Tag Archives: Okanagan
Stolen cemetery plaques recovered
It’s a positive update to what was a despicable theft. Police in West Kelowna have recovered a large amount of bronze plaques that were stolen from cemeteries in West Kelowna and Kelowna earlier...
Pete McIntyre Sep 26, 2019
Police watchdog agency to probe injury-causing crash
The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. will look into if police actions — or inactions — were linked to a man being injured in a four vehicle crash in West Kelowna Monday night. ...
Pete McIntyre Sep 24, 2019
Special enforcement team seize drugs, gun, cash and vehicle
Police are calling it a “significant” seizure of illicit drugs. Two alleged drug dealers are facing trafficking charges after three residential search warrants were executed in Kelowna las...
Pete McIntyre Sep 24, 2019
Crash closes highway
A four car accident on Kelowna’s west side Monday night, sent one man to hospital with serious injuries. RCMP say it happened on Highway 97 near Boucherie about 6:30 and the highway was closed b...
russ.byth@jpbg.ca Sep 24, 2019
Vandals target cemetery
Officials are calling it a despicable theft. Sometime in the evening of Saturday September 14, bronze markers on 53 cemetery plots in the Westbank Cemetery were stolen. The thieves cut the the lock on...
Pete McIntyre Sep 23, 2019
Boat fire captured on video
A boat exploded into flames this afternoon in Kelowna. It happened at The Eldorado around 3:30, with no details on what caused it. Fire crews were on the scene to douse it. Click here to watch watch t...
Pete McIntyre Sep 21, 2019
Update: Five people escape from boat fire captured on video
Update Five people were on boat when it caught fire on Okanagan Lake in Kelowna Saturday afternoon. Kelowna fire officials say they all got off the vessel, but two people were treated by B.C. Ambulanc...
Pete McIntyre Sep 21, 2019
Controlled burns planned for fall
The B.C. Wildfire Service plans to burn approximately 10 piles in Joe Rich, west of Philpott Road. The burns are scheduled to start on Monday, Sept. 30, 2019, and will conclude by the end of December ...
Beach Radio Sep 20, 2019
Phillip to serve eighth term as UBCIC leader
Stewart Phillip will remain as president of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs for at least another three years. The former chief of the Penticton Indian Band was acclaimed to an eighth term as leader of...
Pete McIntyre Sep 19, 2019
College to host Youth Exhibition Powwow
The Annual Youth Exhibition Powwow returns to Okanagan College's Kelowna campus on Thursday for its 11th year in celebration of Indigenous culture. The Powwow is a high-energy, family-friendly event t...
Beach Radio Sep 18, 2019