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Investigation into fatal Oliver crash continues
OLIVER - Police continue their investigation into a pedestrian collision that took the life of a woman in Oliver Tuesday morning. Emergency crews responded to the scene at the corner of Fairview Road and Highway 97 at 6:21 a.m. Tues., Nov. 25. A 73-year-old woman recently identified as Oliver resident Betty Anstey, was struck by...
Body found in abandoned shed
PENTICTON - The body of a deceased male was found in an abandoned shed behind Super Save Gas in Penticton Monday. The shed is located in a field off Green Mountain Road, on Penticton Indian Band land. RCMP say the body appeared to have been there for several days, however the death is not being...
Wild horse carcass left by South Okanagan roadside for three days
PENTICTON - Last week, a feral horse was struck and killed by a passing motorists and left on the side of the highway for three days just south of Penticton, according to Global Okanagan. The young animal was discovered in the ditch beside Highway 97 Monday afternoon. It had two broken legs. It was later...
A cougar killed her dog and dropped it at her feet
VERNON - A Vernon family is readjusting to life without their beloved family dog after he was killed by a cougar in their backyard. Milton, a six-year-old Chihuahua/Maltese, was let out to play as usual the morning of Sept. 21 in the backyard of the family’s McLennan Road property in the BX area of Vernon....
Coroner identifies Kelowna residents who died in crash near Quesnel
Quesnel - The B.C. Coroners Service has identified two Kelowna area residents who died in a head-on collision near Quesnel Thursday. They were Brian Scott Knutson, 48, of Westbank and Alma Helen Wert, 70, of Kelowna. The third person who died, 73-year-old Shirley Wakefield, was from New Hazelton. Knutson was the sole occupant of a...
Nakusp woman killed in Highway 6 crash
VERNON - Police believe a Nakusp woman was speeding when her SUV rolled into the ditch on Highway 6. The 52-year-old Nakusp woman died at the scene while a 15-year-old girl believed to be her daughter was moved to Vernon Jubilee Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The accident happened Sunday about 9 a.m. roughly 41...
UPDATE: Man dead after leap from moving vehicle
KELOWNA – There are more questions than answers following the death of a Kelowna man who jumped from a moving car on Saturday morning. Victor John Doyle, 23, of Kelowna was riding in the passenger side when, according to the RCMP, he “unexpectedly” leapt from the vehicle on Glenmore Road near Union Road. Doyle was...
UPDATE: Crash near Heffley Creek claims a life
KAMLOOPS - One person is dead after two pickup trucks crashed on Highway 5 north, north of the Rayleigh ball fields Monday afternoon. The male driver was alone in the first pickup truck, travelling north on the Yellowhead Highway, when a second southbound pickup truck crossed the centre line and crashed into him. The man...