Tag Archives: Okanagan
UPDATE: RCMP and search team continue search for missing diver in Okanagan Lake
UPDATE 11:00 a.m. The search for a missing and presumed drowned man in Okanagan Lake in Kelowna is into its third day. A 52-year-old man failed to resurface while recreationally diving near the Bennet...
May 16, 2021
RCMP recover two stolen vehicles after arrest on forest service road
Kelowna RCMP’s Target Team arrested a man and woman known to police after a coordinated response to locate two stolen vehicles. On May 14, 2021, the Target Team observed a grey Chevrolet Suburba...
May 16, 2021
B.C. Covid case count lowest since mid-March
B.C. has recorded 494 new cases of COVID-19 Friday (May 14), including 33 within Interior Health. It is the lowest daily total since March 15 when there were 460. The totals are included in an update ...
May 14, 2021
Temporary weekend openings on Trans-Canada project
Travel to and from Alberta is being discouraged at the moment, but the contractor working on the massive Kicking Horse Canyon project, plans to have temporary openings on weekends and through the summ...
May 14, 2021
Shuswap Shark Shack sets ‘sale’
One of the more unique businesses in the Shuswap — a floating restaurant, bar and store — is up for sale with a list price of $749,900. The Shuswap Shark Shack is a three-barge arrangement...
May 14, 2021
WorkSafe visiting wineries & breweries to prepare for tourist season
WorkSafe BC staff will be visiting wineries, cideries and craft breweries in the B.C. interior ahead of the upcoming tourist season. The project will focus on businesses with tasting rooms that may se...
May 14, 2021
RCMP Safety Unit gets new officers
Six more officers have been assigned to the Kelowna RCMP Community Safety Unit. The unit, known as the CSU, is a team with a mandate to perform high visibility uniformed patrols in the city's public s...
May 13, 2021
B.C. Covid update Thursday: 587 cases; second case of blood clotting
British Columbia is reporting a second case of a blood clotting disorder from a person who got the AstraZeneca vaccine. Dr. Bonnie Henry, provincial health officer, said the man in his 40s, who lives ...
May 13, 2021
New leadership and focus for Tourism Kelowna
The Tourism Kelowna Society has announced the newly elected directors who will guide the organization through its post-pandemic recovery. The group held its 2020 annual general meeting in a virtual fo...
May 13, 2021
Bike park temporarily closed for maintenance
The Mission Creek Mountain Bike Skills Park in Kelowna will be closed for annual maintenance Friday (May 14) from 7 a.m. to noon. The work will improve jump lines with some of the lines expected to re...
May 13, 2021