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Two overnight car fires may be related
KELOWNA - Two suspicious cars fires had to be extinguished early this morning by emergency personnel, with one causing damage to neighbouring property. An RCMP investigation was launched when police were called to the first fire at 3 a.m., located on the 1500 block of Collison Road. The fire apparently started on the driver's seat...
Thief made off with expensive but worthless stuff
KELOWNA - Police are looking to the public for help identifying a suspect responsible for a break-in earlier this month. On March 15, an unknown man went into unlocked common rooms of the Mission Shores Resort at 3880 Truswell Road and broke into the manager's office. The suspect took a key-card encoder, six key-card readers,...
New building being born at Kelowna General Hospital
KELOWNA - A new perinatal care unit is under construction at the Interior Health and Surgical Centre at Kelowna General Hospital. The new unit will replace the hospital's existing labour and delivery unit housed in the Strathcona Building. The new unit will be larger with single-patient post-partum rooms and an upgraded neonatal intensive care unit....
Paralympic gold medal winner to be honoured
VERNON - Silver Star Resort is honouring Paralympic gold medal recipient Josh Dueck this weekend. Dueck was left paralyzed from the waist down following a ski accident while coaching the Silver Star Freestyle Team in 2004, but he didn't let his injury get in the way of fully experiencing his favourite sport. He started his...
Drivers warned to slow down with new speed patrol ready to roll
VERNON - The City of Vernon is warning drivers to keep a careful eye on the speedometer in school zones because the Speed Watch Program begins April 2. The program is supported by ICBC's Road Sense initiative and directly coordinated by Vernon Safe Communities Unit. The RCMP Citizens Patrol volunteers throughout the Vernon will operate...
Car fire puzzles police
COLDSTREAM - The RCMP is trying to figure out how a car burst into flames early this morning near Palfrey Drive and Cunliffe Road. Police were called to investigate shortly before 5 a.m. today. When firefighters arrived they found the Subaru vehicle totally engulfed and put the fire out, then called RCMP to help with...
Police arrive armed, evacuate neighbourhood in response to fake call
WEST KELOWNA - A call to RCMP last night leading to a full-scale armed response was deemed false. Mounties say the call they received at 5:22 p.m. described a very serious situation, allegedly taking place in the 900 block of Stevenson Road. Armed officers arrived to tackle an event they believed to be a high...
If you’re doing this, you might want to slow down
VERNON - Officers followed their nose when they pulled over a speeding car and discovered the driver had something to hide. On March 26, at 2:40 p.m. North Okanagan RCMP stopped a speeding car on Highway 97 near Crystal Waters Road. Mounties spoke to the driver and a quick check determined the plates were from...
GAME DAY: Rockets Host Tri-City in game 5
KELOWNA - The Kelowna Rockets host the Tri City Americans in game five of this Western Conference quarter final. The Rockets have a chance to wrap up the series tonight with a victory leading the best of seven – three games to one. If a game six is necessary it will be played in Kennewick tomorrow...
Alternative Approval Process results
The Office of the City Clerk validated the results of the Alternate Approval Process for the new Kelowna Police Services Building and related project work. This Alternative Approval Process to borrow $42,384,000 to construct a new Police Services Building and perform other related site work received an insufficient number of petitions opposing the project. The...
Northern Gateway pros and cons being debated on doorsteps in Kitimat, B.C.
KITIMAT, B.C. – A battle over the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline has reached the doorsteps of residents in Kitimat, B.C.
Healthy vows: Married folks are less likely to have any kind of heart problem, big study finds
What's good for the heart? Marriage, researchers say.
Employment program leads student to a career he never could have imagined
Brad Tronson knows the value of having support when you are trying to make decisions about your career. He had worked in construction for 10 years when an injury on the job changed everything. Forced out of the career he loved, Brad ended up working in security to pay the bills but his heart wasn't...
B.C. hands over aboriginal child-death records from residential school period
VANCOUVER – The B.C. government has handed over the records of 4,900 First Nations children who died in the province over more than a century while residential schools were in operation.
UBC Okanagan to honour Nobel Laureate at June graduation
Honorary degree recognizes Jack Szostak’s contributions to world of science A 2009 Nobel Laureate recognized for discoveries in the field of biochemistry will receive an honorary degree during graduation ceremonies at UBC’s Okanagan campus this June. Jack W. Szostak began his academic career as a 15-year-old student at McGill University in Montreal. A passion for...