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iN VIDEO: Up-close look of Newfoundland snowstorm courtesy of doorbell camera
In case you've had a hard time visualizing just how much snow fell in St.…
iN VIDEO: Elderly woman filmed riding mobility scooter on roadway during Kamloops snowstorm
While blowing snow, wind warnings and a drop in temperatures kept most people off the…
Transit bus slides into the ditch during snowstorm in Kelowna
A Kelowna transit bus hit the ditch off Valley Road today during the heavy snowfall…
Big dump of snow cost Kelowna taxpayers big bucks
KELOWNA - The big dump of 2015 dropped a near-record amount of snow on Kelowna and cost taxpayers over a half-million dollars to clean up. During the two-day snow storm, which began Jan. 3 and ended Jan. 5, about 37 centimetres of snow fell in and around the Central Okanagan. At one point, snow was...
Why Kelowna’s response to snow removal is “almost unheard of across Canada”
WANT TO SUE? GOOD LUCK KELOWNA — So you finally get out of your snow-choked driveway, just to slip on your neighbour’s sidewalk and break your nose. Or you break your wrist, jumping over a snowbank to cross the road. If you’re looking for someone to sue, don’t bother naming the city in the lawsuit...
Semi carrying massive load of Okanagan Spring beer takes a spill
FALKLAND - A semi carrying some 1,500 cases of Okanagan Spring 1516 beer took a spill during Wednesday’s snowstorm. Garry Higginson, with HTL Transport, says his son, 24, was driving the tractor-trailer along Highway 97 through Falkland in a blizzard when he saw an oncoming vehicle driving in the middle of the road. His son...
Chronic water leaks plague Vernon art gallery
VERNON - Like shoveling snow and scraping down windshields, preparing for leaks has become a vexing winter tradition at the Vernon Public Art Gallery. A large snow storm Wednesday left the gallery with multiple leaks to deal with. “It’s an ongoing issue with the building,” executive director Dauna Kennedy Grant says. “We have chronic leakage...