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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...

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...

UPDATE: Missing Lake Country woman found

LAKE COUNTRY - A missing 81-year-old woman has been found alive and well in Lake Country this afternoon. Const. Kris Clark says Norma Bowman was found near the Aspen Grove Golf Course in Lake Country. She had been last seen at her home near Swalwell Park yesterday, June 24. Clark says Bowman is alive and...

Is this your diamond ring? RCMP looking for owner

VERNON – RCMP are trying to find the owner of a diamond ring found in downtown Vernon earlier this month. Police say the ring was found near Community Futures on 33 Street during the first week of May and was turned into the RCMP detachment in Lake Country. “Police records indicate the ring does not...

RCMP looking into Lake Country grass fire

LAKE COUNTRY – A grass fire in Lake Country this afternoon was likely human caused. A report of smoke and flame at Sherman Drive and Copper Hill Road behind Peter Greer Elementary was called in about 12:48 p.m., May 16. Lake Country firefighters, with help from B.C. Wildfire, put out the fire which produced heavy...

UPDATE: Police say man sought in ‘inappropriate’ pictures did nothing wrong

LAKE COUNTRY - Photos found on a second-hand camera purchased in Lake Country had RCMP looking for the man found among ‘inappropriate’ photos, but after finding him yesterday, say he was not related. A Lake Country woman called police when she ‘discovered some inappropriate photos’ on a child's camera she purchased it second-hand on March...