Cst. Christopher Brinnen will ride a desk until the RCMP reviews the incident that earned Brinnen an assault conviction on Friday. Kelowna police Superintendent Bill McKinnon refuses to comment Brinnen's case until that police review is complete. Brinnen's name joins a growing list of Kelowna Mounties who have been convicted or ... Read More...

Kelowna mayor Walter Gray says his job is to make the city more efficient this year. Local business leaders gathered at the Delta Grand Hotel on Friday to find out where their new mayor and Councilors plan to take the Kelowna in 2012. Mayor Gray says finding quicker and more effective ways to provide ... Read More...

Brakes are being put on controversial plans for a land swap between the BC government and the Westbank First Nation. Officials say negotiators will now try to find an alternative to watershed land in the Rose Valley/Bear Creek area that had been earmarked for the deal. 698 acres of Crown property ... Read More...

A Kelowna mountie, guilty of assault, will be sentenced in the spring. Cst. Christopher Brinnen will return to Provincial Court on April 24th to be sentenced on an assault charge he was found guilty of today. On duty, Brinnen punched Kyle Nelson in the face in an alleyway in February ... Read More...

Ground has broken on an important project to monitor the health of groundwater supplies for residents in the Joe Rich area.The well is being drilled in one of 15 Okanagan aquifers identified as sensitive.It will help to protect, manage and sustain groundwater supplies.The project is part of ... Read More...

Different lands will be discussed for a potential land swap between the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure and Westbank First Nation.The initial lands were identified in the Bear Creek/Rose Valley area in exchange for lands required for the construction of the Westbank Road Interchange.Minister Blair Lekstrom says he ... Read More...