Category Archives: News

Top Stories - June 13 - Lake Recovery
RCMP said yesterday that it would be a complex operation to recover the body of a woman from Okanagan Lake. She was the sole occupant of a vehicle that went off Westside Road Friday night and ended up...
Russ Byth Jun 13, 2023

Top Stories - June 12 - Upper Mission Deaths
There were no additional details from Kelowna RCMP on the weekend after two people were found dead in a home on Swan Drive in the upper Mission on Thursday night. The Serious Crimes Unit and BC Corone...
Russ Byth Jun 12, 2023

Top Stories - June 9 - Shots Fired
The RCMP Tactical Team was called in yesterday morning after reports of a woman firing a gun in the 2800 block of Appaloosa Road near Reid's Corner. It's a rural property with a lot of farm buildings ...
Russ Byth Jun 09, 2023

Top Stories - June 8 - Campfire Ban
That's it for campfires this summer. With it getting drier and drier out there, a campfire ban in the BC interior goes into effect at noon today. That includes all Central Okanagan communities in the ...
Russ Byth Jun 08, 2023

Top Stories - June 7 - Little Growth
The Pigeon Creek wildfire northwest of Peachland had no growth yesterday as it was a mostly smouldering ground fire and was last estimated at 33 hectares. The skimmer bomber group from Kamloops droppe...
Russ Byth Jun 07, 2023 BCWS

Top Stories - June 6 - Pigeon Creek Fire
Six skimmer bombers, 2 air tankers and at least one helicopter, assisted 44 BC Wildfire crews on the ground yesterday in the battle against a wildfire just south of Highway 97C, and northwest of Peach...
Russ Byth Jun 06, 2023 From West Kelowna

Top Stories - June 5 - Gone
A fire yesterday morning gutted a long time Kelowna fixture. Flames were first spotted at the Bankhead Convenience store on Bernard at South Highland about 5:30 and fire crews were still pouring water...
Russ Byth Jun 05, 2023 Graham Schonfield

Top Stories - June 2 - Booze In Parks?
Three parks in Kelowna could welcome alcohol consumption this summer, except on the BC Day and Labour Day long weekends. City council will review the recommendations on Monday for Boyce-Gyro, Kinsmen ...
Russ Byth Jun 02, 2023 Tourism Kelowna

Top Stories - June 1 - Food Cost
The 'Food Costing in BC 2022' report shows the average monthly cost of a nutritious diet for a family of four in May and June last year was $1,263. The survey uses a tool known as the national nutriti...
Russ Byth Jun 01, 2023 Wirestock/iStock.com

Top Stories - May 31 - Serious Stabbing
A man received a serious stab wound to his leg during a brawl outside the Orchard Park Shopping Centre on Sunday. Police say they were told by hospital emergency staff he could have bled to death if n...
Russ Byth May 31, 2023