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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: 3140

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...