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Glenmore could finally get long-awaited recreation park

KELOWNA - It was first recommended almost 30 years ago but only now could Glenmore get a new park. City of Kelowna planning staff want council to spend $5 million to build the first phase of a recreation park — think playing fields and ball diamonds, not flowers and rock gardens — on city-owned land...

Rash of theft from vehicles in Kelowna

KELOWNA – Despite an awareness campaign launched a few weeks ago, there were numerous reports of theft from vehicles in Kelowna over the weekend. RCMP says the car break-ins happened in the Selkirk Drive area in Glenmore with thieves stealing credit cards, cash, wallets and sunglasses. Cpl. Joe Duncan with Kelowna RCMP is asking people...

Small grass fire on Glenmore trail

KELOWNA – It was likely a discarded cigarette butt, which sparked a small grass fire on a trail Glenmore this morning. Kelowna firefighters were called to the walking and biking trail behind the house at 343 Whitman Rd. at around 9:54 a.m., April 19. Captain Tim Hill says the fire, close to a backyard fence,...

Gas rupture forces people out of their homes in Glenmore

KELOWNA – Road blocks were up in Glenmore and homes evacuated as crews dealt with a natural gas leak this afternoon. RCMP say an excavator hit a natural gas line in a backyard on Valley Road just south of Kane Road. Police cordoned off the area, evacuating the people from four homes and closing Valley...

One year later, police still need help solving Glenmore murder

KELOWNA – One year after a Kelowna woman was found murdered in her Glenmore home, RCMP are still no closer to identifying a suspect. The body of Theresa Ashley Neville was found by paramedics shortly after midnight June 18 and an autopsy revealed Neville was murdered. Frank Schlief says he rented the home to Neville,...