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Young boy with Down syndrome airlifted to Vancouver after work van ran over his chest
WEST KELOWNA – An eight-year-old boy with Down syndrome from West Kelowna is in critical condition in Vancouver Children’s Hospital today after a commercial van ran over his chest in his neighbourhood yesterday, June 22. Jonah Pevach's mother Candice Loring says the accident happened around 4:30 p.m. and they were airlifted to Vancouver yesterday evening....
UPDATE: Search for missing hikers in Similkameen
PENTICTON - Efforts are increasing in a search to find two missing hikers. Search and rescue teams are working with police in looking for two people who failed to return from a hike in the Similkameen yesterday. Cpl. Dave Tyreman says Rick Moynan and Lynne Carmody, both believed to be in their 50s, left a...
B.C. sending more firefighters out-of-province
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - B.C. is answering a request for assistance from the Yukon, sending 31 firefighters there to help fight wildfires. According to B.C. Wildfire, the request was made through the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre, responsible for coordinating sharing of firefighting personnel and resources with other jurisdictions. B.C. just sent 21 firefighters, four fixed wing...
No fireworks and possibly no campfires allowed this weekend
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Without a significant amount of rainfall Tuesday night, the Southern Interior could see a fire danger rating of ‘extreme’ by the start of the weekend. And that could mean no campfires on the weekend before Canada Day. Kelsey Winter of B.C. Wildfire says the fire danger rating in the Kamloops Fire Centre, which...
A fine day to walk the family pet
PENTICTON - The weather this week is proving to be perfect for a pleasant walk in the park, or for Pete Godwin and Rachel Bourgeois, ideal weather for taking their pet to the beach. Nothing unusual about that, except maybe for the fact their pet is a ferret. Walking through Gyro Park this week Godwin...
Staff at Okanagan owl rehab centre trying to understand reason behind poisoning
PENTICTON - A break and enter and food poisoning at the South Okanagan Rehabilitation Centre for Owls has left staff wondering what the reasons were for the weekend crime. Centre Manager Dale Belvedere says the rehab centre was broken into sometime overnight Saturday. It appears whoever broke in poisoned a bucket containing food for rats, which ...
Penticton water park opens to naked trespasser and wild winds
PENTICTON - Penticton's newest form of entertainment on the water began operations on the weekend and it is already attracting unexpected visitors. Penticton’s Wibit Water Park opened on Saturday, June 20, but a security breach — apparently in innocent fun — that night has operator Randy Gallagher already stepping up security around the inflatable water park....
Busy start to summer for Penticton RCMP
PENTICTON - The summer season is barely underway but Penticton RCMP are already feeling the heat as they deal with a high number of calls. The Penticton detachment dealt with a total of 80 calls in what acting media spokesperson Cpl. Don Wrigglesworth referred to as a 'crazy day' yesterday, June 22. While there was...
Defective pavement discovered on Penticton’s Main Street
PENTICTON - Work crews will be returning to one of the city’s first capital projects of the year, which was just completed in May, after discovering an issue with the asphalt. Quality control testing of the new asphalt recently installed on Main Street, which was done in conjunction with the rebuilding project on Industrial Avenue,...