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South Okanagan animal rescue connects aging cats with lonely seniors
An animal rescue is pairing up older cats with older humans to help with loneliness…
105th birthday celebrations looking brighter for Kamloops woman as pandemic restrictions ease
It's the elephant in the room, a question that many people are bound to ask:…
North Okanagan woman pleads guilty to arson charges
An Armstrong woman charged for setting fire to numerous properties in the North Okanagan has…
Con artists swipe Kelowna senior’s wedding bands
KELOWNA – A pair of con artists targeted an Okanagan senior citizen and stole her…
Kamloops senior scammed out of expensive necklace
KAMLOOPS – RCMP are searching for two suspects after a 93-year-old woman had her necklace…
UPDATE: Search for missing Shuswap senior becomes recovery mission
SHUSWAP – The search for a Shuswap senior who went missing after a mudslide struck…
“It hurt my heart”: Armstrong woman helps homeless senior off the street
VERNON – It was a cold December day when Armstrong woman Brandi Mahood noticed an…
Spry 95-year-old donates her age in metres to fund Okanagan Rail Trail
VERNON – A local woman is donating her age in metres to help create the…
Search crews find missing Kelowna senior seven kilometres from home
KELOWNA – Central Okanagan Search and Rescue crews hit the streets last night in Kelowna…
Kamloops senior almost swindled out of $4,800
KAMLOOPS – Yesterday, a Kamloops senior had a close call with a pair of brazen…
Southern Interior leading the pack in housing availability for seniors
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – The Thompson-Okanagan is leading the province in retirement units available for seniors, but…
Senior dead after single vehicle crash near Salmon Arm
SALMON ARM - RCMP investigators are examining a fatal collision involving a single vehicle in Salmon Arm earlier this week. Around 4:30 p.m., Monday, Jan. 11, Salmon Arm RCMP and East Trans-Canada Traffic Services attended a crash involving a 2005 Dodge Caravan on Highway 97B, south of Highway 1. The van, which was travelling north,...
Kelowna senior missing for two weeks
KELOWNA – A 71-year-old Kelowna senior has been missing since late last month. Police are asking for the public’s help locating Benjamin Wolfe, who has not been seen or heard from since June 29. He has no cell phone and there is no vehicle associated with him, according to Const. Steve Holmes of the Kelowna...
Vernon senior could face charges after five hour standoff with police
VERNON - An elderly man arrested after a five hour standoff with police is looking at possible charges. The 70-year-old Vernon man was allegedly involved in a confrontation with a neighbour over some loud music around 1 a.m., April 10. When police arrived, the man had barricaded himself inside his unit of the fourplex. With...
Vernon thief caught on video not who victims expected
VERNON - Police are looking into an odd theft committed by what appears to be an unexpected culprit — an elderly woman. Footage captured by a Vernon couple’s surveillance camera shows what looks to be an elderly woman making off with a patio table shortly after 6 a.m. on April 3 in the area of...