Kelowna's top stories of the week | iNFOnews.ca

Kelowna’s top stories of the week

Here are just some of the stories InfoTel News brought you this week.

Gangs, drugs and booze taint Kelowna music festival

An influx of tourist dollars is not the only thing Center of Gravity brought to the city this past weekend. A strong gang presence, drug deals and public drunkenness kept police and special enforcement teams extra busy during the three-day electro-dance festival that drew a crowd of 30,000.

Death of Kelowna teen potentially related to street drugs

Kelowna RCMP say they need more information before they can confirm speculation that a seventeen-year-old Kelowna girl found dead in her bed last Friday morning died of a street drug police warned the public about last week.

Another fire leaves tenants homeless

Kelowna firefighters were quick to put out a fire in a townhouse complex on Lester Road, but at least six tenants will have to find somewhere else to stay.

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Howard Alexander

Assistant Editor Howard Alexander comes to iNFOnews.ca from the broadcasting side of the media business.

Howard has been a reporter, news anchor, talk show host and news director, first in Saskatchewan and then the Okanagan.

He moved his family to Vernon in the 90s and is proud to call the Okanagan home.

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