Big White Freestyle invests $65K in new landing air bag

The ski season in the Okanagan is still a few months away, but skiers in the Big White Freestyle club are already looking forward to winter.Athletes in the program will have a brand new landing air bag to help them train for the 2025-26 ski season.The landing airbag was purchased by the club…

Can Luigi Mangione get too big to jail?

The first people in line on Tuesday, I was told, started camping out on the sidewalk two days ago. Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December 2024, was due in court at 9AM ET for a hearing in one of three concurrent criminal cases against him. And this time everyone was prepared for the mayhem: the signs, the fans, the livestreamers, the protests, the media circus. That’s why the line started even earlier than last time – the people who really wanted to get in to see him knew that no time was too early.Mangione is both ubiquitous and fleeting…

Ground broken for $49M protective services campus in Kelowna

Work is about to begin on a $49 million, state-of-the-art new protective services facility on this hillside overlooking John Hindle Drive in Kelowna.Not only will the Glenmore Protective Services Campus house a new City of Kelowna fire hall, it will be the new home of Central Okanagan Search and…

First case of human West Nile since 2020

A first case of human West Nile virus has been confirmed in Brant resident, according to Grand Erie Public Health. While evidence of West Nile has been found for the last few years in this area in storm-water ponds or other water sources, this is the first time since 2020 a human in Brantford or […]