Tag Archives: Okanagan
Evacuation order updated for Kelowna crane collapse site
All but one property has been removed from the evacuation order issued after the Kelowna construction crane collapse on July 12. Central Okanagan Emergency Operations says the technical work of removi...
Jul 20, 2021
$2.4 million pathway grant to improve connection to Rutland
The City of Kelowna has been awarded a $2.4 million grant to extend the Houghton Road Active Transportation Corridor (ATC) from Rutland to the Okanagan Rail Trail. Announced last week, the grant is pr...
Jul 19, 2021
Regional chair calls for more wildfire resources in British Columbia
MERRITT, BRITISH COLUMBIA - A regional politician in British Columbia’s Interior is calling for more support amid a “dire” wildfire situation that he says has filled every available ...
Jul 19, 2021
156 new COVID-19 cases in B.C. over weekend
British Columbia had 156 new COVID-19 cases over the weekend, including 56 on Saturday, 60 on Sunday and 40 today. Interior Health had 58 of the new infections and currently has 179 active cases. Ther...
Jul 19, 2021
Water quality advisory for West Kelowna system
The City of West Kelowna has issued a water quality advisory for the Lakeview/Rose Valley System effective immediately and until further notice, due to increasing turbidity in the Rose Valley Reservoi...
Jul 19, 2021
Wildfires still burning, air quality poor
There are 298 fires burning in the province this morning. That’s actually down a handful from the weekend. But the number has increased in the Kamloops Fire Centre, where 115 fires are burning. ...
Jul 19, 2021
Almost half of B.C.’s new COVID-19 cases in Interior
Interior Health (IH) led the five B.C. health regions in new COVID-19 cases today. The IH total represents 47 per cent of the 45 new cases in the province with 21 new cases in the region. This raises ...
Jul 16, 2021
RCMP looking to identify persons of interest in stabbing
Kelowna RCMP is looking to identify several persons of interest in a downtown stabbing of two people last month. On June 4, 2021 just before 11:30 p.m., two 19-year-old men received non life-threateni...
Jul 16, 2021
COVID cases up for fourth straight day in B.C.
B.C. is reporting 54 new cases of COVID-19 and one additional death in the Vancouver Coastal Health region. It’s the fourth straight day of increased new cases after 41 on Wednesday, 33 on Tuesd...
Jul 15, 2021
Alleged racist comments at vaccine clinic investigated by RCMP
RCMP are investigating after a person shown on video was allegedly making racists comments outside a Kelowna vaccine clinic. On Tuesday, July 13, RCMP responded to a complaint of protestors outside a ...
Jul 15, 2021