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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)

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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

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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

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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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