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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...
These videos about small Thompson-Okanagan towns will make you proud to live here
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - From brewhouses to outdoor theatre companies, a number of small businesses in the Thompson-Okanagan are being celebrated in a six-part video series. It’s part of a project called Small Business, Big Culture that highlights select cities across B.C. and Alberta. Vernon, Armstrong and Kamloops made the cut, in addition to Medicine Hat, Lethbridge,...
VIDEO: Holy cow! Old MacDonald drives a… station wagon?
VERNON - Drivers were surprised to see a cow in the backseat of a car on 27 Street earlier this month in Vernon. It might sound unbelievable, but there’s proof. The bizarre sight was caught on camera near W.L. Seaton Secondary. You can see the cow standing up in the back of the white station...
Store owner wants shoplifters to know they’re being watched
PENTICTON - A downtown shop owner has caught another two thieves robbing his store in the last week by posting surveillance footage on Facebook. Leigh Follestad, owner of SmartShopper on Main Street, has been hit several times, but he wants them to know that if they’re going to steal from him, he will put their face...
Check out the neat surprise these North Okanagan residents found on their game camera
ENDERBY - Some North Okanagan residents found a warm and fuzzy surprise on their game camera this past summer: two baby bears. The cubs were caught wrestling, attacking the camera and playing around in a clearing. The camera was located about 100 meters from the photographers’ home on a forested property just outside Enderby. The...
VIDEO: A creative marriage proposal in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – When Matt decided he was going to propose to his girlfriend Amanda, he chose the creative route. He gave her a choreographed flashmob made up of family and friends. Each held written cue cards of all the reasons why he loves her. Not only did Amanda get a show – so did all...
VIDEO: Possible space debris falls near Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A local resident shot a quick video from Kamloops' Labyrinth Farm when they saw something falling from the sky. "I kept filming after it disappeared and thought to myself... is this it... is this the end of the world as we know it... but nothing happened," wrote the administrator of the Labyrinth Farm...
Neighbour posts videos of alleged thief breaking into vehicles
KAMLOOPS - A resident of Juniper Ridge is doing his own police work by taking advantage of some surveillance video and social media. The security cameras on Mark Lane’s home have caught images of a man stealing from his neighbour’s vehicles along Similkameen Place. Lane has posted the videos to his Facebook page and YouTube...
VIDEO: What an Okanagan Rail Trail could look like
VERNON - A new video showcases the merits of converting the rail bed between Vernon and Kelowna into a multi-purpose trail. The 50 km stretch runs along Kalamalka Lake, Wood Lake and Duck Lake and past 22 parks. Canadian National has begun the process of selling off the line, whose former operator Kelowna Pacific Railway...
Country music legend coming to Kelowna this fall
KELOWNA – Country music singer and songwriter Alan Jackson brings his unique combination of honky tonk and mainstream to Prospera Place this fall. Jackson, 55, has more than 30 number one hits and won two Grammy’s in his 25-year career. He will perform hits like Here in the Real World, Don’t Rock the Jukebox and Chattahoochee...