70,000 pounds of apples! If you haven't got your apples yet this year, now's a great time.

https://www.castanet.net/news/West-Kelowna/515784/West-Kelowna-fruit-stand-has-bumper-crop-of-apples-up-for-sale-at-the-end-of-a-lacking-growing-season

Roughly an hour ago, I was in Value Village shopping for my new place. After a year of house hunting, I finally found a new home. I had 3 rugs in my cart, as I shopped I would leave my cart at the end of the aisle so I wouldn't be in others way (since rhe rugs towered over the cart).

I found a cow print fabric, my eyes lit up from the excitement of this find. I have always wanted to make a blanket with a cow print fabric. The fabric was the perfect texture and size. It had made my day after a very brutal week at work. It felt like the perfect find to welcome me into my new home. I had turned it inside out and stuffed it into the rugs, out of sight out of mind. I did the usual of leaving the cart for a few minutes or less before I went to check out. At check out, I found out someone must have followed me when I found the print, ruffled through my card, and stole it. The women who was helping at the check out confirmed that 5 minutes prior, a lady had purchased the said cow print fabric.

This may not be a big deal or even something someone would think twice about and I understand that completely. I guess I just don't understand who does something like this? I don't feel the respect, care or compassion from others anymore these days. To the person who stole from my cart, yes it wasn't purchased yet.. However, you also hurt someone else and ruined someone else's day and inspiration with your own selfishness. I know you won't feel shame for your actions, but I do hope karma does it's thing.

Has this experience happened to others at this location? Talking to the employees, the same thing happened to a gentleman purchasing a bike the week before..

Hey everybody! I was wondering if any of you know of, or run, a book club that’s active. I’ve been desperately looking and can’t seem to find any!

Does anyone know where the Chinese restaurant, Golden Chopsticks has gone? They are on Main Street and the windows appear to be papered.

What happened to the sign that was by the stop sign for duck city?

Only Stephen Johnston shows up for a candidate debate in West Kelowna? I know who im voting for

Does Koodo and Rogers have the same quality of cell reception in the area ?

Wondering if anyone has any reviews on this daycare in west Kelowna? Not the preschool but the infant daycare.

Anyone have a tanning pass at this gym? Wondering if it works well/that they actually change the bulbs and is worth buying.

Recently bought a condo in the area and looking to get out and meet some good people . 53 retired male into sports especially soccer , motorcycle enthusiast , beach, restaurants and patios . Any membered clubs or hangouts with like minded people around ? What are some places in the surrounding areas that I should be checking out ? Cheers and thank you .

are these guys are working in sonu haircut kelowna are trained in vancouver sonu haircut ltd., because they are charging exactly same as vancouver locations.

Wildfire started across from Gormans today. Near Highway 97 and Gellatly RD S. Here’s a video as it was happening:

https://youtu.be/CLUZJUGPzxY?si=zqThEY_3hnuYLF1c

I’ve been looking online for bylaws and rules regarding e-scooters in West Kelowna area and can’t seem to find anything on it. I know Kelowna regulations say to use bike lanes, streets, and multi-use pathways but we don’t have many bike lanes here, using the streets could cause vehicle congestion, and we don’t have many multi-use pathways either. Any input would be appreciated!

Unpopular and personal critique of Westside Dayz, as well as some praise.

The first and most notable thing to me was the lack of Indigenous culture. Maybe I was there at the wrong times, but I overall felt that the local Indigenous culture was not well represented, and that should have been a more primary focus in the celebration of westbank.

I thought that the activities available for the kids were very well planned, there were lots of different and new things to try and play with, and the hosts and vendors seemed great at engaging with the kids. All of the volunteers directing and helping guests were amazing. They were out there enduring the heat, giving out maps and answering questions with no complaints.

One of the highlights that I saw children enjoying was the wrestling display. The wrestlers really went out of their way to involve the audience. They gave a great show even despite the heat. It was cute to watch the kids engaging with the show, it would be nice to see this or similar type shows in the future where the characters engage with the audience.

I'm just going to say it. The drone show was awful. If you have a lite brite at home, you might as well have stayed home and played with that instead. The least amount of effort that could have been done is raising the music level to the point of not being able to hear the drones humming, and maybe trying to sync the music with the light show so it seemed to flow a bit. The whole show seemed incredibly low effort and ill planned.

Arguments for continuing fireworks: Environmentally conscious: How is firework smoke more harmful than the smog we get every year from wildfires? What do you think happens to the discarded batteries and plastic from broken drones?

To those that haven't trained their dogs to get used to thunderstorms, backfiring cars, and garbage trucks picking up bins. I'd remind you that dogs pick up on our own neurosis so who's really the one scared of fireworks?

Fireworks detonated from a barge by professionals in the middle of the lake are not dangerous and can be enjoyed by a larger number of people. The majority of the audience does enjoy the height, the colour and do look forward to seeing a longer show with a big grand finale.

