Shelley Jordan
Road closures to accommodate upcoming weekend events announced
Summer in Kelowna unofficially starts earlier than most cities. Along with the sun comes an increase of events that help draw residents and visitors to our city and local parks. This coming weekend, three events are scheduled to take place throughout the city giving residents of all ages something fun to enjoy outdoors. Along with...
Rural property tax notices arriving soon
Rural property owners in the Central Okanagan East and West Electoral areas will shortly be receiving tax notices from the Provincial Government. The Regional District reminds these property owners in the electoral areas that it does not collect taxes directly and does not accept payment of Property Taxes. Rural Property Tax Notices are collected by...
B.C. honours children and youth in care
Notice. Listen. Respect. Stand with B.C. children and youth in care. It's a powerful slogan written by a group of young people two years ago to help create a week that celebrates children and youth in care. June 2-8, 2013, is the third annual B.C. Child and Youth in Care Week to acknowledge and celebrate...
Car accident claims a life near Eagle Rock Road in Spallumcheen
Police are investigating a fatal, single vehicle accident that happened sometime last night on Highway 97A just past Eagle Rock Road near Armstrong. Const. Mike Jacobson confirmed the driver, who was the lone occupant in the blue, Chevy minivan, died after the vehicle left the highway and rolled down a 30 foot embankment. The minivan...
Charges laid in West Kelowna drug bust
A recent RCMP investigation has resulted in multiple drug and weapons related charges against a West Kelowna man. Police arrived at a condo complex in the 2200 block of Upper Sundance Drive last week with a warrant in hand after tracking the activities of the occupants over the course of a month. The search was...
UBC post-doctoral fellow receives $80,000 award for Alzheimer’s research
Ultimate goal is to find a cure for the disease, which affects 200,000 BC residents Is there a link between obesity and Alzheimer’s disease? Caroline Zhongxiao Wan, a post-doctoral fellow in the Faculty of Health and Social Development at UBC’s Okanagan campus, thinks so. And she’s one step closer to finding an answer. Wan has...
Okanagan Sun players in the running to play for B.C. Lions
The B.C. Lions Football Club announced in November 2012 that junior defensive lineman Steven Doege, receiver Bobby Davis and kicker Steve Shott have been signed by the team and will attend training camp this coming week. All three played for the Okanagan Sun of the BCFC in 2012. Doege is attending his second Lions training...
Bernard Avenue Phase 1 gets early final paving
Beginning Monday June 3, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., intermittent traffic interruptions will occur on Bernard Avenue from Richter to Ellis streets to raise manholes and prepare the road surface for top lift paving scheduled the following week, weather depending. Traffic control personnel will be directing motorists. The public’s cooperation and patience will be...
Water Parks Open for Summer Season
City of Kamloops water parks will be open for the season starting this Saturday, June 1. Parks will operate daily from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. These water parks include Riverside Park, Albert McGowan Park and McDonald Park. Due to the upgrades to Prince Charles Park playground and wading pool, these amenities will not be...
Northern Gateway cannot go ahead as proposed, B.C. government tells review panel
VANCOUVER – The province of British Columbia has ended years of speculation, telling a federal review panel that it does not support the Northern Gateway pipeline.
Northern Gateway cannot go ahead as proposed, B.C. government tells review panel
VANCOUVER – The province of British Columbia has ended years of speculation, telling a federal review panel that it does not support the Northern Gateway pipeline.
RCMP file still open on man missing since 1988
Kelowna RCMP continue their search for a young man who disappeared 24 years ago while adventuring across Canada. "Charles" Karoly Horvath-Allan was a 20-year-old Canadian-born British Subject who decided to hitchhike across Canada in 1988. Police say he registered at the Tiny Town Campground in Kelowna and had a job at the now defunct Flintstones...
Police continue search for man missing from Kelowna halfway house
Police are searching for a New Brunswick man missing from a Kelowna halfway house for over a year. Phillip Lyons is wanted Canada-wide for parole violation. He disappeared May 26, 2012. He was a first time federal offender out on day parole. Lyons' family asked Kelowna RCMP in December 2012 to send their plea to...
Charity coin box stolen from restaurant counter in Kelowna
A video surveillance camera captured a man pocketing a charity coin box from the counter of a local A&W restaurant last Thursday. Kelowna RCMP are calling the event an "uncharitable theft" and are searching for the suspect from the video who they say took the coin box May 23 at about 5:30 a.m. when restaurant...
FAQs on gun amnesty month
Police departments across B.C. are hoping to make homes safer by declaring a province-wide Gun Amnesty this June. The amnesty will give residents of B.C. a safe way to dispose of weapons, imitation weapons and related equipment and ammunition which they are not legally entitled to own, or which they no longer want. The amnesty provides the opportunity to...