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Former Okanagan Sun football player needs help after brain aneurysm

KELOWNA - A young Kelowna man is fighting to regain his old life after a brain aneurysm caused him to crash his motorbike and left him in hospital in a coma. Jesse Kendall, 23, was riding with friends when it happened, his wife Michelle Felty says. “They were doing one last ride before winter," she...

Conflicts between humans and bears expected to increase in the Okanagan

WEST KELOWNA – A busy weekend for bear sightings in West Kelowna could signal the start of a fall rife with bear-human conflicts. Frank Ritcey, the creator of the interactive Wildlife Alert Reporting Program on WildsafeBC.com, says four sightings of black bears were reported in the Shannon Lake neighbourhood in West Kelowna since Friday. “This...

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...

Thieves target performance auto shop in Kelowna

KELOWNA – A Kelowna auto shop was the victim of an early morning break and enter Sunday which cost the owners thousands of dollars’ worth of merchandise. An unknown number of thieves broke into Cutting Edge Auto and Performance on Highway 97 North, Sept. 20. A media release from Kelowna RCMP does not say how...

Risk of frost in the Okanagan tonight

OKANAGAN - If you haven’t already harvested all your tomatoes you should spend some time covering them up today — there’s a risk of frost through much of the Okanagan tonight. Environment Canada is calling for a risk of frost tonight, Sept. 21, in the North and Central Okanagan with temperatures expected to dip as...