
Man receives volunteer of the year award then gives it back
A local man just can't stop giving back to his community as he takes the monetary award from his Volunteer of the Year honour and donates it to charity. Lyle Duffield was presented with a plaque and a $500 cheque at the Schubert Centre Feb. 5 as the Silver Star Rotary recipient of the Volunteer...

Missing boy safe thanks to a concerned citizen
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...
Foul play ruled out in death of a Kelowna man
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: Missing Kelowna man found
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...

Airline expands passenger service at YLW
Air service at Kelowna airport is expanding as Northwestern Air Lease Ltd. offers passenger flights five days a week between YLW to Abbotsford and Red Deer. Last April, Northwestern Air began twice a week service between Red Deer and YLW. "It was always our plan to increase our flights to YLW," says Northwestern Air president...

UPDATE: Two elderly pedestrians hit by vehicle
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...

Woman killed as she offers medical assistance after crash
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...

Kamloops men narrowly escape serious injury in accident
Two Kamloops men jumped to safety during an accident near Hope that claimed the life of a West Kelowna woman. 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...

No champagne yet for Fintry Queen owner
It'll be awhile before the Fintry Queen finds a solid place to dock in Kelowna's tourism industry.

Penticton Mounties catch Alberta drug trafficker
Penticton RCMP arrested an Alberta man on drug charges after pulling a vehicle over and conducting a search. The discovery of cocaine and cash led to the arrest of 26-year-old Joshua Oudshoorn and a 28-year-old woman in the vehicle, and the search of two Penticton homes the following day. The car was pulled over in...

Drug trafficking search uncovers possible stolen goods
Mounties looking to uncover a drug trafficking operation found more than they were expecting when they searched a motor home Tuesday. The Vernon Task Force received information a suspect was peddling cocaine and heroin from his motor home parked in the 6100 block of Okanagan Landing Road. A search warrant was executed Tuesday night. Police...

Restructuring ends Future Shop in West Kelowna
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...

Ban all spam rules could harm businesses says Chamber of Commerce
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...

Mounties clean up during drug sweep
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...

Downtown car crash ties up traffic in Penticton
There was an accident close to the intersection of Main Street and Calgary Avenue near the Ooknakane Friendship Centre. Details are not known at this time. Stay with InfoTel News as this story develops.







