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West Kelowna News

Suspect in custody after West Kelowna gas station robbery

WEST KELOWNA – A gas station clerk in West Kelowna was the victim of a robbery Friday night. West Kelowna RCMP were called to the Chevron on Dobbin Road just before 10:30 p.m., Jan. 8, with a report of a robbery in progress. Const. Jesse O’Donaghey says in a media release the suspect entered the...

UPDATE: West Kelowna RCMP investigating suspicious death

WEST KELOWNA – Police now consider the death of a man, whose body was found in a vehicle on Bear Creek Road yesterday, suspicious. West Kelowna RCMP officers were called to the area, about two kilometres past Parkinson Road, at about 11:23 a.m., Jan. 6., where they found the man’s body inside the vehicle, according...

GPS tracking device leads police to stolen truck

WEST KELOWNA – A GPS tracker helped a Chilliwack man find his stolen truck in West Kelowna Tuesday morning, and landed a local man in police custody. Local police, including Westbank First Nation, located the vehicle, a Ford F-250, on Tomat Avenue headed towards Sneena Road just after 7 a.m. after Chilliwack police informed them...

Search for missing Kelowna man ends tragically

WEST KELOWNA - The search for a local man who was missing for over a month ended with a tragic result today, Jan. 5 after RCMP confirmed he was located deceased in a shed. Police positively identified the remains as Peter Schouten, a Kelowna man who was reported missing Dec. 8. The body was found...