Tag Archives: Okanagan
Update: Truck with horse trailer crashes on highway
Southbound traffic has been slowed in Lake Country after a crash near Pelmewash Parkway, and a detour in effect RCMP say a pickup truck hauling a horse trailer with horses in it jack-knifed on Highway...
Pete McIntyre Nov 05, 2019
Bomb squad called in to deal with suspected pipe bomb
Traffic was detoured around part of Highway 97 through Kelowna overnight after an apparent pipe bomb was found in a vehicle pulled over by police. “On November 5 at approximately 3:15 a.m., a fr...
Pete McIntyre Nov 05, 2019
Police look to find owners of stolen items
RCMP in Salmon Arm located a stolen vehicle, which led to recovering stolen property. An Audi Q7, which was stolen from Richmond last month, was located this week, leading to the arrest of a man and w...
Beach Radio Nov 05, 2019
Buoys removed from lakes
Dozens of non-compliant buoys have been removed from Shuswap and Mara Lakes by Transport Canada. The recent enforcement that saw 53 buoys removed came after public complaints to the federal agency and...
Pete McIntyre Nov 04, 2019
Longest-running career fair
Okanagan College’s 38th annual Career Fair and open house will be held Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Kelowna campus on KLO Road. It’s billed as the Interior’s largest and l...
Pete McIntyre Nov 01, 2019
JoeAnna’s House ready for opening
A date has been set for the grand opening of JoeAnna’s House, the home away from home for out of town families receiving specialized care at Kelowna General Hospital. A campaign to raise eight m...
Pete McIntyre Nov 01, 2019
Scam dupes renters out of deposit
Mounties in the Okanagan are warning the public about a rental fraud scam. Police say potential renters have met with man at a Kelowna rental property listed on Kijiji, and engaged in a long-term rent...
Pete McIntyre Oct 31, 2019
Photo of alleged thief released
Police have released a photo of an alleged liquor thief in Lake Country, hoping it will generate tips. A man allegedly concealed a bottle of liquor in his pants prior to leaving a liquor store in the ...
Pete McIntyre Oct 31, 2019
Fundraising campaign kicks off for College’s state-of-the-art new Health Sciences Centre
Fundraising campaign kicks off for College's state-of-the-art new Health Sciences Centre The Okanagan College Foundation has launched its largest fundraising effort in Kelowna in more than five years,...
Beach Radio Oct 31, 2019
Province making changes to reduce wildfire threat
The B.C. government says it has addressed almost 92 per cent of the recommendations in the Abbott-Chapman report that looked into B.C’s major 2017 wildfire and flood seasons. Forests Minister Do...
Pete McIntyre Oct 31, 2019