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Police say alcohol and speed factors in Kelowna crash
KELOWNA – A crash at a major Kelowna intersection on Friday was likely fuelled by…
UPDATE: Suspicious package at Kelowna gas station not a threat
KELOWNA – The gift wrapped package found outside a downtown Kelowna gas station this morning…
Tourist taken to KGH after falling from hotel balcony in Kelowna
KELOWNA – An Ontario man was taken to hospital in serious condition after falling from…
Woman mugged and assaulted in Kelowna
KELOWNA – Police are on the hunt for a suspect in connection with the robbery…
Five-car pileup slows traffic on Harvey in Kelowna
KELOWNA - The already heavy holiday traffic on Harvey Avenue through Kelowna was made worse by a five-car crash at Burtch Road this afternoon. Emergency crews were called to the scene of a series of rear end collisions at about 1:30 p.m. today, Dec. 21. Two people were taken to Kelowna General Hospital, according to...
UPDATE: Traffic moving again after car crash on Highway 97 through Kelowna
KELOWNA – A serious car crash in Kelowna this morning had the westbound lanes on Highway 97 closed near the city’s downtown causing a traffic nightmare for drivers. RCMP say traffic was moving again through the intersection of Harvey Avenue and Abbott Street at about 11:30 a.m. today, Dec. 11, once the initial investigation was complete...
Home on Harvey lost to fire
KELOWNA - No one was hurt but fire has destroyed a home in the 700 block of Harvey Avenue overnight. Kelowna Fire Department Platoon Capt. Eric Simpson says crews were called out at 2:10 a.m. to find flames shooting out of the two-storey home. "Crews protected the exposures at the same time attacked the fire...
‘All of a sudden, a friggin’ moose comes out of nowhere and lands on the front of the truck’
KELOWNA - Doug Adams remembers the moose slamming into the hood, then sliding up the windshield, six inches from his face. The impact brought the one-ton diesel truck to an instant standstill. Adams, 56, of Vernon, was the passenger in a truck that collided with an estimated 800 pound moose last Friday, May 1, in...
Charges possible after five-car pile-up in rush hour
KELOWNA – A 56-year-old Penticton man is facing a number of charges in connection with a five-car pile-up on Harvey Avenue in Kelowna during yesterday afternoon’s rush hour. RCMP say the crash at Harvey Avenue and Ethel Street at around 4:35 p.m., April 22, sent three people to hospital, while others were treated by paramedics....
RCMP looking for this man following attack on young woman
KELOWNA – RCMP have released a sketch of the suspect wanted in connection with the attack of a young woman in Kelowna in February. The 21-year-old woman was assaulted on Harvey Avenue near Burtch Road around 5:12 a.m., Feb. 7., Cpl. Joe Duncan says in a media release. Duncan says she was walking eastbound on...