Tag Archives: Okanagan
UPDATE Lost ring story has happy ending
UPDATE Aug. 20 It’s not quite a glass slipper, but Kelowna RCMP did manage to find the finger a lost ring belonged on. On Wednesday, RCMP had a gold ring turned into the Kelowna detachment from ...
Pete McIntyre Aug 19, 2020
United Way SIBC invests over $1.3M for Covid relief
United Way Southern Interior BC (SIBC) has announced over $1.3 million has been invested in more than 90 charities throughout the region to support people who have been disproportionately affected by ...
Pete McIntyre Aug 19, 2020
First PET/CT scanner in Interior for cancer patients
People living in the Interior will now have closer to home access to specialized cancer care services with a new, state-of-the-art PET/CT scanner suite at the BC Cancer facility in Kelowna. A PET/CT s...
Pete McIntyre Aug 19, 2020
UPDATE Winds could be factor today for South Okanagan wildfire
UPDATE 5 a.m. Aug. 21 Thirteen helicopters and more than 100 ground crew were in action against the Christie Mountain Wildfire Thursday. Improved weather and smoke conditions allowed fixed-wing aircra...
Pete McIntyre Aug 18, 2020
B.C. state of emergency extended
B.C.’s state of emergency has been extended another two weeks to September 1. The declaration allows the government to continue to take necessary actions to keep British Columbians safe and mana...
Pete McIntyre Aug 18, 2020
VIDEO: New foals named in tribute to B.C.’s provincial health officer
The youngest additions to the team at Sun Peaks Stables bear familiar names. When a filly and a colt were born to two of the business’ mares earlier this summer, they were named Bonnie and Henry...
Pete McIntyre Aug 18, 2020
Final week to share feedback on transportation projects
Central Okanagan residents are invited to share feedback on the Central Okanagan's first Regional Transportation Plan. This plan identifies transportation projects and priorities that will help build ...
Pete McIntyre Aug 17, 2020
Emergency support for vulnerable people continues
The province is extending the provincial temporary crisis supplement for people on income or disability assistance and low-income seniors during the COVID-19 pandemic. “As BC’s Restart Pla...
Pete McIntyre Aug 17, 2020
UPDATE Search ends for missing hiker
UPDATE The hiker missing on Little White Mountain in the Kelowna area since Saturday has been located. No other details have been released, but Kelowna RCMP are thanking Central Okanagan Search and Re...
Pete McIntyre Aug 17, 2020
UPDATE Man’s body recovered from Okanagan Lake
UPDATE Aug. 18 There has been another drowning in Okanagan Lake, the third in recent weeks. RCMP were called Sunday evening to Tugboat Beach in West Kelowna after a 29 year-old Kelowna man did not sur...
Pete McIntyre Aug 17, 2020