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Shelley Jordan
Blazers week in review
Wednesday, November 13, 2013 vs. Medicine Hat Tigers – 3-1 Loss The Tigers scored twice on the power play en route to a 3-1 win over the Blazers. The Tigers went up 2-0 after two periods, and Sam Grist gave the Blazers a chance scoring in the third period to make it 2-1. The Tigers...
West Kelowna requesting qualifications for Civic Centre Project
The District of West Kelowna has issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) from proponents interested in designing and building the West Kelowna Civic Centre Project in Westbank Centre. The RFQ is expected to result in the creation of a shortlist of up to three proponents who will be asked to take part in a Request...
Angelcare baby monitors recalled in Canada, U.S. after 2 strangulation deaths
TORONTO – A line of baby monitors is being recalled in Canada and the United States because the items pose a strangulation risk for infants.
$100,000-worth of aboriginal art stolen from Vancouver gallery, police say
VANCOUVER – A Vancouver art gallery has been robbed of nine pieces of unique aboriginal art worth $100,000.
Strip mall fire forces closure of Tranquille
KAMLOOPS - A report of a roof fire at the Village Square strip mall, located at 361 Tranquille Road kept firefighters busy this afternoon and forced the closure of a section of road during the evening traffic rush. The fire was called in at about 3:35 p.m. Three trucks were called to the scene and...
Crash knocks out power in Lake Country
LAKE COUNTRY - A power outage in Lake Country yesterday afternoon was the result of a traffic accident that took out a hydro pole. A Lake Country man, 59, was driving his Dodge Ram pickup truck west along Okanagan Centre Road east when he went off the road and hit a pole around the 12800...
Car crashes into Dilworth Drive storefront
KELOWNA - A car has crashed into the storefront of Red Wing Shoes on Dilworth Drive. Driver Bill Horton, 80, and his wife were parking his Infinity when it went out of control and slammed into red wing shoes. There were no injuries. While the car didn't smash through the outer wall, there is apparent...
Federal bill cracks down on cyberbullying
CANADA - An anti-cyberbullying bill introduced in the House of Commons today has been tabled. The bill that will make it a criminal offence to distribute sexually explicit images of someone without their consent will also give law enforcement more tools to conduct internet crime investigations. The report moved quickly through the system following the...
Vancouver Aquarium releases rehabilitated seal pups with satellite transmitters
VANCOUVER – The Vancouver Aquarium has released seven rescued harbour seal pups back into the wild, with plans to track them as they return to the ocean.
Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson urges Rob Ford to step away from limelight
VANCOUVER – Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson is advising embattled Toronto Mayor Rob Ford to step out of the media glare.
Kelowna men busted near Banff gates
CANMORE - Two Kelowna men were arrested outside the Banff National Park gates when police found 32.5 pounds of marijuana inside their vehicle. The pair were travelling eastbound Nov. 12 at about 1:45 a.m. when they were pulled over for unspecified reasons. Canmore RCMP noticed what they believed to be marijuana inside the vehicle. A...
Auditor general calls for independent review of MPs expense claims
OTTAWA – Canada's auditor general is calling for an independent body to review the expenses of members of Parliament — and is offering to do the job himself.
Slow-poke generation? Kids around the world are less fit than their parents were, study finds
DALLAS – Today's kids can't keep up with their parents. An analysis of studies on millions of children around the world finds they don't run as fast or as far as their parents did when they were young.
RCMP missing person alert: Michelle Fischer FOUND
UPDATE: RCMP say Michelle Fischer has returned home and is safe. Kelowna - Police are searching for a 14 year old Kelowna girl after she was reported missing late last week. On November 15, 2013 at 9:45 pm, the Kelowna RCMP received a report of a missing person from a residence on the 400 block...
RCMP missing person alert: Sean Michael Brass
UPDATE: Police say Sean Michael Brass has been found and is safe. The Vernon/North Okanagan RCMP detachment is asking the public’s assistance in locating the following person. Sean Michael BRASS (DOB-1972-Apr-02). The reason for our concern is Sean rented an apartment in Vernon on Oct 30th. He dropped off some of his belongings and he...