Kelowna

As early planning and design is underway for the parks, there will be an upcoming information session on March 16 and a series of “walkshops” April 19-20, where ...

In addition to public and stakeholder engagement, the two park projects will be guided by technical analysis, hydrology and several long-term planning documents, including the Mill Creek Master Plan and Linear Parks Master Plan. The Mill Creek Flood Protection Project is a multi-year, multi-million dollar initiative to improve the creek corridor and reduce flooding potential from the Kelowna Airport to Okanagan Lake. “The City has secured funding to develop an overall strategy to improve Mill Creek as a linear park and enhance sensitive ecosystem habitat along the corridor, while adapting to flooding where we can,” Pinkoski adds.

It stretches from Parkinson Recreation Centre to Okanagan Lake and Burne Avenue Neighbourhood Park between Richter and Ethel streets. Residents are invited to ...

Planning and construction began in 2020. [@GaryBarnes109](https://twitter.com/Garybarnes109) The Mill Creek Flood Protection Project is a multi-year, multi-million dollar initiative to improve the creek corridor and reduce flooding potential from the Kelowna Airport to Okanagan Lake, funded in part by the federal government.

Kelowna residents are being invited to take part in the early planning and design of the Mill Creek Linear Park and Burne Avenue Neighbourhood Park.

To address this issue, the city has secured funding to develop an overall strategy to improve Mill Creek as a linear park and enhance sensitive ecosystem habitat along the corridor, while adapting to flooding where possible. Early-phase park construction is expected to begin by 2024. Planning and construction began in 2020.

There were some tense moments for 75 passengers and crew on a flight from Kamloops, B.C., destined for Calgary on Thursday.

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Passenger Rene Schmidt said the pilot and crew of a WestJet flight that made an emergency landing in Kelowna acted very professionally. “It was exciting, but ...

“Thank you to the pilot and the crew, who did a very good job. "So one point I was wondering, was it turbulence? "So I had to maintain my composure in order to be strong for her. "Honestly, I was so scared, but there was a lady sitting beside me. “I appreciate the pilot. He told us we would be landing in Kelowna,” said Schmidt after the plane safely touched down at YLW.

It was eastbound, travelling from Kamloops to Calgary. WestJet said 75 passengers were on board the Dash 8 Q400.

“[They] practice these scenarios on a regular basis, so they responded exactly as expected.” WestJet said 75 passengers were on board Encore flight 3252. “Efforts are currently underway to reaccommodate all guests on the next available flight to Calgary,” WestJet said in a statement.

Dan Price of Sun Life Global Investments is taking over as Kelowna Chamber of Commerce chair from Pamela Pearson of Sentes Auto Group. Price, who is also the ...

But the crisis is exacerbated in Kelowna because our pricey housing, scarcity of and high cost of daycare and general high cost of living means even workers who want to move to the city are put off. "There's high inflation, higher interest rates, a labour shortage, supply chain issues and increased crime downtown. A recent example of how the Kelowna chamber has pitched in is the Commercial Goods Study it helped the City of Kelowna get funding for.

An arriving airplane with an engine on fire had emergency crews throughout the area rushing to Kelowna International Airport on the afternoon of March 2.

[newsletter](https://www.kelownacapnews.com/newsletters/). [Airport](/tag/airport/) [Breaking News](/tag/breaking-news/) [City of Kelowna](/tag/city-of-kelowna/) [fire](/tag/fire/) It was a scheduled flight from Kamloops to Calgary, diverted to Kelowna, on a Dash-Q400 WestJet craft.

WestJet says flight 3252, travelling from Kamloops to Calgary with 75 guests on board, was safely diverted to the Kelowna International Airport Thursday ...

"There was a couple women behind me that were crying and kind of struggling with their anxiety," she said. WestJet said the plane landed safely at 4:45 p.m. "We're not sure what the level of damage is." "There was quite a loud bang and kind of a clunk. "I was sitting on a window side. "WestJet Encore flight 3252 travelling from Kamloops to Calgary with 75 guests on board, safely diverted to Kelowna International Airport this evening due to a mechanical issue with the aircraft," reads the statement.

The word “Russian” on the store's sign has been painted over with the Ukrainian flag's colours, and some of the yellow paint trickled down on the store's ...

Global News reached out to the store’s owner for comment but did not receive a response. The Kelowna RCMP confirmed to Global News that the store’s owner has not filed a police report. [Russian](https://globalnews.ca/tag/russian) & [Ukrainian](https://globalnews.ca/tag/ukrainian) Deli on [Springfield Road](https://globalnews.ca/tag/springfield-road) has been open since 2015, offering customers a variety of different food options from Eastern Europe, but on Monday, it was discovered that the store’s sign had been defaced.

