Tag Archives: Okanagan
UPDATE: Cause of Winfield Bakery blaze appears accidental
The investigation of the fire that significantly damaged the Winfield Bakery in Lake Country is ongoing, but preliminary findings seem to show it as being accidental. Lake Country fire chief Steve Win...
Mar 11, 2022
Local unemployment rate stalled while employment rate fell in February
Data from Statistics Canada shows that employment in the economic region that includes Vernon and Kelowna fell in February. The unadjusted employment rate for the Thompson-Okanagan region was recorded...
Mar 11, 2022
Infectious disease services at KGH expanded
Kelwona General Hospital (KGH) has expanded its services to treat patients with infectious diseases. A new outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) clinic has opened to provide intravenous a...
Mar 11, 2022
Masks to remain mandatory at YLW
Though the provincial masking mandates have been repealed, the use of face coverings will still be required at the Kelowna Airport. Mask mandates continue to be in place for Canadians travelling by ai...
Mar 11, 2022
B.C. sees fourth consecutive month with over 200 illicit drug deaths
For the fourth month in a row, British Columbia was home to over 200 suspected illicit drug toxicity deaths. The B.C. Coroners Service reported 207 toxic drug deaths in January, which represents a 10 ...
Mar 11, 2022
Man and woman arrested for armed robbery in West Kelowna
A man and a woman have been arrested by the West Kelowna RCMP for an armed robbery that occurred in the area a week prior. Mounties say they responded to a report of an armed robbery at a business in ...
Mar 10, 2022
Interior records one COVID-19 death, 115 new cases
Interior Health continues to lead the province in new COVID-19 infections. The health authority reported 115 new cases Thursday, nearly twice as many as the 65 confirmed in Fraser Health, which had se...
Mar 10, 2022
Charges laid against Kelowna RCMP Officer
The B.C. Prosecution Service has approved two charges against a Kelowna RCMP officer. Constable Sean Eckland has been charged with two counts of obstruction of justice in connection with an investigat...
Mar 10, 2022
Interior records 84 new COVID-19 cases, 14 deaths confirmed across B.C
The Interior again was home to the most new COVID-19 cases Wednesday. There were 84 new cases identified in the Interior, with Island Health having the second highest new case figure at 77. A total of...
Mar 09, 2022
Suspect sought in late-February robbery
Kelowna RCMP are searching for the suspect involved in an alleged robbery in late February. Mounties say a male suspect entered the gas station in the 700 block of Harvey Avenue in Kelowna at approxim...
Mar 09, 2022