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Marshall Jones
News is best when it's local, relevant, timely and interesting. That's our focus every day.
We are on the ground in Penticton, Vernon, Kelowna and Kamloops to bring you the stories that matter most.
Marshall may call West Kelowna home, but after 16 years in local news and 14 in the Okanagan, he knows better than to tell readers in other communities what is "news' to them. He relies on resident reporters to reflect their own community priorities and needs. As the newsroom leader, his job is making those reporters better, ensuring accuracy, fairness and meeting the highest standards of journalism.
Beavers calling Vancouver home, numbers up across the country: biologist
VANCOUVER – A pair of buck-toothed homemakers is having more luck than most getting a…
Flirtatious emails to Ghomeshi after alleged attacks were bait, woman says
TORONTO – A woman who testified going to great lengths to avoid any contact with…
Coroner investigating after Kamloops woman fatally mauled by dog
KAMLOOPS – Members of the Tk'emlups First Nation near Kamloops are mourning the death of…
Kelowna fire department gets assistance on challenging rural fire
KELOWNA – Kelowna Fire Department got a little help from their friends when called to…
Postmedia lays off staff, including top editors at Edmonton Journal
TORONTO – Postmedia has let go of the top two editors at the Edmonton Journal…
Shaw to sell Global TV network, specialty channels to Corus for $2.65 billion
CALGARY – Shaw Communications is selling its media division to Corus Entertainment for $2.65 billion — a deal that will help fund the telecom company's purchase of Wind Mobile.
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Salmon Arm pawn shop offers reward for stolen stuff
SALMON ARM - The owner of a Shuswap pawn shop is offering a reward for the "losers" who stole stuff from his store during a break in. RCMP have confirmed that Shuswap Pawn was broken into at 7:47 p.m., Jan. 10. Owner Mike Jalving says the thieves damaged display cases and the front door but...
Salmon Arm RCMP want your help finding stolen truck
SALMON ARM - Police are on the lookout for a stolen pickup truck and could use your help. Salmon Arm Staff Sgt. Scott West says the 2007 black GMC Sierra truck with Alberta plates EKS767 was stolen from a parking lot on Jan. 10 at 10 a.m. in the 2400 block of the Trans Canada...
It took years of hard work for David Jones to become David Bowie
LONDON – It took years of hard work for David Jones to become David Bowie. The aspiring artist was a teen popster, a hippy-ish folkie and a purveyor of novelty records ("The Laughing Gnome," best forgotten), before emerging from his chrysalis to become one of the most unpredictable and influential figures in music.
Kelowna business group votes to allow female members
KELOWNA - Women will finally be allowed into an exclusive business group in Kelowna. The Kelowna Jaycees, a chapter of Junior Chamber International, voted last night to allow women to join their club for the first time in decades. A release this morning says more than 75 per cent of 60 Jaycees who attended last...
No girls allowed? Kelowna business group to vote on female membership
KELOWNA - Members of one of this city's oldest business groups are voting tonight on what may sound like an odd resolution — whether they want to allow women into the club or not. Since 1935, the Kelowna Jaycees have brought together business professionals from ages 18 to 40. While it appears at some point...
Olivia, Ethan most popular B.C. baby names in 2014, more boys born than girls
VICTORIA – As British Columbia prepares to welcome the first New Year's babies of 2016, the province has released its list of B.C.'s most popular baby names for 2014.
Natalie Cole, Grammy winning singer and daughter of Nat ‘King’ Cole, has died
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Natalie Cole, the daughter of jazz legend Nat King Cole, who carved out her own considerable success with R&B hits like "Our Love" and "This Will Be" before triumphantly intertwining their legacies to make his "Unforgettable" their signature hit through technological wizardry, has died. She was 65.
Woman critically injured defending toddler in second B.C. dog attack within week
VANCOUVER – A woman bitten more than 100 times while protecting her three-year-old nephew from a vicious dog is in critical condition following the second such canine attack to take place in British Columbia within a week.
Our very best of 2015: Why your news is incomplete without iNFOnews.ca
This has been a big stepping stone year for us at iNFOnews.ca in so many ways. But the only ones that really matter are the ones that hit the page. These are some of my favourite stories from 2015. Every one of them and dozens more make me proud to work with this team. Nearly...
Alcohol suspected in Kelowna ATV crash with major injuries
KELOWNA - He was likely drunk, wound up in hospital with serious injuries, injured a passenger, faces impaired driving charges and he may still consider New Years Eve day 2015 to be lucky. Had a neighbour not witnessed the 28-year-old man driving wildly with a woman on the back of at ATV on Gordon Drive...
Armed robbery at Vernon marijuana dispensary
VERNON - Police have arrested a man in Chase B.C. after three men pulled handguns and robbed a marijuana dispensary in Vernon around 6 p.m. yesterday, Dec. 30. According to a release from Vernon RCMP, the three men walked away with cash and marijuana products from Black Crow Herbal Dispensary at 2808A 48 Ave. They...
Vernon police looking for prolific tagger
VERNON - Police are looking for someone so in love with their own talents, they spray-painted it on three schools, a bus and a government building. Vernon RCMP hope you will recognize the tags in the Pleasant Valley Road area of Armstrong that started appearing in November, which are similar enough for police to believe...
American faces 4 charges after machete attack in downtown Toronto
TORONTO – A security guard said he wasn't really thinking about much in the seconds before rushing a man who had allegedly just attacked another man with a machete in downtown Toronto.
Serious accident south of Penticton sends one to hospital
KALEDEN - One person has been sent to hospital after a head on collision south of Penticton this morning, Dec. 24. Around 7 a.m., a Honda Civic and a Ford pickup truck collided on Highway 97, roughly half a kilometre south of Lakehill Road in Kaleden. The driver of the Civic was taken to hospital...
It’s not Christmas in the Central Okanagan until…
KELOWNA - It's just not Christmas in Kelowna until you've spotted these classic holiday scenes. The Landmark Tree of Hope: It's a spectacle every year in one of the most visible and visited stretches of Kelowna %%image1%% Christmas Express train in Summerland: The old steam locomotive turns into the Okanagan's version of Polar Express. %%image3%% Santa...
Minor injuries after small plane crashes in Vernon
VERNON - One person suffered from minor injuries after a plane leaving from the Vernon Regional Airport had to make a forced landing, the City of Vernon says. The small airplane took off shortly after 3:30 p.m. today, Dec. 23, with a pilot and a passenger and climbed to 300 feet before the pilot noticed...
UPDATE: Coquihalla southbound reopened
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Travellers to the Lower Mainland were delayed this morning because of a road closure on Highway 5 near the Coquihalla Summit. Drive B.C. reported the southbound lanes of the Coquihalla Highway closed today, Dec. 23, around 9:30 a.m. because of a vehicle incident. The highway was fully reopened by 1:20 p.m. Meanwhile, if...