Lake Country News

Busiest construction year ever for Lake Country

LAKE COUNTRY – B.C.’s fastest growing community is working to keep up with the infrastructure needed to support all the construction activity. Lake Country had it’s busiest year of construction in the district’s 20 year history in 2015, 36 per cent higher than 2014, according to a media release. There was over $68 million worth...

Shed fire in Lake Country quickly put out

LAKE COUNTRY - A minor shed fire in Lake Country early this morning was partially extinguished before fire crews arrived. Firefighters from both the Lake Country and Kelowna Fire Departments were called around 2 a.m., Dec. 13, to the shed fire at a mobile home on Beaver Lake Road, according to a media release. Kelowna...

Cram the Cruiser overwhelming success in Lake Country

LAKE COUNTRY – A fundraiser for the Lake Country Food Bank gets more successful every year. The 4th annual Cram the Cruiser event was held on yesterday, Dec. 5, raising over $3,700 in cash and gathering over 3,000 lbs. of non-perishable food and other items, according to a media release. Members of the Lake Country...

Diamond ring found in Vernon Walmart glove returned to rightful owner

VERNON – A woman from Lake Country quickly bought a pair of gloves at the Walmart in Vernon as she and her daughter headed to the city’s Downtown Light Up event Friday evening, Nov. 27. When Tanya Krcmar put on the gloves, one of her fingers slipped through what she says felt like a ring....

Lake Country man arrested for lighting house on fire

LAKE COUNTRY – A Lake Country man has been arrested for a suspicious fire at a house on the corner of Highway 97 and Beaver Lake Road this week. Emergency services were called to a fire at a house at 3109 Beaver Lake Rd. around 10 a.m., Monday, Nov. 2. A bystander, Dean Bose of...

Lake Country house fire sparks arrest

LAKE COUNTRY – RCMP have a man in custody following a house fire in Lake Country this morning. Fire crews, police and an ambulance were dispatched to the blaze at 3109 Beaver Lake Road, near Highway 97 at about 10:11 a.m., Nov. 2. Dean Bose of Oyama says he saw a man in his 50s...

Small fire evacuates Lake Country business

LAKE COUNTRY – A minor fire in an extraction fan forced the evacuation of a Lake Country steel supply business today. Crews from the Lake Country and Kelowna Fire Departments were called to the fire at A.J. Forsyth at 8955 Grigg Rd. at about 11:56 a.m., Oct. 23, according to a media release. Firefighters found...

Would you like fries with your unsolved crimes?

KELOWNA – RCMP have released details on three unsolved crimes in Kelowna, West Kelowna and Lake Country, including stolen guns, credit card fraud and a man who broke into a fast food restaurant and stole boxes of food. On Sept. 5, a suspect used two stolen cards, a bank card and a credit card, to...

Man steals from Lake Country laundromat

LAKE COUNTRY - In early October a man entered the Winfield Coin Laundry and used a technique to get the coin dispensing machine to give him coins without paying for them. The incident happened around 12:30 p.m., Oct. 5, when the unknown man entered the Highway 97 location and began ‘stringing’ the machine. RCMP describe...

Suspects who shot Lake Country man during home invasion still at large

LAKE COUNTRY – The suspects and the victims of a home invasion and shooting in Lake Country likely knew each other, say Kelowna RCMP. Last Sunday night, Oct. 4, two men entered the home of a Lake Country couple just before midnight. RCMP won’t say if anything was stolen but a media release sent Monday...

Thieves targeting unlocked and locked vehicles in Lake Country

LAKE COUNTRY – RCMP in Lake Country have issued a warning to remind people to remove valuables from their vehicles after a string of break-ins over the last couple of weeks. Someone is targeting mostly unlocked vehicles at night, but add windows have also been broken, according to a media release. As well, an unlocked...