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UPDATE: Suspicious item that caused Pick n’ Pull evacuation was “magic crystals”
KELOWNA – The small device found in a car which caused the evacuation of a West Kelowna auto wrecker this afternoon was a personal health care product filled with crystals some claim have healing powers. Emergency crews, including police, fire rescue and ambulance, were called to Pick n' Pull on Stevens Rd. just after 1...
UPDATE: Downtown Kelowna street reopens; suspicious package empty
KELOWNA – RCMP have reopened a downtown Kelowna street after a “suspicious” package discovered earlier today turned out to be empty. Police closed Cawston Avenue from Ellis Street to St. Paul Street this morning, July 19, as officers and firefighters investigating a “suspicious” item. “Through the combined effort of the Kelowna RCMP, it's police dog...
Kamloops cops deal with 2nd suspicious object in a week
KAMLOOPS – It was just last weekend Kamloops RCMP were called to a downtown alley to investigate a suspicious object, and on Saturday, suspicious object number two was found near the Overlanders Bridge. RCMP say at about 3:40 p.m. they responded to a report of a suspicious item next to the off ramp from the...
UPDATE: RCMP deem “suspicious item” in downtown Kamloops alley “not suspicious”
KAMLOOPS – Better safe than sorry. With that motto in mind, Kamloops RCMP closed an alley downtown Saturday afternoon, and closed and evacuated a business. A “suspicious item” was found in the alley in the 400-block of Victoria Street around 1:38 p.m. Several hours later the all clear was given and the business was allowed...