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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.
Bears becoming humans
Nothing to see here, really. Just bears walking around like humans, looking a little like kids with sagged jeans, scoping the neighbourhood. Nothing unusual about this. Then on Trending Now, Funny or Die has fun with Instagram Envy, Jimmy Fallon out kicks Will Arnett in Karate Piñata and a slow motion prank. %%embed1%% %%embed2%% %%embed3%%...
Mounties exhaust ground search in Samantha Paul investigation
KAMLOOPS - Mounties have wrapped up their search for clues in the death of Samantha Paul near White Lake and Campbell Lake but they aren't saying much about what they found. Cpl. Cheryl Bush said in a release today they discovered some skeletal remains which they believe are Paul's. She was reported missing in September...
Follow two crazy dudes down a Vancouver drainage ditch
Those crazy guys at GoPro have released another video, this time of two guys kayaking down a drainage ditch in Vancouver with surprisingly little water. So fun. Terrifying, but fun. A little bit NSFW for language. Then, on Trending Now, watch some celebrity Pictionary with Megan Fox and Jimmy Fallon. Levar Burton explains Twitter to...
Americans tasting Canadian snack foods
Americans don't know about poutine? Never heard of Nanaimo bars or all-dressed chips? Tasting for the first time is worth watching. Plus, in today's Trending Now, see Morgan Freeman on helium and and a little Funny Or Die, then get introduced to Auntie Fee. You'll probably be seeing a lot of her soon. She kept...
One killed, one injured in Kamloops train collision
KAMLOOPS - Police say one man was killed an another injured when they were hit by a CP train in Valleyview around midnight. The two men were walking along the tracks at the intersection of East Trans Canada Highway and Comazzetto Road. A 49-year-old man was dead when police arrived, says Staff Sgt. Dave Lucas....
Apparently this kid will be a star
When you interview kids, you never know what you are going to get. This time, the interviewer got viral gold. And just for giggles, we reach into the vault for an old interview with a kid at a fair. Then, on Trending Now, Ellen has an incident with a mirror, Jimmy Kimmel explores the weirdest...
VIDEO: Discharge of mining waste in B.C. forces hundreds to stop using water
QUESNEL, B.C. – Authorities say the equivalent of 2,000 Olympic swimming pools of mining waste has been discharged into waterways in British Columbia's Cariboo region, forcing hundreds to stop using water in the area.
Dying homeless find treatment, comfort through mobile palliative care program
TORONTO – They're too often the forgotten people — or the ones many of us turn a blind eye to as we pass a street corner where they might implore us for extra change: the homeless living rough outside through all kinds of weather or those precariously housed in a cot-for-the-night shelter or a decaying rooming house.
Flipped semi closes highway 97
KAMLOOPS - Highway 97 is down to one lane roughly 30 kms outside of Kamloops due to a flipped tractor trailer. Traffic was heavily backed upon the westbound lane, east of Kamloops. The truck was carrying wood pallets. The driver of the truck was taken by ambulance. Injuries are undetermined. It appeared the truck took...
Free shipping may soon be the new normal as retail competition intensifies
TORONTO – When Walmart Canada introduced free shipping on all online purchases last year, it was a clear message to its rivals that it was gearing up for a fight.
Home heavily damaged in fire
KELOWNA - A fire has destroyed a home on Merrifield Road but no one was injured in the blaze. Kelowna Fire Department was called to 330 Merrifield Road around 12:05 this afternoon. Platoon Capt. Dale Calhoun says the two-storey house was fully involved when firefighters arrived. "Crews were able to contain fire to the house...
Canada’s involvement in WWI began with a telegram from Great Britain
Canada went to war a century ago not with a vote in Parliament, nor even a vote in cabinet. It was a decision made in London.
Small wildfire burning near Peachland
PEACHLAND - B.C. Wildfire is currently tackling a small blaze near Peachland. The fire is near Pincushion Mountain, just above Ponderosa Golf Course and is still under a hectare in size. No structures are in danger at the moment. There is one initial attack crew working to extinguish the fire. The fire is contained and...
‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ rockets to top of weekend box office with $94 million debut
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – "Guardians of the Galaxy" blasted past expectations at the weekend box office.
Cease-fire, Israeli troop withdrawal slow Gaza war as attack on Jerusalem bus kills 1
GAZA, Palestinian Territories – An Israeli-declared temporary cease-fire and troop withdrawals slowed violence in the Gaza war Monday, though an attack on an Israeli bus that killed one person in Jerusalem underscored the tensions still simmering in the region.
Vernon fire department called to vehicle fire
VERNON - Police believe a truck set on fire over the weekend was stolen from a Vernon home. The Vernon Fire Department was called out at 4:20 a.m. Sunday to fight the fire at Commonage and Bench Row Roads. The truck was fully engulfed in flames. RCMP spokesperson Gord Molendyk says there was more than...
From ghostbusting to threatening dogs, Michael Gross makes his last stand flipping off cancer
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Michael Gross never planned on joining the front lines of the fight against cancer.
Home alone: Preparation, routine are key to ready kids to stay solo, experts say
Kathy Sima's daughter Taylor starts high school this fall, but the 13-year-old has already experienced another key rite of passage for many teens: staying home alone. Initially, a neighbour's 16-year-old daughter would walk Taylor home and stay with her, which Sima said worked for a short period of time — until her child told her...
Milos Raonic downs Vernon’s Vasek Pospisil in historic all-Canadian final at Citi Open
WASHINGTON – The king of Canadian tennis isn't ready to give up his throne just yet.
Kamloops man shot in face
KAMLOOPS - A man is recovering in hospital after police found him "covered in blood from his face to his feet" late Saturday night. Mounties were called to a Fortune Drive home near midnight and found the 23-year-old man on a front door step conscious and breathing but badly injured. He was taken to Royal...
Vancouver-area woman reunites Japanese fisherman with item lost in 2011 tsunami
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver-area woman will board a plane on Monday to return a piece of Japanese tsunami debris that washed ashore after the deadly 2011 earthquake, ending a cleanup in British Columbia while reconnecting a fisherman half a world away with his father's past. Twenty-three-year-old Hanako Yokota, who worked on the debris cleanup near...
Merlot, sauvignon blanc among the casualties of Ontario’s long, frigid winter
TORONTO – Good luck finding a 2014 merlot from Niagara when you're shopping for wine over the next couple of years.
Two Boonstock security guards fired for attempted liquor theft
PENTICTON - Two 24-7 Security employees appear to have been fired after they were were caught on security camera allegedly trying to steal liquor from Last Call Liquor Mart on Saturday. Navneet Dhaliwal, a principal at the company in control of Boonstock's security, posted to Facebook that the two men have been fired. "We need...
Lightning storm brings out firefighters, photographers
KAMLOOPS - Last night's thunder and lightning storm brought some great photos and kept B.C. Wildfire crews busy and it isn't over yet— more lightning is expected today. While social media brought some of the best pictures, B.C. Wildfire crews were positioned and ready for the storm, which brought 10 spot fires in the area....