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Man arrested in Osoyoos for possession of drugs and weapons
OSOYOOS - Mounties pulled over a vehicle in Osoyoos and caught a whiff of something suspicious, leading to the discovery of drugs, weapons, cash and the arrest of a Calgary man. Mounties stopped the black 2008 Jeep TJ for a traffic violation on Highway 3 at about 6:30 p.m. Sat. Oct. 4. According to a...
Vees take first place in showdown against Centennials
PENTICTON - The Penticton Vees 4-2 win over the Merritt Centennial Wednesday allowed the team to grab first place in the Interior Division. The win at the South Okanagan Events Centre put the Vees two points ahead of Merritt and West Kelowna who are each sitting on five wins and 10 points. It was a...
College students turn school project into a fundraiser for girl battling disease
ARMSTRONG - A team of Okanagan College construction students put their skills to use over the summer to raise money for a little girl battling a rare liver disease. What started as a project for school became a mission to provide financial relief to the family of a four-year-old girl, diagnosed with a rare form...
Road check leads to seizure of 212 marijuana plants
OSOYOOS - Two men allegedly hauling 212 mature marijuana plants were arrested during a routine road check on Highway 3 in Osoyoos Sunday. Osoyoos and South Okanagan RCMP were conducting the road check at about 3 p.m. on Highway 3 when the westbound rental moving truck and 2004 Dodge pickup towing a trailer entered the...
Killiney Beach water interruption notice
WEST KELOWNA - Some customers on the Killiney Beach Water System should plan to be without water service on Wednesday morning and afternoon. Water will be shut off for approximately 75 homes below Westside Road while the Regional District repairs a leak in a Pressure Reducing Valve (PRV) at Westside Road and Kildare Way. The...
Rockets open the WHL season with seventh win in a row
KELOWNA - The Kelowna Rockets defeated the Swift Current Broncos 4-0 on home ice Tuesday night, opening the WHL season with their seventh straight win. It was immediately evident the Rockets had control of the game with Carter Rigby leading the way with a pair of goals as well as an assist in the game....
YLW emergency crews standby for plane with suspected hydraulic problems
KELOWNA - The pilot of a private plane might have been a bit nervous landing this morning at the Kelowna International Airport because of a suspected hydraulic leak. The pilot told the YLW tower of the potential problem and the airport immediately called Aircraft Rescue Firefighters, Kelowna Fire Department, B.C. Ambulance and RCMP to standby...
Tractor trailer crashes in slow motion in North Okanagan
VERNON - Police were called to help the driver of a tractor trailer when the vehicle slowly went off the road, down an embankment and hit a hydro pole last evening. At about 7 p.m. Oct. 8, Vernon-North Okanagan RCMP received a call about the westbound truck that eased off the road to the right...
Interior Health gets a new board chair
KELOWNA - There'll be a new board chair for Interior Health starting fresh in the new year. Current board member Erwin Malzer of Kelowna will slide into position January 1, 2015, taking the place of Norman Embree who completes his tenure as chairman in December. Malzer's new role is to guide the nine-member board of...
UPDATE: Cyclist critical after collision with water truck
KELOWNA - A 31-year-old woman is in critical condition after a crash with a water truck while cycling on Pandosy Street at Cadder Avenue Thursday morning. The cyclist was trapped under a five-ton Canadian Springs water deliver truck’s rear wheels according to reports. She was taken to nearby Kelowna General Hospital. No word from police...
Unexploded WWII Japanese balloon bomb found near Lumby
LUMBY - Police received a strange call from an employee of Tolko Thursday morning who thought an object partially embedded in the ground off Thunder Mountain Road might be a Second World War Japanese balloon bomb. Lumby RCMP went out to look and took pictures of the suspected bomb and the military unit from Esquimalt...
Military unit blows WWII-era Japanese balloon bomb to ‘smithereens’
LUMBY – Seven decades after thousands of "balloon bombs" were let loose by the Imperial Japanese Army to wreak havoc on their enemies across the Pacific, two forestry workers found one half-buried in the mountains of eastern British Columbia.
Mounties exchanged gunfire with B.C. suspect who escaped into forest
SLOCAN CITY, B.C. – The confrontation that led to the lockdown of an entire community in British Columbia's southeast included an exchange of gunfire between police and a male suspect, says a senior Mountie.
Hall of Famer Gordie Howe tells his story: ‘Mr. Hockey’ a slice of Canadiana
TORONTO – Like his playing days, Gordie Howe's career as an author has spanned decades.
Alcohol to be available in B.C. grocery stores by next spring as laws modernized
VANCOUVER – British Columbians will soon be able to grab a bottle of wine when they're shopping for eggs and broccoli.