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Suspicious Package
False alarm forces evacuation of Kelowna courthouse
KELOWNA – RCMP were taking no chances this morning when a suspicious package was found…
UPDATE: Suspicious package at Kelowna gas station not a threat
KELOWNA – The gift wrapped package found outside a downtown Kelowna gas station this morning…
Specialized RCMP unit called after suspicious package delivered to Vernon government office
VERNON – A government office in Vernon closed early on Monday after a suspicious package…
UPDATE: Kelowna man arrested after suspicious package prompts bomb squad call
KELOWNA – A man has been arrested after an RCMP bomb squad was called in…
Police investigate a suspicious package that wasn’t
KELOWNA - Police closed off an area in Rutland late last night and called in the explosive disposal unit for two 'suspicious' packages that turned out to be nothing. Sgt. Ann Morrison says the packages were found on Houghton Road and they closed off the road between Hein Road and Hollywood Road. The disposal unit...
Flaming Orchard Park mall package “of some sophistication”
KELOWNA – Cpl. Joe Duncan of Kelowna RCMP says detectives investigating the suspicious package found burning in Orchard Park mall this week was more than just a bag on fire. “It was of some sophistication,” he says. “The (detectives) say they have not had anything like this before in our area.” Duncan says a Sears...
Hunt on for Orchard Park Mall suspicious package suspect
KELOWNA – RCMP need your help to find the man who allegedly left a suspicious package at Sears in the Orchard Park Mall forcing an evacuation and a call to the bomb squad. RCMP say the mall was cleared out at yesterday afternoon when a Sears' employee found a suspicious package and contacted mall security...
UPDATE: RCMP stopped traffic for 6 hours in Kamloops because of this ‘suspicious package’
KAMLOOPS - Police have received a tip to help them identify a package that closed an off-ramp on Overlanders Bridge Saturday, November 29. The Hillside Scouts Group was responsible for the construction of a red box with the letters TNT written on it as part of a Minecraft-inspired float, but the group did not plant the...
UPDATE: Bomb squad arrives to investigate suspicious package left on York Avenue property; closes portion of 8 Street
UPDATE: THE BOMB SQUAD HAS ARRIVED TO INVESTIGATE A SUSPICIOUS BLACK BAG LEFT ON THE DRIVEWAY AT 769 YORK AVENUE IN KAMLOOPS. The Explosive Device Unit is closing 8 Street from Sudbury to Halston Avenue. Police are advising motorists to avoid 8 Avenue. The area will open once the unit has rendered the device on...