After leaving Kamloops, the plane detoured to Kelowna after one of its two turboprop engines stopped working.

“And that flight was diverted to the Kelowna airport.” “One engine stopped working. “It continued on a stable flight and had a successful approach and landing in Kelowna.”

Police issued a traffic ticket Wednesday after a car plowed through a stop sign in Kelowna.

Dash camera footage sent to Castanet shows the car leave the road and crash into the sign at the corner of Springfield Road and Rutland Road South at 5:13 p.m.

The city's 2022 Transportation Citizen Survey also found that nearly one-third of residents say they are also driving more. At least 61 per cent of citizens ...

[City of Kelowna website](https://kelownapublishing.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=42789). Nearly all (94 per cent) of residents stated they prefer to get around Kelowna by driving their own vehicle, at least some of the time. Investing in or promoting walking, biking, transit, or other sustainable modes of transportation to reduce dependence on privately owned vehicles was important to most (81 per cent) residents.

Jaims Cox is a fixture downtown Kelowna. Living on disability assistance in a shelter, he spends much of his time combing local beaches and creating art.

I’ve seen it, and I’m pretty close to grasping it and grabbing a hold of it. “If you’re starting to feel depressed and you think, you know, there’s no light at the end of the tunnel. And if you’re not a student or a young professional...

La Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC) à Kelowna annonce qu'un avion au départ de Kamloops, en Colombie-Britannique, qui devait se rendre à Calgary, ...

Selon Megan Norton, les agents de bord ont dit aux passagers que tout était maîtrisé et leur ont demandé de boucler leur ceinture. La compagnie dit qu’elle redirigera tous les passagers vers le prochain vol disponible. Le sergent Michael Della-Paolera dit que la GRC et le Service des incendies étaient sur place pour aider l’équipe d’urgence de l’aéroport.

The store owners found the vandalism when they arrived to work on Monday, Feb. 27. It was a Ukrainian flag spray painted over top of the Russian part of the ...

It was a Ukrainian flag spray painted over top of the Russian part of the sign. The store owners found the vandalism when they arrived to work on Monday, Feb. [Food](/tag/food/) [Kelowna](/tag/kelowna/) [Okanagan](/tag/okanagan/) [Russia](/tag/russia/) [Ukraine](/tag/ukraine/)

There's no shortage of gyms in Kelowna, but the city's newest fitness facility offers up a different type of experience with a wide range...

Essentially, the gym is based around fitness, family and a positive environment,” adds Jung. “The ninja community is so supportive, it's unlike any sport you will ever see,” notes Bozek. “Very few fitness facilities offer quality youth and adult programs that run at the same time.”

UPDATE 5:25 p.m. WestJet says 75 guests were on board Encore flight 3252 its Kamloops to Calgary flight this afternoon.

And it's getting set up to land," Elchitz told Castanet while the plane was still in the air. And then we have backup with qualified departments on scene as well," says Elchitz. The plane ran into problems at approximately 3:40 p.m. Video captured by nearby residents shows the plane landing with one engine locked up and some charring. So, we have activated our emergency response procedures." "We refer to it as a standby.

At approximately 7:05 a.m., Castanet received a news tip that a black car headed southbound on Richter, collided with fire hydrant overtop of the sidewalk. A ...

A witness that drove by says she didn't see the vehicle crash, and that the police were already on scene assessing the damage of the car. The witness tells Castanet there were no people on scene other than the police and the clean up crew. A single-vehicle crash has occurred this morning in Kelowna at the corner of Richter Street and Rowcliffe Avenue.

At approximately 7:05 a.m., Castanet received a news tip that a black car headed southbound on Richter, collided with fire hydrant overtop of the sidewalk. A ...

A witness that drove by says she didn't see the vehicle crash, and that the police were already on scene assessing the damage of the car. The witness tells Castanet there were no people on scene other than the police and the clean up crew. A single-vehicle crash has occurred this morning in Kelowna at the corner of Richter Street and Rowcliffe Avenue.

The Kelowna Gospel Mission is getting ready for its 12th annual Strides to End Homelessness event Saturday, where the community rallies together to walk or run ...

to 5 p.m. “We want to be more than a bed and a sandwich. We need to be able to provide wraparound support.

A request for proposal went out last month for bids to build the new pedestrian overpass at Bertram Street across Highway 97. The city originally opened bidding ...

The request for proposal deadline is March 16. The overpass, which is a Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure requirement, will connect Bertram and Rowcliffe Park in downtown Kelowna via the Central Green residential development. A request for proposal went out last month for bids to build the new pedestrian overpass at Bertram Street across Highway 97.