PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday that the “Mona Lisa” will get its own dedicated room inside the Louvre museum under a major renovation and expansion of the Paris landmark that will take up to a decade.

Kiwanis Club of the Central Okanagan raised $38,500 for child and young adult programs in the region from their Taylor Swift raffle. From left, 2024 Miss Kelowna Lady of the Lake Anaya Sattler, Kiwanis Club Vice President Clarence Johnson (center), 2024 Lady in …

1 day ago · Dog handlers, traffic cops, general duty officers, and members of the proactive enforcement unit were all involved in the crackdown. “I commend all these units who worked seamlessly together to deliver these results and send a message to those who are only adding to the opioid crisis,” Kelowna RCMP Sgt. Scott Powrie said.

NEW YORK (AP) — William E. Leuchtenburg, a prize-winning historian widely admired for his authoritative writings on the U.S. presidency and as the reigning scholar on Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal, has died at 102.

Jan 3, 2025 · The problems at UBC Okanagan’s so-called ‘vertical campus’, which will rise 43 storeys to be the tallest building between Calgary and Vancouver, have raised questions about construction methods and the city’s building approval and oversight processes and, in some quarters at least, prompted a re-think about the desirability of …

1 day ago · The countdown is on to the 2025 Montana’s Brier, Canada’s curling championship, to be held in Kelowna from Feb. 28 to March 9. The 10-day event is expected by local tourism officials to be worth between $12 million and $14 million to Kelowna’s economy. About 9,000 hotel room nights will be ...

Jan 21, 2025 · The city had previously licensed 427 short-term rentals before a ban on new applications went into effect. Many more people will welcome the opportunity to rent out their principal residence, basement suite, or carriage house as an important source of revenue, Coun.

Dec 11, 2024 · The following are our most read stories on our websites for the week ending Dec. 7: KELOWNA. 1. Friends-turned-foes spar again at Kelowna City Hall - Opinion by Ron Seymour

Sep 24, 2024 · A dramatic plunge in new construction across Kelowna shouldn’t be taken as a sign of looming economic trouble, city councillors heard Monday. “We’re seeing right now development applications between the

May 2, 2024 · Some areas of Kelowna have already surpassed growth levels that weren’t expected to be reached for another 16 years, the city says.