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Marshall Jones

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.

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  • Joined: September 18, 2012
  • Articles: 3129

Kelowna Rockets off to the Memorial Cup and how you can join them in Quebec City

KELOWNA – The Kelowna Rockets claimed the Ed Chynoweth Cup on Wednesday night to become the 49th WHL Champions after earning a 3-0 victory over the Brandon Wheat Kings. The Rockets defeated the WHL Eastern Conference Champion Wheat Kings in the 2015 WHL Championship Series in four games. The win marks the fourth time in...

Expect highway traffic delays near Sicamous

SICAMOUS - If you are headed east today, be prepared for a 20 minute delay on Highway 1 near Sicamous. According to Drive B.C. an accident on the highway has been trying up traffic all morning. The road is reduced to single lane alternating traffic on the west side of Sicamous impacting traffic coming from...

A milestone worth celebrating

We just want to say Thank You. Infonews.ca achieved a major milestone today: One million pageviews a month. We doubled our traffic in five months and we think that’s worth sharing. Sure, we may not be the biggest, but we don’t measure success by pageviews alone. We are successful if we bring you news and...

Incoming Alberta premier Rachel Notley plans to reach out to energy industry

EDMONTON - Incoming Alberta premier Rachel Notley says her first job will be to reach out to reassure energy industry leaders that her NDP government doesn't plan to make decisions without them. "They can count on us to work collaboratively with them," Notley said Wednesday after her party won a majority by pushing out the...

Kelowna Rockets collect league awards

The Kelowna Rockets are proud to announce the team has won one team award and one individual award at the 2015 WHL Awards Ceremony, held in Calgary on Wednesday. Rockets forward Rourke Chartier was named the WHL Most Sportsmanlike player while the Rockets organization won the Business/Marketing award. In his third WHL campaign, Chartier put...

Cause of house fire still unknown

KELOWNA - Three people had to find a new place to stay last night after a house fire forced them from their home in the 200 block of Nickel Road. Kelowna Fire Department Platoon Capt. Steve Wallick says no one was injured and the three people and a dog were outside the home waiting for...

Kelowna Rockets advance to WHL final

The Kelowna Rockets defeated the Portland Winterhawks 8-4 on Sunday afternoon in Portland, winning the WHL Western Conference Final in six games. The Rockets won three straight games in the series, erasing a 2-1 series deficit and advancing to the WHL Western Conference Final where they will take on the Brandon Wheat Kings. Madison Bowey...

Rockets strike back against Portland; Series down to best of three

The Kelowna Rockets defeated the Portland Winterhawks 3-2 on Wednesday night at the Moda Center in Portland, tying up the WHL Western Conference Final at two games apiece, heading to game five on Friday, back in Kelowna. The Rockets earned a split of two games in Portland with a tight and entertaining win over the...

UPDATE: Missing boy located

UPDATE: 2:37 P.M., APRIL 21, 2015 RCMP say the youth has been located. KELOWNA - Police say this boy didn't come home last night and that's not like him. That's 15-year-old Kyle Davidson and he was last seen Monday morning, April 20, and his family says his disappearance is out of character. In a release...

Rockets lose to Victoria; can win at home

VICTORIA - The Victoria Royals defeated the Kelowna Rockets 5-4 in overtime on Wednesday night in Victoria, extending the team's 2nd round WHL playoff series to a fifth game. Greg Chase scored the game winning goal 5:30 into overtime to give the Royals the win, completing a comeback as the Rockets led 4-2 heading to...

UPDATE: Orchard Park Mall evacuated due to suspicious package

KELOWNA - Orchard Park Mall was evacuated at around 2 p.m. today, April 15, because of what police say is "a suspicious package" and the mall will be closed for the remainder of the day. RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Joe Duncan says people should stay away from the mall and the surrounding area. The Explosive Disposal...

Mess on Highway 5 slows traffic

KAMLOOPS - Southbound traffic on Highway 5 is down to one lane after a pickup truck lost a load of cinder blocks around 3:30 this afternoon. Multiple police cars are on scene making sure oncoming traffic doesn't hit them. RCMP Staff Sgt. Doug Aird said a truck lost its trailer of roughly four pallets of...

UPDATE: Suspicious car fires at Boyd’s under investigation

KELOWNA - A blaze at an autobody shop was one of two arson fires in Kelowna early this morning. RCMP say around 2:50 a.m., today, April 10, firefighters put out four burning cars at Boyd’s Autobody and Glass in the 1900 block of Dayton Street. A second fire on Bedford Avenue damaged a camper. “Police...

Mounties looking for robber

KAMLOOPS - Mounties are on the lookout for a lone male suspect after a liquor store robbery. Sgt. Karen Delorey of Kamloops RCMP released very little information about the robbery at Starters Liquor Store on Westsyde Road.  "It was determined that a male entered the store and presented a pointed tool at the clerk, demanding...

Ceremony to mark 50th anniversary of Const. Neil Bruce death

WEST KELOWNA – On April 14, 2015, it will be the 50th Anniversary of the tragic death of Constable Neil Bruce. On April 10, 1965, Constable Bruce was shot while attempting to negotiate the release of a 16 year female who was being forcibly confined and sexually assaulted in a cabin near Powers Creek, Westbank,...

Fire crews knock down fire in Glenmore

KELOWNA - Firefighters are on the scene of a house fire on Cosens Court in Glenmore this afternoon. It was originally called in as a garage fire at 284 Cosens Court but the home itself was involved by the time fire crews arrived. According to Platoon Captain Steve Wallick, the fire started near the back...

Rockets prepare the brooms for Ams

Rockets Media release The Kelowna Rockets defeated the Tri-City Americans 5-3 on Tuesday night in Kennewick, WA, taking a three-games-to-nothing lead in the team's 1st round WHL Playoff series. Cole Linaker had a goal and an assist and Tyson Baillie scored the game-winning goal midway through the third period in the Rockets victory. The Rockets...

Judge dismisses sexual abuse lawsuit against former Olympics CEO

VANCOUVER – The last of three sexual abuse lawsuits levelled against Olympics CEO John Furlong was dismissed Monday, nearly two years after his reputation was called into question and he was forced to retreat from the public spotlight.

Owner of stolen truck needs your help

WEST KELOWNA - Brazen thieves made off with a nearly $300,000 prize this morning and a West Kelowna businessman is hoping you can help him get it back. When Scott Horovatin showed up for work at his yard at 3 a.m., March 27, he found his 2014 Kenworth truck and 2008 Peerless lowbed trailer gone....

Thirty years in the Central Okanagan: See how it has changed

KELOWNA - We all know Kelowna and the Central Okanagan have grown over the last 30 years but Google Earth shows us just how much. This time lapse of satellite pictures from Google Earth shows the amazing changes in this area of the world from 1984 to 2012. According to Wikipedia and other sources, in 1984,...