Cellphone hijacked during holiday...

Cellphone hijacked during holiday...



His cellphone never left his sight, but a Kelowna man
vacationing in Mexico had his phone number stolen anyway and used to make
long-distance calls.



Thieves used monitoring equipment to pick Jon Maycock‘s
electronic serial number and cell number out of the air when he was in Mexico
earlier this month. They then started selling long-distance calls using his
phone number. It‘s called “cloning” the number.



(Read Full Article)

Rutland BMX Track....

When I was playing in the indoor soccer season, one of my team-mates, Parker, was telling me about his upcoming BMX Season. He mentioned the Rutland track a couple of times, but I never knew where it was, only ever going to the skateboard track. So when this item came up on the news bulletin, I was interested to find out more;

BMX Track Gets Facelift - The Kelowna BMX bicycle motocross track behind the Rutland Arenas will be closed until Sunday April 1st to allow reconstruction for the 2007 race season. (Read Full Article)

You need a basic bike to get involved and obviously some protection, primarily a helmet(!), but some padding for the bars on your bike and you're set to give it a try.

For more info on the track the 2007 season, or to get involved, check out
http://www.kelownabmx.com/

You can also find links on the site to other BMX clubs in the Okanagan, if you're further away. Me, I'm off to get my helmet. See you there!

Other News

NewsDesk

A cat that escaped the clutches of a large bird of prey has one fewer life.
Royalty, a two-year-old Persian, apparently fell from the air after the bird snatched her in its talons in December. (Read Full Article)

Some news from around BC today,....

Watch your cards out there! Take care when you are shopping;

Debit Card Scam

At least 100 people are believed to have fallen victim to a massive debit-card-skimming scam at Delta's Scottsdale Centre mall in which criminals made duplicate cards and then withdrew money from bank machines across the country. (Read Full Article)

And take care when you're chatting with your friends in the coffee shop....

Some of the words you use everyday could now land you in trouble with the law. (Read Full Article)

NewsDesk

Drilling For Water

They haven't hit the mother lode. No gold, no oil, just plenty of water. (Read Full Article)

College Keeps Tuition Frozen

On Tuesday, the board decided not to increase tuition fees for provincially supported programs in 2007-08. (Read Full Article)

Sunday 25th March...

From the Editor:

I've had some great feedback so far for the site, and will be looking for more and more news photos and anything I can find out about what's going on in the Okanagan. If you have anything you want to tell or show the world, about Kelowna, or the surrounding Okanagan, contact us. (Or feel free to leave a comment if there is something you want me to post.)

And today, the sun is out! I'm off hiking with my parents this afternoon and as well as editing this site, I have to make the flask of tea for my Dad!

Have a great day,

Sam Evans

Newsdesk

Going Green...
More and more projects with energy efficiency in mind are popping up in the Okanagan. (Read Article)

Zombie flick dying at box office so far...
The filmed-in-Kelowna movie Fido is doing pretty good in its hometown, but it‘s drawing zombie-like interest in other parts of the country. (Read Article)

Tags: Okanagan, British Columbia, Canada

Newsdesk

Cleared for takeoff

A longer runway at Kelowna Airport means non-stop flights from Kelowna to London, England, Frankfurt, Germany, and Sydney, Australia are coming.

“We have Zoom Air ready to fly non-stop from London to Kelowna in January 2009 and then we‘ll probably be able to get weekly non-stops from Frankfurt and Sydney sometime after that,” said Michael Ballingall, vice-president of Big White Ski Resort near Kelowna and Silver Star Ski Resort near Vernon. (Read Article)

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