Summerland Review

6 days ago | summerlandreview.com | Jordy Cunningham

A home in Kelowna has suffered significant damage after an early morning house fire. Around 5:30 a.m. on Friday, April 18, the Kelowna Fire Department (KFD) received calls of a structure fire in the 1000-block of Hickory Road. Upon arrival, crews saw visible flames coming out of the back of the building and smoke throughout the home. Crews used "several" hose lines to douse the fire and ventilated the smoke. According to KFD, the basement suite suffered the most damage.

2 weeks ago | summerlandreview.com | Robin Grant

A letter typed on B.C. legislative assembly stationery signed by Conservative Party MLA Anna Kindy and several other elected officials that backs a controversial federal election candidate has raised concerns about the ethical implications of sending out a partisan message from the legislature. The letter released on social media over the weekend has the signatures of Campbell River Mayor Kermit Dahl and city Couns. Ben Lanyon, Ron Kerr, and Doug Chapman.

2 weeks ago | summerlandreview.com | John Arendt

The Okanagan Skaha School District is inviting proposals to lease three elementary school buildings. Because of changes to its structure, to address declining enrolment levels, the school board is closing Carmi Elementary School and Parkway Elementary School in Penticton, and Giant’s Head Elementary School in Summerland. The schools will close on June 30. The changes come as the school board is moving away from its elementary-middle-secondary model and going to an elementary-secondary model.

3 weeks ago | summerlandreview.com | Jennifer Smith

Enderby Grindrod Road residents are used to drivers speeding along the rural road. But one driver got so out of hand they ended up crashing into a utility pole early Thursday morning. Vernon North Okanagan RCMP were called to the area around Mowat Road and found a small grey Nissan Sentra unoccupied.

4 weeks ago | summerlandreview.com | Roger Knox

Second time, almost exactly five years apart, exactly the same spot. And Reiner Stass still doesn't want the art he didn't request. Stass is the owner of the 118-year-old Mackenzie building, located at 3212-30th Avenue in downtown Vernon, and in early March, he was alerted to graffiti, or tagging, painted on the side of his building, visible to all traffic and pedestrians travelling east on the main street.