Tag Archives: Okanagan

Emergency program now offers online registration system
With precipitation at historic lows and hot weather raising fire concerns across the Southern Interior, the Central Okanagan emergency program urges residents to be prepared. Regional Emergency Progra...
Pete McIntyre Jun 23, 2021

Winning Lotto Max ticket purchased in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Someone who purchased a Lotto Max ticket in Kamloops is a big winner today. Two tickets were winners yesterday and will share the $70 million dollar prize. One of the tickets was purchased ...
Pete McIntyre Jun 23, 2021

Fifty-six new COVID-19 cases in B.C.; 1.1M now fully vaccinated
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - The province says more than one-million British Columbians are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Speaking from Prince George Tuesday (June 22), where she is meeting with pub...
Pete McIntyre Jun 22, 2021

Community Policing Office reopens in Rutland
Kelowna’s mayor says the reopening of the Rutland Community Policing Office (CPO) “just makes sense.” Colin Basran said it’s more than a return to normal for the office at 115 ...
Pete McIntyre Jun 22, 2021

Interior Health’s mobile vaccine clinic in Lake Country June 28 & 29
LAKE COUNTRY - Interior Health's mobile immunization clinic will make stops in Lake Country on June 28 and 29 for anyone who has not yet received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. No advance app...
Vernon Matters Staff Jun 22, 2021

Motorcyclist injured in Kelowna collision
A motorbike driver suffered serious injuries in a crash at a Kelowna intersection. On Sunday, June 20, at approximately 1:30 p.m., RCMP responded to a two vehicle collision at the intersection of Deha...
Pete McIntyre Jun 21, 2021

UPDATE: Catholic churches burned in fires
Two Catholic churches have been destroyed in the South Okanagan after overnight fires a few hours apart. They include the Sacred Heart Church on the Penticton Indian Band lands, which was 110 years ol...
Pete McIntyre Jun 21, 2021

Rockets to play five WHL pre-season games
The Western Hockey League has announced its pre-season schedule which includes 52 games, beginning Friday, September 10 and concluding Saturday, September 25. The Kelowna Rockets will start the new se...
Pete McIntyre Jun 21, 2021

Man charged in Kelowna murder case
Charges have been laid in a Kelowna homicide investigation. The B.C. Prosecution Service has approved a charge of second degree murder against Dereck Donald Sears in the death of Darren Middleton. Mid...
Pete McIntyre Jun 18, 2021

Two men charged in Naramata homicides
NARAMATA, B.C. – RCMP have arrested one man, and have a warrant out for a second person, in the double murder of Kamloops brothers Carlos and Erick Fryer whose bodies were discovered in Naramata...
Kevin Rothwell Jun 18, 2021