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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...
The priceless people that made the 2013 Celebrate Canada Day Fireworks successful
Vernon Fire Rescue Services would like to thank the following individuals for all their hard work and making the 2013 Celebrate Canada Day Fireworks Successful: - Terry Schmauder from Manulife Securities - Liz Thomson from Vernon Fire Rescue Services - Courtenay Pitcher from the City of Vernon - Fire Chief Bill Wacey from BX Swan...
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...
Residents remember deadly landslide in Johnsons Landing, B.C., one year later
VANCOUVER – Jillian Madill can still remember moving into her dream home almost three decades ago — a 100-year old log cabin on 17-acres of property in Johnsons Landing, B.C.
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...
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...
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...
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Three Kelowna men investigated for child porn and luring offences
KELOWNA - Three men were targeted for offences ranging from manufacturing child pornography to the luring of a child leading to separate search warrants, executed during the week of June 24-28. The B.C. Integrated Child Exploitation unit, specializing in investigating internet facilitated offences against children travelled from Surrey to search the Kelowna residences as part...
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...
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...