Shelley Jordan

A missing special needs boy was reunited with his family over the weekend with the help of a Good Samaritan in Lake Country. RCMP received several reports Sunday of a disoriented child of 10 to 12 years of age walking along Hwy 97 near the Husky Gas Station in Lake Country. They heard he was...

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died of head injuries on Nov. 6, 2012. The man is Kent Alexander Ford, aged 60, a resident of Kelowna. Mr. Ford was found on Nov. 3, 2012, lying unresponsive outside his vehicle, which was parked outside the home of a friend of...

UPDATE: Feb. 5, 2013 - 9:10 a.m. Tyson Blackplume-Schwartz, a 20-year-old man who was reported missing yesterday has been found. He was located in Kelowna and is in good health. His family has been notified. Feb. 4, 2013 - 2:19 p.m. Police are asking for the public's help finding a 20-year-old man who was dropped...

A West Kelowna woman was killed while attempting to help others injured in an accident near Hope. Officers from the Fraser Valley RCMP raced to the scene of a multi-vehicle collision on Hwy 5, 35 km north of Hope last evening. At about 6:30 p.m., a 2008 Toyota, a 2008 Ford and a 2007 International...

UPDATE: Feb. 4, 2013 - 2:25 p.m. The women who were struck while attempting to cross the road at Gordon Drive and Harvey Avenue at 6:35 a.m. remain in hospital and their injuries are listed as serious. They are 78 and 79-years-old. No charges have been laid. Anyone who may have information regarding this accident...

It'll be awhile before the Fintry Queen finds a solid place to dock in Kelowna's tourism industry.

Future Shop has closed its doors in West Kelowna almost 16 months after their grand opening celebration. The ribbon cutting ceremony took place Oct. 7, 2011 at 3600 Carrington Rd. The West Kelowna store was the second to open in the greater Kelowna area and among 149 in Canada. Best Buy Canada announced the closure...

A crime reduction drug sweep in Kelowna last week resulted in the arrest of nine people who may now face various drug possession and trafficking charges. Mounties say arrests came after a number of unrelated investigations into drug trafficking in the Kelowna area. They say their drug crime units used various techniques to observe actives...

Individuals seeking addiction counselling in Kelowna may be forced to head to the coast for assistance. Crossroads Treatment Centre is phasing out its detox and addiction counselling programs, which are one-of-a-kind in the Okanagan. In the next three to six months, the programs will be gone because the centre can no longer afford them. "It's...

The federal government's proposed ban-all approach to regulating commercial electronic messages (spam) isn't sitting well with the Kelowna Chamber of Commerce. A revised draft of anti-spam rules was presented Jan. 5. The rules say businesses and organizations must request permission before sending an email and must maintain a current database of this information to prove...

A routine arrest earlier this month could have turned out much differently after police found the suspect with a replica handgun. Kelowna RCMP were called Jan. 19 to deal with a man pointing a handgun in an alley near Richter Street and Wardlaw Avenue. They found Jordan Jones, 21, with a fake weapon so similar to...

A Kelowna man will go to jail for causing the death of a six-year-old boy. Cody Wengenmayr was recently found guilty of impaired driving causing death, according to a Global B.C. article. Today the crown sentenced the 22-year-old to 18 months behind bars followed by two years probation. He will also be prohibited from driving...

Drawings of the Downtown Marina Project were submitted to the City of Kelowna yesterday as the final phase of the project is set to begin. Westcorp Properties Inc. director of development Gail Temple notes the buildings in the drawing illustrate the company's intention to design architecture with more upscale appeal than would typically be found...

Residents are sending the message to the District of West Kelowna they are unhappy with current winter road maintenance. There have been 1,140 calls or emails since the changeover Dec. 7 to a new snow removal and maintenance contractor AEL, a division of HMC Services Inc. HMC president Joe Wrobel indicated the company has faced...