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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.
What frogs watch on TV
This video is proof that frogs watch TV. They come from everywhere and climb all over each other just to get a good look. Then on Trending Now, Ellen Degeneres continues a long tradition of scaring Eric Stonestreet from Modern Family despite his best efforts. Then Jimmy Kimmel introduces you to the Sears Nude Portrait...
British Columbia police watchdog investigates shooting death
VALEMOUNT, B.C. – British Columbia's police watchdog is investigating after a man was killed during a police-involved shootout near Valemount.
B.C. teachers, employers reach tentative deal
RICHMOND, B.C. – A tentative deal has been reached in the British Columbia teachers' strike, a mediator confirmed Tuesday.
Eight people displaced after overnight fire
KELOWNA - Kelowna Fire Department says eight people had to find another place to sleep last night after they were evacuated from a duplex because of a fire on Graham Street. Platoon Capt. Dennis Miller says they were called around 1 a.m. to a report of a couch on fire in a carport. When they...
Fire department quickly extinguishes blaze
KELOWNA – Fire investigators are trying to determine the cause of a small fire on Autumn Road this morning after they put out a small fire confined to the basement last night. Platoon Capt. Dennis Miller says they got the call shortly after 10 p.m. of a roof on fire. But on arrival, they found...
Black inmate sues B.C. over alleged KKK beating and ‘torture’ by jail staff
KAMLOOPS – A black inmate is suing the province of British Columbia, alleging he was targeted by the Ku Klux Klan behind bars and endured “torture” at the hands of a sheriff and a guard.
Accused B.C serial killer says he was ‘involved’ in 3 deaths, but not alone
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – Cody Allan Legebokoff said he was “involved” in the deaths of three women he is accused of murdering but did not carry out the actual killings.
Vancouver writer ’emotional’ after Emmy win for revered ‘Breaking Bad’ episode
TORONTO – Canadian-raised scribe Moira Walley-Beckett was gripping "Breaking Bad" creator Vince Gilligan's hand as the Emmy award for drama writing was announced Monday.
Police need help finding Rutland muggers
KELOWNA - Kelowna Mounties are looking for two suspects who beat and robbed a man walking on a Rutland street Saturday. RCMP Const. Kris Clark says a 20-year-old man was walking on Rutland Road North near Rutland Middle school around 1:45 a.m. He was near an access path to Richards Road when he was approached...
Coach Lasso returns
A while ago, Jason Sudeikis appeared out of nowhere as Coach Lasso for NBC Sports as an American coach trying to understand soccer, er, football. This is his hilarious return. Then, on Trending Now, Ellen shows you how to be a Covergirl with the help of Taylor Swift and Megan Fox assigns Conan O'Brien's spirit...
Motorcyclist dead in Kamloops collision
KAMLOOPS - Police say one man is dead after his motorcycle collided head-on with a pickup truck. Kamloops RCMP Sgt. Michael Buxton-Carr says the pickup truck was headed west when it met the eastbound motorcycle in the 300 block of Victoria St. W. The accident happened around 7 p.m. The 53-year-old pickup truck driver suffered...
Silicon Valley North: Vancouver tech surges as U.S. immigration reform idles
VANCOUVER - Software engineer Pablo Guana nearly refused a job with Facebook when the company redirected him to Vancouver from Silicon Valley because his United States visa application was rejected. "I will not go to Canada," said the 25-year-old from Argentina of his initial reaction. "Twenty degrees below zero, are you crazy?" Also stymied by...
Flow from breached B.C. tailings pond in Cariboo region reduced: province
LIKELY, B.C. - Government said there has been a dramatic drop in the amount of material leaking from a breached tailings pond that contaminated waterways in the province's Cariboo region. Millions of cubic metres of waste water and silt have leaked into lakes, creeks and rivers surrounding the Mount Polley mine, near the town of...
Authorities: Driver walking on New York track dies after he is hit by NASCAR’s Tony Stewart
CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. – NASCAR driver Tony Stewart struck and killed a driver who was walking on a dirt track during a race in upstate New York, authorities said Sunday.
Judge gives half this man’s home to the government
PENTICTON - An elderly Osoyoos man who made his living in the drug business was given a bit of a break by a B.C. Supreme Court judge—he will lose only half his house to the government. Barry Patrick Crowley, 77, had already forfeited more than $93,000 cash—including $36,000 to Canada Revenue Agency, but according to...
Judge rules against NCAA in O’Bannon antitrust case over athletes’ rights to compensation
College football and basketball players could be in line for paydays worth thousands of dollars once they leave school after a landmark ruling Friday that may change the way the NCAA does business.
Glenrosa residents keep an eye out for cougar
WEST KELOWNA - RCMP are warning Glenrosa residents about a cougar in the neighbourhood. Cpl. Cory Lepine says RCMP were called to the Inverness Road area this evening about a large adult cougar but by the time they arrived, the animal retreated into Glen Canyon. It hasn't been seen since. Police advise residents in the...
Water ban linked to B.C. mine tailings spill partially lifted
LIKELY, B.C. – Residents of a remote British Columbia community who have been surviving on donations of bottled water since a tailings dam failed and released mine waste into a nearby lake are no longer under a water ban, health officials announced Friday as they partially lifted restrictions on drinking, bathing and swimming.
DROUGHT HILL FIRE: The fight continues
PEACHLAND - The drought hill fire is 25 per cent contained and 60 per cent under hand guard today. A news release this afternoon says fire crews will work towards full containment tomorrow. A release this morning said the evacuation order for one home on MacKinnon Road has been downgraded to an evacuation alert and...
B.C. First Nation suspends eviction to Crown after meeting with government
TERRACE, B.C. – Eviction notices to CN Rail, forest companies and sport fishermen given by a British Columbia First Nation have been suspended after the Gitxsan band met with provincial and federal governments on Thursday.
Man dies in Chase traffic incident
CHASE - Some odd circumstances appear to have preceded the death of a man who was killed when struck by a tractor trailer on Highway 1 this morning. RCMP Const. Carl Kennedy said the man was walking on the highway around 5:10 a.m. about two kms east of Chase when he was struck. "The man...
US bots flagged Ebola outbreak in West Africa days before formal announcement of epidemic
BOSTON – The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is focusing a spotlight on an online tool run by experts in Boston that flagged a "mystery hemorrhagic fever" in forested areas of southeastern Guinea nine days before the World Health Organization formally announced the epidemic.
Earthquake rumbles Alberta, knocking out power and shutting down gas plant
ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE, Alta. – The ground rumbled in Alberta today as a small earthquake hit an area west of Red Deer.
Not all Canadians were equal at First World War recruiting stations
VANCOUVER – Refurbishments are underway on a First World War cenotaph in Vancouver's Stanley Park honouring Japanese-Canadian soldiers — a memorial that stands as both a testament to their patriotism and a reminder of Canada's prejudiced past.