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One dead in North Okanagan ATV crash
Alcohol is believed to be a factor in a fatal ATV crash in the North…
Penticton RCMP officer uses quad to rescue car stuck in creek
Penticton RCMP managed to rescue a stranded vehicle trapped in a creek on the Kettle…
Men sent to hospital after ATV crash in Okanagan
Two men were sent to the hospital Saturday when the all-terrain vehicle they were driving…
Survivor of fatal ATV crash near Enderby climbed steep embankment to get help
The survivor of a fatal ATV accident near Enderby on Saturday night had to climb…
Child impaled by branch while on Kootenay ATV ride loses legal case against driver
A Calgary man who was impaled by a tree branch while riding in a side-by-side…
Sicamous council and Shuswap Backcountry Riders agree – let ATVs back into wildlife recovery area
Off-road vehicles should still be allowed in areas closed for wildlife recovery, according to a…
Fatal ATV crash in remote forested area near Kelowna
A 52-year-old man was killed in an all terrain vehicle crash in the Postill Lake…
Suspect arrested by Kamloops RCMP after theft of ATV
KAMLOOPS — A 40-year-old Cache Creek man is in custody after Kamloops RCMP received a…
‘Total loss’: Recreational vehicles a favourite for Central Okanagan thieves
KELOWNA – Jack Almond had his dirt bike for less than week before it got…
Penticton Search and Rescue saves four ATV riders near Summerland
SUMMERLAND – Rescuers returned to base this morning after a night of searching for four…
Thieves steal expensive vehicles from Salmon Arm fair
SALMON ARM – Salmon Arm RCMP are asking for public’s help after a 2018 Kubota…
One person injured in Coldstream ATV rollover
COLDSTREAM – An ATV rollover in Coldstream yesterday afternoon sent one person to hospital. Vernon…
Man seriously injured after ATV rollover in Kelowna
KELOWNA – A man is in hospital with serious injuries after rolling his quad in…
Family credits helmet with saving Vernon ATV rider’s life
VERNON – A Vernon man airlifted to hospital after a gruesome accident in the North…
Kamloops search teams out all night looking for lost ATVer
KAMLOOPS – A man who became separated from his friends while riding ATVs near Kamloops…
Lumby police want to know if you are missing your ATV
LUMBY – RCMP are looking for the person who left his ATV at a home…
Homeowner follows thieves, honks horn to get attention of Salmon Arm RCMP
SALMON ARM – A Salmon Arm homeowner who watched a pair of thieves make off…
Vernon RCMP want to know if you can identify this man
VERNON - Police in Vernon want to know if you recognize a man caught on video surveillance. On Dec. 18, a trailer and Polaris ATV were stolen from the 5300 block of 27th Avenue in Vernon, Const. Jocelyn Noseworthy says in a release. They were later recovered in the 5500 block of Willow Place in Vernon....
Deadline to register your off-road vehicles quickly approaching
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Backcountry riders have until Nov. 1 to register their dirt bikes, ATVs and snowmobiles. The new law, which also stipulates several safety regulations while on Crown land, has been voluntary since last November, and back in May the provincial government extended the hard deadline from June 1 to the start of next month....
Distress call leads police, Vernon Search and Rescue to mountains outside Lumby
LUMBY - A pair of injured men were lucky to have a well-prepared outdoorsman come along after they crashed their ATV in a remote area outside Lumby. The men were riding a two-person, side-by-side ATV on a forest service road near Squaw Valley Road outside Lumby on Sunday, May 17, when they hit a rut...
ATV crash kills one on Greenstone Mountain
KAMLOOPS - A man has died after he failed to properly negotiate a curve and lost control of his ATV on Greenstone Mountain Saturday. The B.C. Coroners Service says Joshua William Pollard Zapf was operating his quad ATV on the mountain around 6 p.m. on Saturday, March 28, when he failed to make a curve....
Organized thieves busy in Lumby and Cherryville
LUMBY – Thieves in Lumby and Cherryville are targeting auto parts and ATV’s. RCMP have been busy over the past few weeks investigating a number of stolen ATV’s. The latest were a pair of brand new Polaris Razors were taken from a garage on Birch Road in Lumby on June 8. “These thefts are organized...