https://www.castanet.net/edition/news-story--1-.htm Sun, 28 Jun 2026 19:00:10 PDT Updated every 10 minutes - FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY Copyright: (C) Castanet.net https://www.castanet.net/rss/ https://www.castanet.net/main_images/logos/KelownaLogos/Castanet_Logo.jpg https://www.castanet.net/edition/news-story--1-.htm https://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/622037/Kelowna-card-game-inventor-gets-project-off-ground-after-10-years-of-planning https://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/622037/Kelowna-card-game-inventor-gets-project-off-ground-after-10-years-of-planning Sun, 28 Jun 2026 19:00:00 PDT Kirk Penton Nathan Lundgaard has turned impatience into opportunity. The Kelowna resident has launched a new card game called Bananarchy through a Kickstarter campaign that needed less than 12 hours to reach its $11,000 goal. He spent 10 years developing the game, which was born out of boredom he endured whi... https://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/622036/Two-Okanagan-companies-to-play-key-role-in-AI-related-fermentation-project https://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/622036/Two-Okanagan-companies-to-play-key-role-in-AI-related-fermentation-project Sun, 28 Jun 2026 17:00:00 PDT Kirk Penton Summerland and Kelowna companies are teaming up with a Saskatchewan firm on a new project that will use artificial intelligence to create a new model for smart and sustainable food manufacturing in Canada. Regina's Protein Industries Canada is working with Summerland's Crush Dynamics and Kelowna'... https://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/621707/Bike-lane-construction-to-close-part-of-Hartman-Road-in-Kelowna-until-late-fall https://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/621707/Bike-lane-construction-to-close-part-of-Hartman-Road-in-Kelowna-until-late-fall Sun, 28 Jun 2026 15:00:00 PDT Cindy White A section of Hartman Road will be closed, starting next week. The City of Kelowna will be closing Hartman Road to traffic between the Rutland Recreation Dog Park and Rutland Road, beginning Monday morning, to allow for road work to expand bike lanes and make safety improvements. The road will ... https://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/622134/Paddlers-took-to-Okanagan-Lake-for-annual-Waterman-Paddle-Festival https://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/622134/Paddlers-took-to-Okanagan-Lake-for-annual-Waterman-Paddle-Festival Sun, 28 Jun 2026 13:30:00 PDT Nicholas Johansen About 100 paddlers were out on Okanagan Lake in Kelowna Saturday morning for the annual Waterman Paddle Festival. The event is hosted by the Kelowna Paddle Centre, with the five- and 14-kilometre courses beginning at the paddle centre on Abbott Street. The long course took racers out to Manhattan... https://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/621668/Kelowna-BC-SPCA-Pet-of-the-week https://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/621668/Kelowna-BC-SPCA-Pet-of-the-week Sun, 28 Jun 2026 12:00:00 PDT Madison Reeve This week's Pet of the Week is Firefly. Sheis a 4-year-old female Border Collie cross. Firefly's previous life was not one that she deserves. She has been through a lot; she was an amazing Mommy to 11 puppies! Given the circumstances of her life, she couldn't care for her babies on her own.... https://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/622136/Breakfast-with-BC-Lions-event-held-in-Kelowna-s-Stuart-Park-Sunday https://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/622136/Breakfast-with-BC-Lions-event-held-in-Kelowna-s-Stuart-Park-Sunday Sun, 28 Jun 2026 11:45:00 PDT Nicholas Johansen Kelowna's Stuart Park was packed with football fans and players Sunday morning. Following the first of two Touchdown Kelowna games at the Apple Bowl Saturday, the Breakfast with the BC Lions event ran from 9-11 a.m. in downtown Kelowna. Hundreds of people attended the event to snag a free brea... https://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/622106/Fan-at-Saturday-s-Touchdown-Kelowna-game-at-the-Apple-Bowl-bared-it-all https://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/622106/Fan-at-Saturday-s-Touchdown-Kelowna-game-at-the-Apple-Bowl-bared-it-all Sun, 28 Jun 2026 04:00:00 PDT Wayne Moore A fan at Saturday's CFL game at the Apple Bowl bared more than just his love of football. Late in the Calgary Stampeders 41-33 win over the BC Lions to kickoff Touchdown Kelowna festivities, a fan hopped the fence from the party zone with nothing on but a t-shirt and streaked across the field to ... https://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/622048/Man-charged-for-allegedly-attacking-Kelowna-DQ-employee-over-stolen-cake https://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/622048/Man-charged-for-allegedly-attacking-Kelowna-DQ-employee-over-stolen-cake Sun, 28 Jun 2026 04:00:00 PDT Nicholas Johansen A man faces a handful of charges after allegedly attacking a Rutland Dairy Queen employee over a Treatzza Pizza earlier this month. Travis Cross, 42, was arrested on the morning of June 19 following an incident at the Highway 33 Dairy Queen. During a bail hearing last week, Crown prosecutor Je... https://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/622033/First-helicopter-for-SkyAlyne-s-air-force-training-program-delivered-to-Manitoba-base https://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/622033/First-helicopter-for-SkyAlyne-s-air-force-training-program-delivered-to-Manitoba-base Sun, 28 Jun 2026 04:00:00 PDT Kirk Penton SkyAlyne reached another significant milestone last week with the delivery of the first CT-153 Juno helicopter for the Future Aircrew Training program, or FAcT. Kelowna's KF Aerospace makes up half of SkyAlyne, which is in the midst of a 25-year contract to train the Royal Canadian Air Force on b... https://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/621670/Stewart-family-opens-new-winery-in-Southeast-Kelowna https://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/621670/Stewart-family-opens-new-winery-in-Southeast-Kelowna Sun, 28 Jun 2026 04:00:00 PDT Cindy White There's a new winery on the block in Southeast Kelowna, but the family behind it is not new to the business. They are among the pioneers of the Okanagan wine industry. Ailm Estate Winery is the latest offering from the Stewart Family, who have operated Quails' Gate in West Kelowna for several dec...