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Shelley Jordan

Shelley Jordan

  • Joined: January 01, 2023
  • Articles: 5188

Penticton RCMP arrest suspected dealers in their cars

Penticton Mounties cleaned up the streets, arresting suspected drug dealers in their cars this week. The RCMP drug task force stopped a vehicle April 18 in a parking lot in the 2100 block of Main Street in Penticton. The 23-year-old man and 26-year-old woman inside were arrested for possession of methamphetamine for the purpose of...

Clean Up for Earth Day

Looking for a great way to celebrate Earth Day this year?  Why not tackle a Community Cleanup project? Monday April 19th is officially Earth Day, and all of April is Community Cleanup month, with the Regional Waste Reduction Office reminding you they have all the gear and supplies you’ll need to tackle a spring cleanup...

Oriole Road Construction

Kamloops, BC – Beginning April 22nd, extensive road rehabilitation work will be taking place on Oriole Road from the Trans Canada Highway to Valleyview Drive. Work is expected to continue until May 10th, 2013, between 7:00 am and 5:00 pm daily. There will be limited access from Highway 1 from April 22nd to May 3rd....

Boston Marathon bombing suspects’ images revealed in FBI press conference

The FBI has released a video containing images of two men they suspect may have connections to the Boston Marathon bombings. They are asking the men or members of the public who might know who the men are to step forward to help with the investigation. More information on images is available at the FBI...

Winfield Auxiliary Treasurer Has Supported Her Community since Day One

91 Years Young and Counting… Marion Sallenbach, age 91, has been volunteering with the Winfield Auxiliary to the Kelowna General Hospital for over 57 years and has no plans to ‘retire’ any time soon.  She and the 12 other fun-loving and hard-working members keep busy year round with their own fundraising functions and catering services....

Local chefs bring Growing Chefs! program to Okanagan

The Okanagan Young Professionals (OYP) Collective and top chefs from local restaurants have paired up to bring the Growing Chefs! program to the Okanagan. Some of the best chefs in the Valley are teaching grade 3 students at AS Matheson how to plant their own gardens, do show and tell with vegetables and fruit and...

Killer of Ashlee Hyatt sentenced to prison, probation

UPDATE: Killer of Ashlee Hyatt will spend 9 months behind bars 5:00 p.m. April 17 The girl responsible for stabbing Ashlee Hyatt to death at a house party in Peachland in 2010 will serve a 18-month prison sentence, but only nine months behind bars. At a sentencing hearing today, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Geoff Barrow...

Highlights of April 15 Kelowna City Council meeting

Kelowna Art Gallery Annual Report The Kelowna Art Gallery presented its annual report to Council, highlighting a focus on community perspectives through the Just Imagine, Please Touch the Art and Canadian Mental Health exhibitions. In 2012, the art gallery also provided adult classes, partnerships with School District 23 and special programs such as Youth InSights...

New 911 campaign seeks to get drunk drivers off Kelowna roads

Mothers Against Drunk Driving is bringing a road safety campaign to Kelowna that enlists the help of the public to identify impaired drivers. The MADD Central Okanagan chapter hooked up with Kelowna RCMP to launch the first phase of the Campaign 911 program by placing click on stickers on cruisers in December, 2012. They advertised...

Okanagan NDP candidate resigns following controversial comments

The same day the election writ was dropped, the B.C. NDP has dropped its candidate for Kelowna-Mission. Just hours after the B.C. Liberals demanded that Dayleen Van Ryswyk's resignation over controversial comments she made in the past about Natives and French Canadians, NDP leader Adrian Dix accepted her resignation. "Earlier today, I was made aware...

BC Liberal Party release: Adrian Dix MUST Immediately Fire NDP Candidate in Kelowna-Mission

BC Liberal MLA Mary Polak is demanding NDP Leader Adrian Dix immediately fire NDP candidate Dayleen Van Ryswyk in Kelowna-Mission. “Ms. Van Ryswyk has made unacceptable and hateful statements against First Nations and French speaking Canadians. There is no place in British Columbia for that type of language,” said Polak. “Adrian Dix should immediately terminate...

All signs point to more customers at Vernon Farmers’ Market

Since its inception in 1980, the Vernon Farmers' Market has been a staple for families and lovers of fresh and local foods. With $10,000 in funding from the government of British Columbia's Buy Local program, the market will attract even more customers by developing a strategic marketing strategy, embracing social media and new signs promoting...

Ministry of Agriculture: ‘Buy Local’ funding supports Hardbite from seed to chip

Naturally Homegrown Foods Limited will promote their line of B.C. grown and hand-cooked potato chips with the help of $100,000 in funding from the B.C. government's Buy Local program. Owners Pete Schouten and Wes Heppell are fourth generation farmers in Maple Ridge where their 600-acre farm is home to the B.C. potatoes used in making...

Interior Health: Protect yourself, protect others, get immunized

In the last 50 years, immunization has saved more lives in Canada than any other health intervention.    April 20 to 27 is National Immunization Awareness Week, and this year, Interior Health would like to remind you that we can all play an important role in stopping the spread of vaccine preventable diseases. When most people...

Real Estate Board and Fire Department Launch Smoke Alarm Awareness Campaign

The Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board (OMREB) and the Kelowna Fire Department are pleased to declare March as “Smoke Alarm Awareness Month.” “We are delighted to announce OMREB’s partnership with the Kelowna Fire Department to launch a collaborative public safety effort between REALTORS®, fire fighters and home owners,” says OMREB’s incoming President Karen Singbeil.  “Working...

UPDATE: Boston Marathon explosion: Local runners 500 metres from blast

STOCKWELL DAY WILL RUN NEXT YEAR: 'WON'T BE INTIMIDATED' 5:15 p.m. April 15, 2013 Former Okanagan-Coquihalla MP Stockwell Day says an achilles injury prevented him from running in the Boston Marathon this year, but vowed to run it next year. "We have to stand up," he says. "I plan to train and qualify and run...

Mother and child frightened as water balloon smashes windshield

A woman and her five-year-old child were shaken up when group of youths dropping water balloons from a railway bridge smashed the front windshield of her car as she drove under. Police received a call about 7 p.m. Friday that four to six males were tossing water balloons off the bridge by Kal Store. The...

Kelowna Flightcraft plane narrowly misses snowplows

A Kelowna Flightcraft Boeing 727 was involved in a near collision with two snowplows at the Hamilton International Airport March 19. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has deployed two investigators to figure out what happened. Kelowna Flightcraft offers air courier service for Canada Post and Purolator Courier Ltd., scheduling regular flights out of Kelowna...

Pentagon: NKorea could launch nuclear missile; Obama vows to protect Americans

Apr 11, 2013 – 3:34 PMWASHINGTON – A U.S. intelligence report concludes that North Korea has advanced its nuclear knowhow to the point that it could arm a ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead, a jarring revelation in the midst of bellicose threats from the unpredictable communist regime.