna’s Gospel Mission expands shelter capacity ahead of winter

The mission is adding 10 more beds to its Doyle Avenue emergency shelter

Kelowna’s Gospel Mission. (Michael Rodriguez/Capital News)
Spin’s S-300 electric bike. (Contributed)

Electric bike-share program coming to Kelowna

Ford-owned Spin will launch around 100 shared e-bikes in Kelowna this fall

Spin’s S-300 electric bike. (Contributed)
One man is thought to be behind several robberies in the Okanagan over the past month. (RCMP handout)

Gun-wielding man robs 5 Okanagan businesses within a month

Police searching for one suspect thought to be behind a string of robberies

One man is thought to be behind several robberies in the Okanagan over the past month. (RCMP handout)
Loyal Wooldridge. (Contributed)

Kelowna councillor takes on RDCO board chair position

Wooldridge was elected as the new head of the RDCO board of directors by secret ballot

Loyal Wooldridge. (Contributed)
South Rutland Elementary. (Contributed)

Kelowna woman charged after allegedly embezzling $20K from elementary school PAC

Andrea Blanchard, 46, is facing several fraud-related charges

South Rutland Elementary. (Contributed)
The Four Food Chiefs sculpture seen from the third floor of Okanagan College’s Health Sciences Centre in Kelowna. (Contributed)

Penticton artist’s Indigenous sculpture stands 3-storeys high at Okanagan College

The Health Sciences Centre in Kelowna is home to a 9-metre tall metal sculpture built by an Indigenous artist

The Four Food Chiefs sculpture seen from the third floor of Okanagan College’s Health Sciences Centre in Kelowna. (Contributed)
Situation unfolding on Valley Road Nov. 1. (Facebook)

Report of explosives in Kelowna home comes up empty-handed, 3 arrested

The report prompted a large police presence in the Glenmore area on Monday evening

Situation unfolding on Valley Road Nov. 1. (Facebook)
Fire on Fuller Avenue. (Aaron Hemens/Capital News)

UPDATE: Four displaced by downtown Kelowna house fire

The flames had spread to a nearby home

Fire on Fuller Avenue. (Aaron Hemens/Capital News)
Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry speaks during a press conference at Legislature in Victoria, B.C., on May 25, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

‘Challenging’ COVID-19 outbreak at Kelowna care home nears three months

Dr. Bonnie Henry said the outbreak at Cottonwoods Care Centre has been one of the most difficult to manage

Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry speaks during a press conference at Legislature in Victoria, B.C., on May 25, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
Kelowna General Hospital. (Michael Rodriguez/Capital News)

2 operating rooms at Kelowna hospital reduced as unvaxxed workers placed on leave

More than 1,000 unvaccinated health-care workers across Interior Health

Kelowna General Hospital. (Michael Rodriguez/Capital News)
The house on 800-block of Kiniski Road in Kelowna that was shot at late on Wednesday, Oct. 27. (Aaron Hemens/Capital News)

Mounties investigate shooting at Kelowna home

RCMP say the home appears to have been targeted; four adults and a youth home at the time uninjured

The house on 800-block of Kiniski Road in Kelowna that was shot at late on Wednesday, Oct. 27. (Aaron Hemens/Capital News)
Kylie Carlson. (Contributed)

UPDATE: Missing West Kelowna youth located

RCMP confirmed that Kylie Carlson is safe and sound

Kylie Carlson. (Contributed)
Police at the intersection of Pandosy Street and Sutherland Avenue in Kelowna on the evening of Monday, Oct. 25. (Michael Rodriguez/Capital News)

Road reopens after ‘high-risk’ police incident in Kelowna, one man arrested

Weapons complaint prompts large police presence in Pandosy area

Police at the intersection of Pandosy Street and Sutherland Avenue in Kelowna on the evening of Monday, Oct. 25. (Michael Rodriguez/Capital News)
An e-scooter and a car bumper make for a narrow passage on a sidewalk out front of the Kelowna Law Courts on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. (Michael Rodriguez/Black Press file)

City of Kelowna wants resident feedback on e-scooter program

City says community feedback vital to program improvements

An e-scooter and a car bumper make for a narrow passage on a sidewalk out front of the Kelowna Law Courts on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. (Michael Rodriguez/Black Press file)
One Water Street. (Contributed)

Mounties on scene after woman falls from downtown Kelowna tower, dies

The incident happened just before 10 a.m., woman pronounced dead on scene

One Water Street. (Contributed)
(Bunny Ride Transportation photo)

Bunny sues City of Kelowna

E-scooter company claims the city assured several times it would be able to operate

(Bunny Ride Transportation photo)
Several spectators look at the wreckage after a crane collapsed at a downtown Kelowna construction site on the morning of July 12, 2021. (Michael Rodriguez/Capital News)

2 new cranes to be erected at site of deadly Kelowna crane collapse

Mission Group says company chosen to construct 2 new cranes for the site is a leader in the field

Several spectators look at the wreckage after a crane collapsed at a downtown Kelowna construction site on the morning of July 12, 2021. (Michael Rodriguez/Capital News)