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VIDEO: Street crime, disorder prompts watchful eye over downtown Kelowna

Downtown Kelowna streets are growing quieter as businesses face a surge in crime that owners say is driving customers away and putting staff at risk. Diners, shoe stores, book shops and even chocolate makers are just some of the downtown businesses that have been affected by crime and disorder, as people are becoming “more and

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Interior Health pulls plug on bedside hospital TVs; tablets available

The Interior Health Authority (IHA) has signed off on providing bedside televisions. Vernon resident Pam Duffield-Harding and her mom, 94, found out the hard way. In a letter to The Morning Star written Jan. 10, Duffield-Harding was visiting her mom, who had been at Vernon Jubilee Hospital for four weeks. She discovered the same day

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