Safety

Kelowna orchard fined $42K for broken seatbelts in work van
A Kelowna fruit grower has been fined $42,500 for not having enough seatbelts on a…

Confessions of a Kelowna online sex worker
CONTENT AND LANGUAGE ADVISORY When Shelby Cinda first turned to sex work, it wasn’t by…

Coldstream the safest town in Thompson-Okanagan; Penticton last again
New crime data shows that Coldstream had the least crime in the Thompson-Okanagan region in…

Kelowna looks to Alberta RCMP for online crime spotting and reporting tool
Kelowna RCMP have adopted an online crime spotting tool being used in Red Deer called…
Province-wide anti-crime protest expected in Kamloops, Penticton
A group of Nanaimo residents are spurring a province-wide protest about crime next week and…

iN VIDEO: Commercial trucker under investigation for near miss north of Kamloops
A dangerous passing effort by a commercial transport truck north of Kamloops on the weekend…

Cracked concrete in Kelowna parkade makes stairwell look like a crime scene
Using one of the stairways in Kelowna’s Library Parkade can be a little daunting these…

TSB takes over investigation into WestJet emergency landing in Kelowna
A federal transportation investigator is heading to Kelowna after a WestJet engine fire. The Transportation…

Province needs to pony up more cash for Penticton to be safe, city says
Authorities are stretched thin in Penticton as a result of an increase in mental health…

Princeton firewood firm fined $26K over safety issues
A Princeton firewood company has been fined $27,000 after WorkSafeBC found an employee working too…

Authorities investigating unsafe, shuttered Kamloops apartment
The Residential Tenancy Branch's compliance and enforcement team is investigating the landlord of a shuttered…
iN VIDEO: Public safety top priority as new Kelowna homeless shelter prepares to open
One of the top concerns for Kelowna residents with the opening of a new homeless…

Man slapped with $1,200 in fines after ATV drives on wrong side of Northern B.C. highway
An ATV has been impounded and the driver was given more than $1,200 in fines…

Kelowna’s rapid growth likely to create rapid increase in firefighting costs
The recent fire in the Brooklyn highrise in downtown Kelowna showed how thin firefighting forces…

Unauthorized drone reported flying near Penticton airport
A Cessna pilot reported a drone flying too close to the Penticton airport last week,…