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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...

Emergency response team used to arrest prohibited driver in West Kelowna

WEST KELOWNA - RCMP had to use the emergency response team to arrest a prohibited driver in West Kelowna this afternoon. The 37-year-old man was arrested after he fled from police in his vehicle, Kelowna RCMP say in a press release. Officers tried to stop the man a number of times. West Kelowna RCMP then...

UPDATE: Missing West Kelowna teen found

UPDATE: 10:26 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015 WEST KELOWNA - RCMP have confirmed the 17-year-old girl reported missing has been located safe and sound. All personal information has been removed from this article. 4:35 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015 WEST KELOWNA - RCMP are asking for your help to find a West Kelowna teenager missing since...

Elderly woman fends off violent home invader in West Kelowna

WEST KELOWNA - An 85-year-old woman is doing okay after struggling with an attacker for 20 minutes during a violent home invasion in the early hours, Sunday, Oct. 25. West Kelowna RCMP aren’t naming the woman, who managed to escape and call 911 at her neighbour’s house in the 2300-block of Butt Road. The suspect...

Fatal motorcycle crash on Westside Road

WEST KELOWNA – A 31-year-old West Kelowna man was killed in a motorcycle crash on Westside Road yesterday evening. RCMP say the motorcycle went off the road at about 5:44 p.m., Sept. 5, about 12 kilometres north of Highway 97 in West Kelowna, and south of Bear Creek Provincial Park. Const. Kent Hall says the...

RCMP on the hunt for suspects in Peachland abduction attempt

PEACHLAND – The search is on for a pair of suspects wanted in connection with a possible attempted abduction of a teenaged girl in Peachland Saturday night. RCMP were called to the tunnel between Beach Avenue and Princeton Avenue near Okanagan Lake around 7:45 pm., Aug. 8. Cpl. Joe Duncan says two men walked up...

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: Woman missing near Peachland for more than a week found

UPDATE: 6:44 A.M., JUNE 19, 2015 RCMP say Kara Stoyanowski has been found alive. More details are expected later today. 2:32 p.m., June 15, 2015 WEST KELOWNA – Still no sign of a Winnipeg woman missing in the wilderness west of Peachland for almost a week. RCMP are hoping there is someone who knows something...

Thieves try to break-in to Food Bank in West Kelowna

"ATTEMPTING TO BREAK INTO A FOOD BANK IS NOT COOL!" WEST KELOWNA – An attempted break-in at the Westside Community Food Bank on the weekend has left staff and volunteers shaking their heads. The Food Bank’s executive director Lenetta Perry says someone damaged a side door trying to get into the building twice Saturday night....

Old dynamite forces evacuation at West Kelowna trailer park

WEST KELOWNA – The bomb squad from Vancouver travelled to West Kelowna last night to blow up some old sticks of dynamite. RCMP say the explosives were in a backpack found by a resident of the Pine Ridge Mobile Home Park at 1860 Boucherie Rd. while he was on a hike. The man brought the...

Speed trap season opens in the Central Okanagan

CENTRAL OKANAGAN - It's getting nice outside and with more drivers leaving their dens for the open road RCMP traffic enforcement operations are ramping up to catch those who drive faster than the posted speed limits. A few hours were spent on the new section of Highway 97 between Oyama and Winfield Sunday afternoon, March...

Tips about child luring cases need to go to correct detachment

KELOWNA - The RCMP would like the public to continue calling in tips about suspected child luring in the area, but they want to make sure everyone knows where to direct them. "The Kelowna RCMP are currently receiving tips on all child luring investigations and request that they be directed appropriately," Const. Kris Clark says...