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Adam Proskiw
Adam has lived in B.C. most of his life. He was born in the Caribou, grew up in the Okanagan, went to university on Vancouver Island and worked as a news photographer in Vancouver. His favourite stories incorporate meaningful photography and feature interesting, passionate locals. He studied writing at UVic and photojournalism in California. He loves talking tractors, dogs and cameras and is always looking for a good story.
Adam Proskiw's Stories
Central Okanagan curbside yard waste collection deadline looms
CENTRAL OKANAGAN - As leaves continue to drop across the Central Okanagan, the deadline for the final curbside yard waste collection of the year is fast approaching. As of Monday, Nov. 30, the Regional District will no longer be collecting green bins, however landfills in Glenmore and West Kelowna will continue to accept up to...
Flu shot season in the Southern Interior
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - With the peak of flu season just a few weeks away, Health Canada has started its yearly vaccination program. Although last year’s flu vaccine wasn’t particularly effective, Interior Health medical officer Kamran Golmohammadi says, this year’s vaccine cocktail will target the more severe of the two types of viruses – Type A. Every...
Kelowna man sold thousands in illegal securities for unlicenced Alberta mine
KELOWNA - A Kelowna man is facing sanctions from the B.C. Securities Commission for assisting in the sale of $21,000 in promissory notes for an unlicenced Alberta mining company to four B.C. residents. A commission panel determined that Rodney John Snider referred investors to Murdo Campbell McLeod, a former director of Flag Resources who is now deceased....
Two car crashes stall highway traffic through Lake Country
LAKE COUNTRY - Traffic was backed up in both directions on Highway 97 in Lake Country today after two separate car crashes and a house fire. Lake Country Fire Chief Steve Windsor says the crash that caused the most traffic problems happened close to noon, Nov. 2, while fire trucks and police were still on...
Pioneer Oyama family donates private land to ducks
OYAMA - An Oyama family has generously donated a parcel of land to a national wetlands preservation society. The Young family settled in Oyama more than a century ago and was granted a parcel of land to be used for grazing land and for faming oats and potatoes in the 1930s. By the time Joyce...
One year after killing, why there still aren’t any cameras on Okanagan buses
KAMLOOPS HAS 25 KELOWNA – One year after the horrific killing of a Kelowna man on a B.C. Transit bus and six months after they promised to begin installing them, there still isn’t a single operational camera on any Kelowna buses. Last year, on Oct. 30, Caesar Rosales was killed in front of more than...
Kelowna judge who died of brain hemorrhage was ‘the heart of the chambers’
KELOWNA - Courthouse flags across the district are at half-mast today after the sudden passing of a beloved provincial court judge. Judge Anne K. Wallace was just 61 when she collapsed in her home Monday evening after a full work day. A sudden brain hemorrhage left her in a coma and doctors declared her legally...
Web series following Kelowna photographer looking for funds to start season two
KELOWNA - A local production company has just released the last episode of the first season of a web series that follows a Kelowna photographer around the world. State of Mind Films produced the series 1 Stop Closer, which features Shawn Talbot as he creates images in exotic locations like Death Valley, Hawaii and the...
Kelowna has dozens of Halloween events happening this weekend
KELOWNA - It’s the spookiest day of the year and with Halloween landing on a weekend this year, it's also one of the busiest for events in Kelowna. This weekend you can enjoy plenty of haunted houses, a massive corn maze and lots of other frightful options. Throughout the weekend, you can take a stroll...
Whitewater Cooks author to stir the pot in Kelowna
KELOWNA - The author of a bestselling line of cookbooks will be in Kelowna next week signing autographs and speaking about her famous line of sauces. The author of four bestselling cookbooks, Shelley Adams of the Whitewater Cooks series was the former head chef at Fresh Tracks Café at Whitewater Ski Resort in Nelson. Her...
Okanagan rats ‘a part of life’
KELOWNA - What started out as rumour is now being supported by some facts, but the Regional District believes that the recent focus on rats in the Okanagan is neither unusual nor cause for alarm. “From our perspective, these instances are very isolated and there is nothing that the District is considering at this time,”...
Okanagan bus drivers to honour passenger killed one year ago
KELOWNA - A Kelowna man who was brutally murdered on a packed, local bus last year will be honoured by drivers across the Okanagan Friday. Caesar Rosales was 55 years old when he was killed Oct. 30, 2014, during his regular commute home after work. Exactly one year later bus drivers from Penticton to Vernon...
Get ready for winter fun at B.C.’s largest snow show
VERNON - The largest exhibition of snow machines and snow safety equipment is coming to Vernon in less than two weeks. The first ever B.C. Provincial Snow Show is made up of three events that were previously held across the Interior — in Vernon, Williams Lake and Prince George. This year, the Vernon Snowmobile Association...
Kelowna Mountain seeks to build $100 million Wine Park
KELOWNA - Kelowna Mountain developer Mark Consiglio announced Friday afternoon that the B.C. Securities Commission granted approval to resume trading its Limited Partnership units. In August, 2012, the B.C. Securities Commission issued a Cease Trade Order against Kelowna Mountain for failing to file an offering memorandum in accordance with the Securities Act. To begin selling...
Deadline to register your off-road vehicles quickly approaching
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Backcountry riders have until Nov. 1 to register their dirt bikes, ATVs and snowmobiles. The new law, which also stipulates several safety regulations while on Crown land, has been voluntary since last November, and back in May the provincial government extended the hard deadline from June 1 to the start of next month....