Month: March 2026

A mother and her young child were taken to hospital as a precaution after fire damaged a midtown Brockville residential unit late Thursday afternoon. Firefighters, paramedics and police responded at 5 p.m. to the fire at 4 Balmoral Place, a four-storey multi-residential building. “We contained the fire to the first-floor unit,” Deputy Fire Chief Chris […]

Stock futures tick higher, but S&P 500 heads for fourth losing week in a row amid rising oil prices: Live updates  CNBCOil Declines as US, Israel Seek to Ease Concerns Over Iran War  Bloomberg.comBrent up but off highs, US crude finishes with small loss  ReutersCould oil hit $200 a barrel? Analysts no longer think it is far-fetched  Al JazeeraBusiness  The Economist

Vancouver’s FIFA World Cup Fan Fest reveals huge summer concert lineup  Daily Hive VancouverFrom Mötley Crüe to Metric: FIFA announces musical lineup for Vancouver fan festival  Vancouver Is AwesomeWhat you need to know about Mötley Crüe, Kaytranada, The Washboard Union lineup for Vancouver FIFA Fan Fest  Yahoo News CanadaBig concerts, some free tickets at FIFA Fan Festival for World Cup in Vancouver  Abbotsford NewsMostly paid seating planned for PNE amphitheatre at FIFA Fan Festival Vancouver  CTV News

Spend a few minutes with Maisie Ryan and it becomes clear she’s not interested in putting wine on a pedestal. The Burdock & Co wine director knows the details, but her approach skips the script and goes straight to story, curiosity, and making sure the room is having a good time.

The OCME’s policy change came nearly a year after an Independent investigation into gambling-related suicides

A new art exhibition is lighting up Kelowna ArtWalk this spring.UBC Okanagan, The Okanagan Nation Alliance and the Arts Council of the Central Okanagan have teamed up to present River of Voices as part of Light Up Kelowna.Paintings by Syilx artist David Wilson have been digitized and are pro…

A Kelowna man with a prolific criminal history has been granted bail despite ongoing concerns about his alleged propensity for misdeeds, most recently around one stretch of downtown businesses.Justin Collins is accused of a pattern of disruptive behaviour, with allegations focusing on his activi…

A new Kelowna dance studio hosts its grand opening this weekend.​It’s been a long journey for the woman behind Gilea Dance Academy. Natalia Teslia landed in Kelowna in 2023, with her husband and son, after fleeing the war in Ukraine, leaving behind a very successful business.​She brings …

British Columbia is adopting year-round daylight saving time, meaning that clocks went forward by one hour for the last time in early March.