A big, new bridge was dropped into the Kanaka Creek canyon by helicopter recently. The 33-metre aluminum span, about the size of a 10-storey building laid on its side, was flown for more than a kilometer into Kanaka Creek Regional Park, and installed to replace an aging pedestrian bridge. Metro Vancouver Regional parks said the […]
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Hundreds of people gathered in downtown Kelowna on Saturday, Feb. 14 to show solidary with Iranians during times of turmoil. In early January, UBC Okanagan professor Ray Taheri organized the first peaceful protest after acts of extreme violence against Iranian citizens took place. Since then, the group has organized a protest at Kerry Park every
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KEEPS is offering a history lesson. The Kanaka Education and Environmental Partnership Society will host an open house event at the Watershed Stewardship Centre (11484 256th St.), next to the Kanaka Creek Fish Hathercy on Feb. 22 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The society notes people have been hunting and gathering at Kanaka Creek
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Elena Gaskell has wrapped up her final event at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milano Cortina with three massive flights through the air. And while she didn’t qualify for the Freestyle Skiing Women’s Freeski Big Air final, she’s made her hometown of Vernon proud. Gaskel competed in the qualifying round of the Big Air
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A suspect has been arrested after a string of catalytic converter thefts in the downtown core. Ridge Meadows RCMP Street Enforcement Unit, (SEU), made the arrest outside a residence in the 22300 block of St. Anne Avenue on Friday, Feb. 13. At the time of the arrest the suspect was in possession of a catalytic
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