Police investigating suspicious package at West Kelowna business

West Kelowna police officers have cordoned off an area around a business today while they wait for an RCMP Explosive Disposal Unit to arrive.

Staff at the business on Dunfield Road called police at about 8:30 a.m. today, March 2, after they noticed a suspicious package had been left there over the weekend, according to an RCMP media release.

RCMP have not released the name of the business.

Anyone with information about the package is asked to contact the West Kelowna RCMP at 250-768-2880. Or remain anonymous by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or by leaving a tip online at www.crimestoppers.net.


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Rob Munro


Rob Munro has a long history in journalism after starting an underground newspaper in Whitehorse called the Yukon Howl in 1980. He spent five years at the 100 Mile Free Press, starting in the darkroom, moving on to sports and news reporting before becoming the advertising manager. He came to Kelowna in 1989 as a reporter for the Kelowna Daily Courier, and spent the 1990s mostly covering city hall. For most of the past 20 years he worked full time for the union representing newspaper workers throughout B.C. He’s returned to his true love of being a reporter with a special focus on civic politics