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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

UPDATE: Masked thieves hit storage lockers in Sun Rivers

HAVE POLICE RECOVERED YOUR STUFF? KAMLOOPS — Police are looking for three people wearing masks who broke into several storage units in Sun Rivers early this morning. Police say the thieves got into 16 storage lockers in the storage rooms for three apartments on Talasa Way. They used bolt cutters to open the lockers but...

UPDATE: Bank robbery suspect turns himself in to Kelowna RCMP

KELOWNA – A man wanted in connection with a Kelowna bank robbery turned himself into police Thursday night. Rory Richard Feeney, 31, was identified as the man who allegedly demanded money from a teller at the downtown branch of the TD Bank on Tuesday, according to RCMP. Police say no weapon was used, no one...

B.C. Liberals OK controversial Site C dam project

VICTORIA - British Columbia's government has given the green light for construction of the massive Site C hydroelectric dam on the Peace River in the province's northeast. Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett says the decision to go ahead with the $8.5-billion project is what's best for ratepayers and what's best for B.C. The dam...

Okanagan man facing sex charges

PENTICTON - A Summerland man is awaiting a new court date on several sex offences. Joshua James Roberts is accused of several offences out of Summerland and Penticton including sexual exploitation, child luring, possessing child pornography, invitation to sexual touching and assault with a weapon. According to Global Okanagan news, Roberts was granted bail Wednesday....

West Kelowna hit and run foiled

WEST KELOWNA - A car involved in a three vehicle crash Monday morning in West Kelowna was allegedly fleeing from police. Officers were investigating a suspected stolen vehicle when the driver, who did not have insurance left the scene and crashed into three other vehicles according to an RCMP media release. The incident happened at...

Overnight fire contained to vehicle

KELOWNA — Firefighters were able to prevent a car fire from spreading to a home last night. Kelowna Fire Department was called shortly after 11 p.m. Dec. 3 to 1606 Lindsay Drive. Platoon Capt. Kelly Stephens says they found a car with flames coming from the engine compartment. It was in the driveway not far from...

UPDATE: Arrest made after Kamloops Mountie shot

SHOT MOUNTIE RECOVERING AFTER SUCCESSFUL SURGERY KAMLOOPS – Kamloops RCMP have made an arrest outside a residence in Batchelor Heights in connection with the shooting of an officer early this morning. The emergency response team took a 36-year-old man into custody at approximately 3:30 p.m. The arrest took place nearly 12 hours after Cpl. Jean-Rene...

Is this the end for Wendy’s Dreamlift Day?

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - It may be the end of an era for Wendy’s Dreamlift Day, a unique and popular Thompson-Okanagan fundraising event. For more than 20 years, Wendy’s restaurants in the area donated all funds raised from one day of sales — totalling more than $1 million in that time — and gave children with special...

ELECTION 2014: BASRAN IS NEW MAYOR: defeats former Mayor Sharon Shepherd

KELOWNA - This time, youth beat experience. Colin Basran, a one-term councillor, who turned 37 yesterday, defeated one the city's most experienced candidates, Sharon Shepherd. Shepherd was a three-term councillor and two-term mayor before she was defeated in 2011 by Walter Gray, who endorsed Basran. This was to be Shepherd's political return, but a massive...

ELECTION 2014: Meet Vernon’s new mayor, Akbal Mund

VERNON - Political newcomer Akbal Mund has done what few mayoral candidates ever succeed at: Winning a mayor's seat without ever having been a councillor. Mund, a prominent local businessman, succeeded Mayor Rob Sawatzky, who announced in July he wouldn't seek another term. Mund, known for his involvement in local events and fundraisers, took home...

JONESIE: What is really going on with Taxpayers First?

The Kelowna municipal election has truly taken a turn for the bizarre courtesy of the City’s first political slate. If you haven’t been keeping track, nearly every day Taxpayers First has one-upped itself on pie-in-the-sky goodies that make American politics look sane and orderly. Already they’ve made hundreds of millions of dollars in promises along...

Kelowna lawyer fined $10,000 for these two words

LAWYER AND COP SQUARED OFF IN COURTHOUSE Language advisory KELOWNA - A local lawyer is paying a hefty price for a heated exchange with a police officer while trying to resolve a case in the Kelowna Law Courts in 2011. Marty Johnson, who practices criminal defence and personal injury law, was suspended from practicing law...

JONESIE: Kelowna Mountain, Taxpayers First and Sharon Shepherd

The Kelowna municipal election may mean little for the 60 to 70 per cent of residents who won’t vote for a mayor and councillors, but it’s absolutely vital for one resident of the Central Okanagan Regional District. If developer Mark Consiglio hopes to achieve any of his dreams of developing Kelowna Mountain into a profitable...

Why police are investigating after a minor fire

KELOWNA - Police are now following up on a house fire on Gordon Drive yesterday afternoon after firefighters figured out what caused a small blaze. Occupants of the home at 3049 Gordon Drive had already put out the fire before Kelowna Fire Department arrived but investigation determined it was started by the production of a...

SHE’S BACK: Sharon Shepherd to make another run for Mayor of Kelowna

KELOWNA - Former Mayor Sharon Shepherd has confirmed she will run again for Mayor of Kelowna. She has called a press conference for tomorrow and confirmed her intentions on a Twitter page @mayorshepherd.  "I have the experience to lead our city of Kelowna to being the best, most beautiful mid-sized city in North America," the...

Have you seen Taya Morgan Giroday?

KELOWNA - Police are looking for your help in finding a 32-year-old Kelowna woman who has been missing for almost three weeks. Taya Morgan Giroday was last seen Sept. 23, 2014. Police said in a release that is out of character for her to be out of contact for this long.  RCMP spokesperson Const. Kris...

Woman hit by train

KAMLOOPS - Police say a woman hit by a train last night is expected to survive. RCMP Sgt. Edward Preto said in a release the woman was walking along the tracks around 11:21 p.m. near 1901 E Trans Canada Highway when she was hit by a Canadian Pacific train. The woman, in her early 50s,...