Tag Archives: Okanagan

A notorious offender in Kelowna is back in custody again, just a few days after being the subject of a rare public warning by police. Justin Collins, 45, is accused of being in possession of stolen pr...

Interior Health's former chief medical health officer has been charged with more child sex crimes out of Grande Prairie, Alta. Dr. Albert Stefanus de Villiers, who was until June 2021 the health autho...

Those interested in running in Kelowna’s 2022 civic election (or in other B.C. municipalities) can make their intent official by filing nomination papers starting Tuesday, Aug. 30. Documents mus...

The Parkinson Recreation Centre’s aquatics centre and gymnasium are closing for annual maintenance and cleaning. The swimming pools and aquatic area — including the steam room and hot tub ...

Residents in the Interior of B.C. now have better access to blood transfusions in critical incidents that require an air ambulance. A new partnership between Interior Health and B.C. Emergency Health ...

Police say speed was a factor in a fatal motorcycle crash in the Okanagan. Officers in West Kelowna responded to a single vehicle accident in the 2100 block of Horizon Drive on Saturday, Aug. 20 aroun...

The 30th annual Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival had massive turnouts, including what is believed to be a record turnout Friday. “We had record breaking numbers through our gates on Friday, w...

An apartment unit in Kelowna broke out in flames Monday morning. Kelowna Regional Dispatch Centre received an alarm from a four-storey building in the 1700 block of Ethel Street at around 10:30 a.m. T...

Kids building a fire in the bush in Kelowna’s Glenmore area saw a quick response from the Kelowna Fire Department Sunday night. It was about 200 feet up a hill at the end of Ballou Road and grew...

RCMP are investigating a fatal vehicle-pedestrian collision in West Kelowna. On Friday, August 19 at around 5:40 p.m. RCMP, responded to a the single vehicle collision on Horizon Road in West Kelowna ...