Jacqueline Gelineau

Faith Johnson-Jourdain, a Grade 12 student at Mount Boucherie with her art from the school’s Indigenous Art class. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)

Central Okanagan school a leader in education through an Indigenous lens

The Indigenous Art course at Mount Boucherie Secondary School empowers students to learn in a unique way

Faith Johnson-Jourdain, a Grade 12 student at Mount Boucherie with her art from the school’s Indigenous Art class. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)
HeChangedIt has created a safe space for men to connect those who have lived experience and those looking for help. (pixabay)

Blue Monday: Okanagan company wants to spread love before it is too late

HeChangedIt wants people to post, tell or show someone that they care about them this Blue Monday

HeChangedIt has created a safe space for men to connect those who have lived experience and those looking for help. (pixabay)
A Kelowna Tent City resident pictured with his burnt cooler after a fire spread from a neighbouring tent. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)

Wet, cold, desperate B.C. tent city residents plead for fire extinguishers

While it is against the rules to use fire, people are desperate for warmth, say Tent City residents

A Kelowna Tent City resident pictured with his burnt cooler after a fire spread from a neighbouring tent. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)
(News Bulletin file photo)

Former accountant found guilty of stealing from B.C. minor lacrosse group

Former treasurer John Scott Adams found guilty of theft over $5,000 from Kelowna Minor Lacrosse

(News Bulletin file photo)
City councillor Ron Cannan at a Stand with Ukraine event on Oct. 14, in Kelowna. (Jordy Cunningham/Capital News)

Politicians claim Kelowna councillor’s column ‘promotes religion over inclusion’

“He is not being cancelled. He is being called out,” said Norah Bowman, professor of social issues

City councillor Ron Cannan at a Stand with Ukraine event on Oct. 14, in Kelowna. (Jordy Cunningham/Capital News)
Kelowna General Hospital (File photo)

Welcome the Interior Health New Years baby born in Kelowna

Baby Navy Shae was the first baby born across the Interior Health Region

Kelowna General Hospital (File photo)
Kelowna Tent City resident with a card made by students from Glenmore Elementary School. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)

Kelowna teacher works with Tent City resident to de-stigmatize homelessness

Students at Glenmore Elementary School spoke with a Tent City resident about homelessness in Kelowna

Kelowna Tent City resident with a card made by students from Glenmore Elementary School. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)
Freida Whales reading at Drag Story Time on Jan. 28, 2023. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)

Kelowna drag queen praises Ontario court ruling over ‘groomer’ 2SLGBTQIA+ slur

A recent decision states that calling drag performers a ‘groomer’ is not protected as free speech

Freida Whales reading at Drag Story Time on Jan. 28, 2023. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)
David Lindsay (right) and two of his supporters outside the Kelowna Courthouse on March 1, 2023. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)

Kelowna lockdown protester, ‘freedom fighter’ found guilty of assault

David Lindsay was trying to gain entry to a building despite being banned

David Lindsay (right) and two of his supporters outside the Kelowna Courthouse on March 1, 2023. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)
A collaborative inter-provincial RCMP task force has caught a man involved in a B.C. human-trafficking circuit. (Black Press file photo)

Quebec man charged in connection with human-trafficking circuit in B.C.

Stanley Jean-Baptiste was arrested in Montreal following an investigation that began in May of 2021

A collaborative inter-provincial RCMP task force has caught a man involved in a B.C. human-trafficking circuit. (Black Press file photo)
Const. Sean Eckland (Facebook)

B.C. RCMP officer to plead guilty in case tied to explicit text allegations

Sean Eckland charged after allegedly sending messages to survivor of an assault he was investigating

Const. Sean Eckland (Facebook)
Conservative Party of BC Leader John Rustad at a town hall on Dec. 5, 2023. (John Rustad/X)

Kelowna MLA condemns ‘third world crime’ comment by B.C. Conservative leader

Renee Merrifield calls John Rustad’s comment ‘despicable’

