Shelley Jordan
A thought provoking film festival returns
This year's World Community Film Festival in Kelowna will bring more features with two screens showing films to educate, entertain and inspire. More than 40 high quality documentary films from around the world will play during the Travelling World Community Film Festival covering a wide breadth of topics including environmental, social justice and human rights....
Police seek help identifying theft suspect
Penticton RCMP and Crime Stoppers is asking for public help identifying a suspect who may have broken into Bell World in Penticton Feb. 25. Stolen from the business were three iPhones, a Samsung Galaxy and Sony Xperia valued at $3,000. The man captured by security cameras was driving a small silver car, believed to be...
West Kelowna wants to know what you think
West Kelowna is holding an open house, seeking public input for two initiatives; Westbank Centre Revitalization and the Brown Road Improvement Project and Memorial Upgrades. The Brown Road Improvement Project has an $800,000 budget this year to improve the streetscape from Main Street to Bering Road in keeping with the Westbank Centre Revitalization Plan. The...
VJH is a little closer to completion today
Another step was taken today in the quest to complete the top two floors of the Polson Tower at Vernon Jubilee Hospital. Minister of Health Margaret MacDiarmid says a Request for Qualifications was released which is required in the process to select a qualified team to design and complete the project that will result in...
Man with gunshot wound taken into custody
After responding to a report of a home invasion on Pearson Road in Kelowna, RCMP have shifted the focus of their investigation to the residents who made the call. Kelowna RCMP Sgt. Wade Seversen says the 911 call Mounties responded to stated several people were trying to break into the garage of the house located...
Legal grow-ops on council agenda in West Kelowna
The District of West Kelowna is figuring out how they want to handle legal grow operations, with regulation changes coming from Health Canada. Council directed staff to forward a prepared summary of potential gaps in the proposed Marijuana for Medical Purposes Regulations to Health Canada and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities before February 28, 2013....
Interior Health rolls out new programs
Three new programs have been launched by Interior Health aimed at helping frail seniors as well as patients with substance abuse, chronic disease and mental illness. "The shift is to improve the patient and client experience while at the same time managing health-care costs," MLA for Kelowna-Mission Steve Thomson said. Initiatives announced by the province...
Salmon Arm man killed while crossing Hwy identified
UPDATE: March 1, 2013 - 1:10 p.m. A man who was killed crossing Highway 1, Feb. 26 evening near Salmon Arm has been identified. He was Jason Marcus Greaves, 41, of Salmon Arm. The B.C. Coroners Service confirmed his identity, stating Greaves was making the crossing around 11 p.m. when he collided with a minivan...
Fintry Queen owner hopes West Kelowna is all aboard
The Fintry Queen might find a home in West Kelowna. Council received a request from Andy Schwabb, owner of the Fintry Queen passenger ship to temporarily and eventually, permanently dock at the CNR Wharf in West Kelowna. District staff will take a close look a the feasibility of providing a home for the ship and...
Three charged in separate meth busts
ALLEGED METH DEALER WAS CARRYING A MACHETTE The Penticton Drug Task Force was busy in February making three meth busts in just six days. Michael William Harfman, 45, was arrested Feb. 14 when he was pulled over on Eckhardt Ave. Police say he had methamphetamine and trafficking paraphernalia with him and was charged with possession...
RCMP joint effort links two robberies: arrests made
BOTH BRANDISHED POCKET KNIVES DURING THE ROBBERY Men police believe are responsible for robbing drugs stores at knifepoint in Penticton and Golden made a court appearance in Invermere Wednesday. Lucas Holman, 28 and Travis Hutzul, 32, are each charged with two counts of robbery. Holman was remanded into custody until March 12 while Hutzul plead...
Region walks through progress of dog control program
Encouraging responsible dog ownership was on the agenda as the regional board took a look at how efforts to phase-in a new dog control service model are coming along. Regional District of Central Okanagan staff is focused on several areas including redrafting of the dog bylaw. They also want to hear what the public has...
Drug crime sweep leads to conviction
A 20-year-old Kelowna woman arrested January 23 during a crime reduction sweep was sentenced to 12 months in prison today (Feb. 22). During the RCMP crack down operation, Madison Fine was arrested the same day as eight others charged in separate investigations as police worked to clean up downtown Kelowna. At the time, Fine was...
Chief Clarence Louie wins election
Clarence Louie will take his seat as Chief of the Osoyoos Indian Band for an 11th term after defeating challenger Alex Louie 192 to 43. Louie was 24 when he first became chief in 1985 and only lost one election over the years. He started the Osoyoos Indian Band Development Corporation in 1988. His numerous...
Ratting out neighbours might get easier
The B.C. government wants to put the power in the hands of the people with a proposed safety act that enables the public to submit confidential complaints about threatening, illegal or unsafe activities occurring in their neighbourhood. If passed, the Community Safety Act will result in a new provincial unit charged with investigating, mediating and...