Tag Archives: Okanagan
RCMP respond to report of gunshots
Kelowna RCMP were called to a residence on View Road Tuesday night after reports of possible gunfire from a home. The area in the 1000 block was secured just after 6:30 p.m., and after speaking with t...
Pete McIntyre May 06, 2020
Kelowna care home clear of COVID
COVID-19 outbreaks at two long term care facilities, including Hawthorne Park-Orchard Manor in Kelowna and the Lynn Valley Care Centre in North Vancouver, have been declared over. However provincial h...
Kate Bouey May 05, 2020
UPDATE: Hiker rescued from Rose Valley
UPDATE: 2:35 p.m. At approximately 1130 this morning, West Kelowna Fire Rescue (WKFR), received a call for a hiker in distress on the Rose Valley Dam Trail network. “WKFR responded with two engi...
Pete McIntyre May 05, 2020
Dead horse had been shot, say police
Kelowna RCMP say a dead horse found on Postill Lake Road near the Highlands Trail had been shot. On May 3rd, a member of the public notified police that several days previously they had found the rema...
Kate Bouey May 05, 2020
Fruit growers unhappy with federal response
The BC Fruit Growers Association has expressed dismay over the federal government’s plan to help the agriculture industry hit hard by the ramifications of the COVID-19 lockdown. Prime Minister J...
Kate Bouey May 05, 2020
$252 million in federal support announced for farmers and agriculture producers
The federal government has announced support for the producers who keep Canadian families fed. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced $252 million on Tuesday to help the agri-food industry get throug...
Pete McIntyre May 05, 2020
Kelowna property tax hike slashed
A proposed 2020 property tax increase for Kelowna residents has been slashed to 2.05 percent from 4.15 percent due to financial pressures that many residents are currently facing as a result of the CO...
Pete McIntyre May 04, 2020
Drugs, cash found at Kelowna home
On Wednesday, Apr. 29, officers from the Kelowna RCMP Special Enforcement Unit (SET), assisted by other units of the Street Enforcement Unit, executed a search warrant at a residence on the 2300 block...
Pete McIntyre May 04, 2020
Armstrong’s IPE, Stampede Cancelled
Armstrong’s Interior Provincial Exhibition and Stampede has been officially cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. General manager Yvonne Paulson expressed sadness over the cancelation but adde...
Kate Bouey May 04, 2020
Interior Savings offers support for non-profits
Interior Savings has pledged $150,000 to help non-profit agencies through the COVID-19 pandemic. “Many of the non-profits the credit union works with are now finding themselves called upon to fi...
Vernon Matters staff May 04, 2020