Photo: Contributed The Wise family has been doing business in the Thompson Okanagan region for decades. So it’s only fitting that it finally has a car wash in Kelowna. Wise Guys Car Wash started making cars look new again just last week at 1984 Kirschner Rd., and the location features something that does not exist […]

Gary and Joan McEwan have a vision. “We are trying to make a completely inclusive building,” said Gary. “Because we have lived a life of inaccessibility in our town.” The Kelowna couple’s 14-year-old son Ben is disabled and has a lot of special needs. “Ben does not walk … he doesn’t talk, he doesn’t […]

A Kelowna couple with a vision to create a first-of-its kind housing complex is hoping city council approves the plan. The pair, who have a disabled son, want to build a fully accessible apartment complex. The need for this type of housing is said to be enormous but the project is being met with opposition. […]

A fatal collision involving two commercial vehicles on Highway 97C — the Okanagan Connector — has shut down the westbound lanes of the highway. The crash happened near the Loon Lake exit outside of Merritt on Wednesday night at around 9 p.m. As of Thursday morning, the westbound lanes remained closed as both vehicles […]

Photo: City of West Kelowna Proposed site of a temporary shelter at a gravel pit on Bartley Road.. The City of West Kelowna is considering putting a new homeless shelter at a gravel pit. In an application the city’s Advisory Planning Commission will review next Wednesday, city staff propose putting a 40-bed shelter at the […]

The City of Kelowna is preparing to open a site near the Rail Trail to be a temporary outdoor sheltering site for people experiencing homelessness. The location is near downtown on the south side of the Rail Trail, just east of its intersection with Richter Street. Read more: Temporary homeless shelters in downtown Kelowna […]

[ad_1] When School District 23 recently introduced a new app for parents to report their child’s absence from class, not everybody was able to fully use it. Derek Wilson is blind. The app the school district chose is inaccessible, he said. “I think that the school district, if they’re going to use public funds to […]

[ad_1] Kelowna RCMP are reaching out to the public in an attempt to find a woman after security camera photos suggest she’s breaking into vehicles. Police call the woman a person of interest in an alleged mischief and attempt of theft from vehicles. RCMP said the investigation stems from an incident on Sept. 1 on […]