NFL Way to Play and NFL Forward Pass programs are giving back to youth football players, coaches and community members in Canada with a chance to earn a funding boost for their programs.NFL Way to Play is designed to invest in Canadian high school and CEGEP tackle football programs while reinforcing good playing techni...

After a five-year hiatus, the Kelowna Apple Marathon will make its return on Sunday, Sept. 29.The big event will begin and finish in City Park. The race route spans areas of downtown, north end and South Pandosy area and some traffic impacts are expected. For race information and route details, visit appleraceseries.co...

Canada's largest street hockey tournament will happen in Kelowna at the end of the month, and will cause some traffic disruptions.The Play On! Street Hockey Festival will go at Kelowna's Water Street on August 31 and September 1.This will be the ninth time Kelowna has hosted the tournament since 2010.The event, which w...

The City of Kelowna and the Kelowna Rockets have announced the two men who will lead a bid bring the 2026 Memorial Cup to the Okanagan.David Rush and Steve Thomson are leading the bid as co-chairs of the campaign team to bring the national championships of the Canadian Hockey League to Kelowna's Prospera Place.Rush, a ...

Pickleballers from across B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba will be in Vernon this week for the Western Regional Pickleball Championships.Approximately 630 players from across Western Canada are registered for the event, which Vernon is hosting for the first time ever."Pickleball Canada is thrilled to have ...

A local promoter says more mixed martial events will be held in Vernon after a very successful card last weekend.Raja and Alisha Kler put on The Okanagan Fighting Championship July 6 at the Vernon Curling Club.Raja told Vernon Matters, the 13-bout event was a huge success despite the heat."The turn-out was fantast...

An Okanagan hockey product has signed his first pro hockey deal.Kelowna Rockets forward Tij Iginla has inked a three-year, entry-level contract with the Utah Hockey Club.The 17-year-old from Lake Country made history in June as the first draft pick in Utah franchise history when the club took him sixth overall in the 2...

The Kelowna Rockets director of communications and social media is making the jump to the big leagues.Paige Bednorz will be leaving her position with the Western Hockey League team to join the NHL's Edmonton Oilers digital team."We wish Paige the very best in her new role in Edmonton with the Oilers," Rockets...

A marathon runner from Kelowna is heading to France to compete on the world stage.Malindi Elmore of Kelowna was named to Canada's Athletics team for the 2024 Paris Olympics.Team Canada's website stated Elmore made her Olympics debut in 2004 when she ran in the women's 1,500 metre race. She placed 37th in that competiti...

Utah Hockey Club made history on Friday night, using their first ever NHL Draft pick in franchise history to select Kelowna Rockets forward Tij Iginla sixth overall at the Sphere in Las Vegas.Iginla, who lives with his dad, Jerome, and their family in Lake Country, becomes the second highest Rocket to be drafted into t...