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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
West Kelowna city hall project headed to referendum
WEST KELOWNA – After an alternative approval process got enough signatures to stop council from…
Crown drops charges against Kelowna man accused of drug trafficking in Edmonton
KELOWNA – Charges against a Kelowna man who was arrested in Alberta last year after…
Alarming theft trend means bad news for cyclists over coming weeks
KELOWNA – If last year’s trend proves true for 2016, Kelowna is about to see…
Illegal, unattended burn pile gets out of control near Kelowna Airport
NOTE TO RESIDENTS AND VISITORS: OPEN BURNING NOT ALLOWED ELLISON – A deputy fire chief…
How Kelowna is helping Fort McMurray
KELOWNA – Since the first evacuees started fleeing the massive Fort McMurray wildfire last week,…
Kelowna tattoo artist sentenced for touching 15-year-old girl who passed out at a party
KELOWNA – A local tattoo artist and body piercer was sentenced to 20 months in…
Investigators say more than 10 recent B.C. wildfires have been deliberately set
PRINCE GEORGE – The B.C. Conservation Service wants to know who is deliberately setting wildfires…
Southern Interior RCMP headed to Fort McMurray
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – RCMP members from Kelowna and Vernon will be headed to Alberta to help…
Police arrest Kelowna man involved in 2013 hit and run
KELOWNA – The Kelowna man involved in the hit and run of a paper carrier…
Spectacular views from new hiking trails on West Kelowna’s Mount Boucherie
WEST KELOWNA – The Central Okanagan’s newest hiking trail is being called better than Knox…
Okanagan group offering monthly support group for those trying to leave religion
KELOWNA – A group of Okanagan residents are setting up a monthly support group for…
Kelowna Jaycees welcome new member Brett Wilson with funny, short video
KELOWNA – A local group of young professionals have put together a clever video to…
Okanagan men try to run but are arrested on North Thompson logging road
KELOWNA – They were warned. Three Central Okanagan men on parole are facing at least…
Keith Urban sells out Prospera Place in Kelowna
KELOWNA – Tickets for Keith Urban at Prospera Place this fall have all sold out,…
The Fort McMurray wildfire would completely engulf your city
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – We know a thing or two about wildfires in the B.C. Interior, but…
Voters say no to new West Kelowna city hall
WEST KELOWNA – Nearly 4,000 of West Kelowna’s voters say they don’t want to loan…
Foal found in Summerland is missing her mother
SUMMERLAND – A local woman is looking for the owner of a one-month old filly…
Vandals trash Rutland cenotaph
KELOWNA – The top portion of a nearly 100-year-old war memorial in Rutland was vandalized…
Warrant issued for Kelowna man involved in 2013 hit and run
KELOWNA – A province-wide warrant has been issued for a Kelowna man who was involved…
Helping hands show close connections between Okanagan and Fort McMurray
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – While the country watches the wildfire situation in Fort McMurray in shock, it’s…
Group says they have enough signatures to stop new city hall; West Kelowna Mayor won’t comment
WEST KELOWNA – Mayor Doug Findlater and West Kelowna city council may have approved borrowing…
Speeding suspect runs from police; vehicle later found abandoned with gun inside
KELOWNA – Police are searching for a man dressed in pink they say ran from…
Green Bay Bible Camp fire deemed suspicious
WEST KELOWNA – Investigators have concluded the fire at a Green Bay Bible Camp dormitory…
Counsellors to help Kelowna H2O staff deal with tragic triathlon death
KELOWNA – It’s what every lifeguard trains for but hopes they never see — an…