Tag Archives: Okanagan

Road safety advocate remind drivers to be safe with work-related travel
The Road Safety at Work organization is urging drivers in the North Okanagan to be safe when on the road for business purposes. The road safety advocate said work-related crashes are the leading cause...
Liam Verster Jul 11, 2023

Mounties seize $100,000 of fraudulently purchased flooring
RCMP have stopped a scammer who has defrauded several businesses of their products. On July 5, Mounties in Kelowna received a report of a possible scam involving a person purchasing a large quantity o...
Liam Verster Jul 11, 2023

UPDATE: Landfill fire took hours to put out
UPDATE: 7:40 a.m. July 11, 2023 A fire at the Glenmore Landfill in Kelowna is out, but it wasn’t a quick process. At around 7:30 p.m. Monday, July 10, the Kelowna Regional Dispatch Centre receiv...
Pete McIntyre Jul 10, 2023

UPDATE: Multi-vehicle crash on Coquihalla
UPDATE Drive BC says the Coquihalla Highway fully reopened near the Great Bear Snowshed around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday. A multi-vehicle incident between Merritt and Hope closed the route to southbound traff...
Pete McIntyre Jul 10, 2023

UPDATE: Service interruption for Shaw customers ends
UPDATE: 11:14 a.m. Shaw says the issue is now resolved. == If you subscribe to Shaw for your internet, TV or phone services, you likely have been encountering problems today. “Customers in the B...
Pete McIntyre Jul 10, 2023

Police speak to suspect after trans flag ripped down
UPDATE: July 7, 2023 RCMP say the man caught on surveillance on May 31, taking down a trans flag at the Kelowna Art Gallery has now been identified and has spoken with the police. Police say the inves...
Pete McIntyre Jul 07, 2023

Tips sought on park wildfire
Police are hoping the public can provide tips to further the investigation into the Canada Day wildfire on Knox Mountain. Mounties suspect the fire was human caused and are asking members of the publi...
Pete McIntyre Jul 06, 2023

Assault charges laid after hospital incident
A man is facing charges for allegedly assaulting a hospital security guard, a police officer and a patient after an incident at Kelowna General Hospital (KGH). Police responded to a Code White (aggres...
Pete McIntyre Jul 06, 2023

Mountain biking community in mourning
Cycling BC — the organization that approved a weekend mountain bike race on Big White near Kelowna — says the entire provincial cycling community has been shaken by the death of a competit...
Pete McIntyre Jul 05, 2023

City councillor in Merritt struck and killed in apparent hit-and-run
The mayor of Merritt says a city councillor has been killed in an apparent hit-and-run crash outside another community. Mayor Michael Goetz says he understands Coun. Claire Newman had been on her way ...
Pete McIntyre Jul 05, 2023