Conservative Party of BC Leader John Rustad at a town hall on Dec. 5, 2023. (John Rustad/X)
A Sycamore Road home in Kelowna cordoned off as police conduct an investigation after a man was found dead at the residence on Thursday, June 17, 2021. (Aaron Hemens/Capital News)

Psych assessment ordered for B.C. woman accused of murder, mutilation

Gabriella Sears fired and hired a new lawyer mid-trial in Kelowna, causing delays

A Sycamore Road home in Kelowna cordoned off as police conduct an investigation after a man was found dead at the residence on Thursday, June 17, 2021. (Aaron Hemens/Capital News)
Gerry Wagner is hoping to thank the Air Canada Angel that got him home before his life-threatening heart attack. (Gerry Wagner)

Heartwarming heart attack: Man looking to thank Kelowna Air Canada Angel

Gerry Wagner is hoping to thank the Air Canada Angel that helped him get home in the nick of time, saving his life

Gerry Wagner is hoping to thank the Air Canada Angel that got him home before his life-threatening heart attack. (Gerry Wagner)
UBAKA Kelowna. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)

‘Indescribable horror:’ Kelowna court hears infant sexually abused by father

Members of Urban Bulldogs Against Kid Abuse filled the courtroom to support the survivors of abuse

UBAKA Kelowna. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)
Danielle Vaughan and Benny Dornan are teaching Kelowna all about the benefits of mushrooms at their shop Essence Wellness. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)

Kelowna mushroom store owner speaks out after RCMP raid, seizure

Essence Wellness, a store that specializes in alternative medicine therapies, including psilocybin was raided by police on Nov. 24

Danielle Vaughan and Benny Dornan are teaching Kelowna all about the benefits of mushrooms at their shop Essence Wellness. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)
Protestors run to the back of the farm at Abbotsford’s Excelsior Hog Farm on Sunday morning. (Ben Lypka/Abbotsford News)

Awaiting decision on appeal for re-trial of convicted B.C. hog farm activists

Activists Amy Soranno and Nick Schafer filed the appeal in April 2022

Protestors run to the back of the farm at Abbotsford’s Excelsior Hog Farm on Sunday morning. (Ben Lypka/Abbotsford News)
(Kelowna RCMP/Submitted)

Snowbound B.C. 4×4 adventure ends in helicopter rescue, backcountry warning

RCMP Air Services finds man stuck near Kelowna, warns about dangers of following online maps

(Kelowna RCMP/Submitted)
Amy Soranno and Nick Schafer spoke outside the Abbotsford Law Courts prior to sentencing on Oct. 12, 2022. The pair have appealed their conviction related to the Excelsior Hog Farm. (Jessica Peters/Abbotsford News)

‘Trial judge erred’: Convicted B.C. hog farm activists appeal decision

Amy Soranno and Nick Schafer will have their case heard by 3 judges in the B.C. Court of Appeal on Nov. 23

Amy Soranno and Nick Schafer spoke outside the Abbotsford Law Courts prior to sentencing on Oct. 12, 2022. The pair have appealed their conviction related to the Excelsior Hog Farm. (Jessica Peters/Abbotsford News)
Israeli soldiers walk past houses destroyed by Hamas militants in Kibbutz Be’eri, Israel, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. Israel’s consul general in Toronto says Canadian-Israeli peace activist Vivian Silver has been found dead. She was previously believed to be taken hostage in the Hamas attack on her community near the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Ariel Schalit

Kelowna representatives silent amid calls for cease fire in Israel, Gaza

About 60 B.C. politicians have signed an open letter to the Canadian government calling for a ceasefire

Israeli soldiers walk past houses destroyed by Hamas militants in Kibbutz Be’eri, Israel, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. Israel’s consul general in Toronto says Canadian-Israeli peace activist Vivian Silver has been found dead. She was previously believed to be taken hostage in the Hamas attack on her community near the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Ariel Schalit