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Shelley Jordan

Shelley Jordan

  • Joined: January 01, 2023
  • Articles: 5188

Jake Kryski signs with Blazers

KAMLOOPS – Kamloops Blazers General Manager Craig Bonner announced this morning that the hockey club has signed 15-year-old Jake Kryski to a standard WHL contract. Kryski was acquired by the Blazers this past Wednesday along with a seventh round WHL Bantam pick from the Prince Albert Raiders for 20-year-old goaltender Cole Cheveldave and a fourth...

UBC and Princeton residents team up to review care for chronically ill

A partnership between UBC faculty and residents of Princeton might just be what the doctor ordered for that small, rural community. Members of the Princeton Support Our Health Care Coalition (SOHC) will work with researchers from UBC’s Okanagan campus to gain knowledge about how to improve care for people in Princeton who live with life-limiting...

New Mission Creek Regional Park playground open

Central Okanagan youngsters have a new place to play that will stimulate their creative juices and exercise their senses. Regional Board Chair Robert Hobson has officially opened the new playground located in Mission Creek Regional Park. Hobson says, “This facility is one of the most popular and well used playgrounds in the region.  After 20...

Police seek witnesses to cyclist accident

KELOWNA - Police are hoping witnesses will come forward to help them piece together what happened to a 47-year-old cyclist who was seriously injured at Spiers and Gulley Roads Tuesday. The Kelowna woman was out riding with a friend before 7 a.m. travelling westbound on Spiers Road. The friend lost sight of her but soon...

Campaign to reduce theft from cars works

KELOWNA - An RCMP awareness campaigned aimed at preventing thefts from vehicles seems to be working. Areas chosen for the campaign had the highest number of theft from vehicles reports. From June 10 - 30, volunteers participated in 23 patrol shifts during the day targeting areas near the hospital, Sutherland Avenue and two areas in...

Province assists local governments with funding for safety and services

B.C. communities are sharing $56.2 million to invest in policing and community safety, services and municipal- level projects that are deemed priorities, Coralee Oakes, Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development announced today. The Strategic Community Investment Fund (SCIF) includes the Traffic Fine Revenue Sharing Program, Small Community Grants and Regional District Grants. Previous years' traffic fine revenue has been...

Hunting licence program to receive major upgrades

The hunting licensing program will receive major upgrades, following a commitment to create an online service that will be flexible, convenient, user-friendly and fit for the 21st century, Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson announced today. Under the Request for Proposals launched today, the first step in building the system has been taken. A key feature of...

Clark announces another $1 million for Westside Road

WEST KELOWNA - With less than 24 hours under her belt as MLA for Westside-Kelowna, Premier Christy Clark announced the province will be adding $1 million to paving work on 'B.C.'s most dangerous' Westside Road. "Westside Road serves a number of the Okanagan's most popular resorts and campgrounds, as well as over a thousand residents,"...

West Kelowna grow-op dismantled by Mounties

WEST KELOWNA - A suspected grow-op was taken down in the 3400 block of Parkview Court yesterday. Nobody was home when, wIth a warrant in hand, Mounties entered the suspected grow house and found 266 marijuana plants growing in three rooms in the basement. They also found nine pounds of dried bud. The home had...

Portion of KVR Trail closed for special event – corrected information

Recreational users are being advised that a portion of the Kettle Valley Railway Trail - between Gillard Forest Service Road and Chute Lake Lodge - will be closed to motorized traffic from 9 a.m. to noon on Sunday, July 14 to accommodate the Okanagan Trestles Tour biking event. Non-motorized use along this portion of the trail will still be...

Slash fire erupts on McKinley Road

KELOWNA - A report of a large grass fire just after 2 p.m. today turned out to be a slash fire near a portable sawmill on McKinley Road. The Kelowna Fire Department responded to the 911 call with one command vehicle, two engines, two bush trucks and one Tender along with 17 personnel made up...

Springer Park to officially open

Construction is nearing completion at the new Springer Park on Elliott Road and the District of West Kelowna is inviting the community to join Mayor Doug Findlater and Council for an official grand opening on Tuesday, July 16. The ribbon cutting ceremony will start at 11 a.m. Springer Park will be the second of three...

Falcon Ridge water advisory lifted

A Water Quality Advisory has been lifted for residents served by the Falcon Ridge Water System off Highway 33 east in the Central Okanagan East Electoral Area. The removal of the Advisory this morning by the Regional District of Central Okanagan was made after consultation with Interior Health. RDCO Communications Officer Bruce Smith says, “The...

Man tells Walmart security he has a gun

KELOWNA - Staff at Walmart were threatened with a gun and a can of pepper spray during their attempt to stop a man who was tampering with merchandise this morning. Shortly after 11 a.m. a man was spotted in the gardening section of the Banks Road store ripping open merchandise. When Security confronted him, he...

Vandals cause $10,000 damage to Uplands Elementary School

PENTICTON - Police are trying to locate the vandals who caused $10,000 damage to Uplands Elementary School overnight June 28. A new roof was being put on the school and work materials were available to the vandals who poured tar they found onto the side of the building and several windows. The money to clear...

Distress flare leads RCMP to boat thieves

WEST KELOWNA - Four drunk men joyriding in a stolen boat became stranded and had to shoot a flare, prompting the RCMP search that led to their arrests. The distress signal was fired from a point off shore of Beach Road in West Kelowna and witnessed by someone in Peachland about 3:45 a.m. The concerned...

UPDATE: Boat that crashed into pier successfully removed

UPDATE: 1 p.m. July 10, 2013 The boat that collided with the Kiwanis Pier has been removed and is now sitting on a barge. 10:38 a.m. July 10, 2013 PENTICTON - A 28-foot boat collided with the Kiwanis Walking Pier late Tuesday night. The craft sits on top of the pier Wednesday morning. The owner...

Blazers acquire first round prospect for Cheveldave

Kamloops, BC – The Kamloops Blazers have announced that they have traded 20-year-old goaltender Cole Cheveldave and a fourth round WHL Bantam pick in 2015 in exchange for 15-year-old Jake Kryski and a seventh round WHL Bantam pick in 2014. Kryski was the Raiders first round, 13th overall pick in the 2013 WHL Bantam Draft....

Crime Stoppers most wanted: Drew Richardson

Crime Stoppers is asking the public’s assistance in locating the following male who is wanted on a province-wide warrant as of July 10, 2013.  Drew Richardson (DOB 1988-09-09) is wanted for one count of possession of a controlled substance, one count of resist peace officer and one count of fail to appear.  Richardson is described...

Compilation of people doing the incredible

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