Tag Archives: Okanagan
B.C. adds 272 new COVID-19 cases, grants powers for region-specific health orders
The Province of B.C. is reporting 272 new cases of COVID-19 Friday (Oct. 30), including seven within Interior Health. The new cases increase B.C.’s total to 14,381, spread through B.C. as follow...
Pete McIntyre Oct 30, 2020
Mayor & RCMP comment on Crime Severity Index
Statistics Canada has released its annual report on the number of police-reported criminal incidents and types of crimes across Canada. This report contains three indexes - a Crime Severity Index, a V...
Pete McIntyre Oct 30, 2020
Regional district requires masks at public facilities
Given the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in B.C., the Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) is now requiring mask use for all visitors to the administration office, located at 555 Harbourfron...
Pete McIntyre Oct 30, 2020
B.C. company help raise funds for veterans
With COVID-19 concerns and precautions limiting volunteers and more people following guidance to stay home, London Drugs is launching a new campaign to help The Royal Canadian Legion with donations to...
Pete McIntyre Oct 30, 2020
CTA says MLA pensions will cost taxpayers $27 million
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation has calculated the pensions of the incumbent MLAs who were defeated in the provincial election. When combined with the MLAs who are retiring, the total lifetime pensi...
Pete McIntyre Oct 30, 2020
Crews attend to a fire….and a rescue
West Kelowna Fire Rescue responded to the 3800 block of Glenrosa Road to a technical rescue for a patient out hunting that had injured a lower body extremity. The patient was 5 km’s along the Po...
Pete McIntyre Oct 29, 2020
B.C. Covid update: 234 new cases, 7 in Interior Health
B.C.’s provincial health officer is urging residents to keep their Halloween activities to small groups, and to refrain from having parties. Dr. Bonnie Henry noted the current province-wide orde...
Pete McIntyre Oct 29, 2020
Students make Halloween safer with trick-or-treat bowls
With Halloween just a few days away, three Okanagan College Mechanical Engineering students are manufacturing a safe way for people to still partake in trick-or-treating. Enter Trick-or-Treat Bowls. A...
Pete McIntyre Oct 29, 2020
Korczak named to Hockey Canada’s National Junior selection camp
With less than two months until the puck drops on the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship, Hockey Canada has announced a roster of 46 players, including Kelowna Rockets defenceman Kaedan Korczak, who ...
Pete McIntyre Oct 29, 2020
Peachland Auxiliary folding, make final donation to KGH
After 44 years of service to the Kelowna General Hospital and the patients and families from across the region, the Peachland Auxiliary is folding. Members Pat Grieve and Bobbie Baker presented the KG...
Pete McIntyre Oct 29, 2020