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UPDATE: Vernon’s Hospital Hill reopens following pile-up
Highway 97 at Hospital Hill was closed to southbound traffic due to a multiple-vehicle blockage…
UPDATE: Highway 97 north of Vernon completely reopened
VERNON – Highway 97 north of Vernon has reopened after it was closed to traffic…
UPDATE: Flipped bus blocking road east of Kelowna
KELOWNA — A bus has flipped on its side blocking a Kelowna road. Big White…
Okanagan Bench Road saturated with water; geotechnical engineer
VERNON – Okanagan Bench Road has been closed yet again following expert advice. The bank…
Vehicle incident closes Highway 5
VAVENBY – A vehicle incident north of Vavenby has closed Highway 5 in both directions.…
UPDATE: Northbound Highway 97 closed by accident
PENTICTON – A vehicle incident closed Highway 97 northbound. Today, Oct. 22, at approximately 4:09…
VIDEO: Car on fire halts highway traffic near Armstrong
ARMSTRONG - A vehicle on fire in the middle of Highway 97 A near Armstrong tied up traffic for about an hour Wednesday afternoon. The Armstrong Spallumcheen Fire Department was dispatched to the scene, just north of Eagle Rock Road, about 1:30 p.m. April 22. Fire chief Ian Cummings says a Volkswagen was completely engulfed...
Man brought into custody after five hour standoff with Vernon RCMP
VERNON - A 70-year-old man was taken into custody Friday morning after a five-hour stand-off. Officers were called to a fourplex in the 4900 block of Old Kamloops Road just before 1 a.m. April 10 for a report of a distraught man, police said this morning. “He’d had a confrontation with a neighbour and then...