The church service on Sunday was more abysmal than the drone show. I would have enjoyed an inclusive service represented by multiple denominations and spiritual leaders, but while the worship leaders spoke about inclusivity, all the rich white people club were giving outside people the side eye. The whole service was geared toward one single demographic. There was a very nice free pancake breakfast provided by the legion, and while I was eating, one of these holier than thou church goers commented to the family beside her that people should have " eaten a quality breakfast" before coming to the event, while looking directly at me the whole time. Church (of every religion and denomination) should be about love and inclusivity. No matter who or what you pray to passing critical judgement on someone you don't know is not what your Deity would want.

My favorite sushi restaurant suddenly is "permanently closed" according to Google and is a different business when I go there. One of my favourite things about this place was the woman running it she was awesome and knew everyone.

One time I came in and a woman up front I don't know asked what I'd like and I said "I'll have...." and that's as far as I got because from my voice the owner recognized me and called out my order loudly from the back so the woman up front could hear it.

Anyone know if they plan to reopen? Or at least know how to contact them if they are for sure done so I can thank them for years of happiness?

We've been offered a daycare spot for my daughter at Class of West K. Anyone have experience with them? Are they good? Any concerns?

In the complex I live in directly across from my unit on top of the opposite unit stands a rotating , night vision security camera, AND ITS BEEN POINTED AT MY 8 YEAR OLD SONS WINDOW FOR MONTHS NOW!!! This is a non profit low income housing complex for families with children 19 and under. My Son refuses to sleep in his room and sleeps on the couch. What do I do? Not to mention I am trying to fight a eviction for "cause" because one of my neighbors sent their daughter out to dispose of the garbage and it was far too heavy, with the dumpster being close to my unit in the parking lot, my son's father was on our deck fixing a bike and saw the girl struggling and helped she said thanks , and asked about the bike he was fixing and went home .... All was civil as one would think when talking to a 9 year old child. Within minutes of her going back to her home , her parents came out their back deck which is across the driveway and there's a metal fence that they're now screaming through yelling things like "STOP HARASSING OUR DAUGHTER" "YOU SHOULD GO KILL YOURSELF" My Sons father of course got upset walked over to the fence and yelled back at them "what the F*** are you talking about" offered for the other guy to talk it outta the complex and settle whatever his problem was like a man (which was declined) ... The daughter was standing there with her parents and she obviously knew this was not true, my son's father asked her "what did you say to your parents?!" And the little girl quickly replied "they made me" and ran away! Multiple neighbors saw and as I was telling our sons father to come back home, and forget about these people... They're just trying to get a rise out of you for some reason.(These people are new to our complex , we've been here for 6 years and neighbors that saw have all lived here for 3 - 15 years) Another neighbor started getting mad at them and angrily feeling them " You guys started this, what the hell are you talking about" Literally within minutes of me getting my son's father back to our place , the police rushed in, and REFUSED to listen to 3 separate witnesses that saw what actually happened..... And told son's father that he's being detained, and then 10 minutes later they took him away, put him in city cells, no charges were made and then released him 11 hours later?!?!?! Even though he did absolutely nothing except try to defend himself . If anyone should have called the police it should have been him against those wing nuts. But instead we just went back home and calmed down and it literally felt like we were/are in the Twilight zone.... Literally 2 days later there's an eviction notice for "cause" stating that my son father significantly traumatized/harassed a 9 year old child. Like are YOU KIDDING ME?!?! maybe if the f***Ing security camera weren't pointed directly into my sons bedroom window which is located upstairs, then housing would see the total bullshit that happened that day. I have filed a dispute, but I literally got it in on the last day, I don't have an advocate as there's a month wait list for one. I am on disability for mental health disability, extreme anxiety and social anxiety, which makes dealing with these types of things completely debilitating. I feel like my family is about to be homeless , because of all the paperwork I need to come up with to back up our Innocence. I don't know if it seems so hard because I am beyond overwhelmed with it all , or if the new system is put in place to be that way which coincidentally was just recently updated ON my birthday as of April 16th 2024. (Even my Family support worker who tried helping me out was getting frustrated with the forms, and literally said she doesn't get paid enough for this, but still tried helping because there's no advocates available.) How convenient universe .... Thank you .... Thank you very much. I literally don't even know these other people's names..... And many other neighbors told me they've had problems with them as well. How can the landlord not see that all of a sudden these people move in and are making multiple complaints on multiple neighbors who have all been here years without incident?!?! Like what in the Twilight zone is going on?!? PLEASE DOES ANYONE HAVE CLEAR AND EASY ANSWERS that will help me get though this?!?

Sincerely, Our Family needs help.

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Hi everyone. Westside men's soccer will be holding tryouts soon for its various teams in the Kelowna Men's Soccer League. Players for our Intermediate (Div 3), Advanced (Div 2), and Over 45 squads will be selected. For more details and to register, please complete the Westside player intake form.

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