Kelowna

High Risk Offender In Kelowna

Kelowna RCMP have information that a high-risk offender has relocated to the Kelowna area. They've issued a public warning regarding 39-year old Douglas Paul Ehret. The man has a history of violent offenses targeting adult females that includes assault and attempted forcible confinement. He is...

Ramada Lodge Roof Fire

Fire crews didn’t have far to go. About 2:20 this morning, a small blaze broke out on the roof of the beer and wine store at the Ramada Lodge hotel. Four fire trucks rushed a couple hundred feet down Enterprise Way to snuff out the fire. No one was hurt and the cause is still under...

Local Car Thief Collared

The 20-year old man was arrested just before 7:00 pm last night in the parking lot of Home Depot behind the wheel of a stolen Dodge Neon. The car had been taken from a Franklyn Road home the day before. The suspect faces several charges including two counts of theft and three counts of...

Wild Police Chase

Local RCMP have a man in custody after leading them on a wild chase. Things began to unfold early Thursday afternoon in Peachland, where a woman confronted a man in her yard who was trying to steal her pick-up truck. The woman says the man told her that he needed her truck for "just a minute"....

Schmidt On Same Sex Ruling

Kelowna MP Werner Schmidt says he's delighted with the Supreme Court of Canada's decision on same sex marriages. The Court has ruled that the government has the right to legalize same-sex marriage. The Liberal government will introduce legislation to legalize same-sex marriage when Parliament...

Bait Cars Coming To Kelowna

They seem to be working in the Lower Mainland so why not here. RCMP say they're considering introducing bait-cars to the Kelowna area. The cars are outfitted with an electronic device that essentially shuts the motor off and locks the doors when the thief gets behind the wheel. Car thefts in...

Trustees Get Smaller Increase

At last night's School District 23 meeting, School Trustees rejected a staff recommendation for a $1,000 / year increase. This year's increase will instead be tied to the consumer price index usually at around the 1 - 2% level. Staff had proposed Trustees make an average of the province's...

Still Looking For Bank Robbers

They’re back at square one. Four men taken into custody following a bank robbery yesterday afternoon have all been released. The Valley First Credit Union on Cooper Road was robbed of $300 cash around 3:30 pm by a man wearing a red/white ball cap, blue flared pants and dark rimmed glasses. ...

New Floating Bridge Update

It's down to two. The Campbell government says it has received two "technical proposals" to design, build and operate a new toll-free five-lane Okanagan Lake Bridge in Kelowna. In May 2004, three companies were invited to respond to the Request for Proposals. They area:Bouygues Travaux Publics...

Gray Thinking About Retirement?

He admits to thinking about it, but Kelowna Mayor Walter Gray is keeping his cards close to his chest when it comes to the issue of retirement. It was eight years ago last week when Gray was elected as mayor. He's up for re-election next November. It would be his fourth term as mayor of Kelowna...

Kelowna Bank Robbery

Kelowna RCMP have three people in custody following a bank robbery Wednesday. A man robbed the Valley First Credit Union Branch on Cooper Rd. shortly before 3:30 pm. The suspect was wearing a ball cap and sunglasses. It's not clear if he got away with any cash and he did not produce a weapon....

Rutland Bust

A Kelowna woman has a date before a judge following the seizure of two stolen vehicles, a rifle and some drugs. On Tuesday, police seized a stolen Jeep Cherokee and a pick-up truck from a residence in the 1400 block of Swainson Rd. A sawed off rifle, and small amounts of crystal meth and...

Security Alarm Systems Bylaw

Kelowna City Council has adopted a new Security Alarm Systems Bylaw to address the increasing number of false alarms requiring a police response. All alarm systems will need to be registered annually and graduated fees will be imposed for false alarms that require a police response. The Registry is...

Accused Husband Killer Prelim

A two week preliminary hearing to determine if there's enough evidence to send a Westbank woman to trial got under way this week in Kelowna Court. Rhonda Black, 38, is accused of killing her husband Keith Black. The tai-kwon-do instructor disappeared in 1998. His remains were later found in a...

Raises for School Trustees?

Tonight the Central Okanagan School district is holding its regular meeting and its Annual General Meeting at 6 pm at the district office. Up for discussion tonight, is a staff recommendation that Trustees receive increases of approximately $1,000 / year. Staff came to that figure after averaging...

Medical Picture Archiving System

Edited Interior Health Press Release The installation of the first part of the new, 12 million dollar, region-wide Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) in Interior Health has been successfully completed at Kelowna General Hospital (KGH). “We are delighted with this new...

Controlling Kelowna's Cats

Informal talks are under way to address the issue of Kelowna's booming cat population. The SPCA and local animal groups recently sat down to throw around some ideas on how the problem should be dealt with. "Let's take little steps to get the word out there that there is a problem in the...

JetsGo Means More Skiers

Big White and Silver Star are hoping to cash in on Tuesday's announcement that JetsGo is setting up shop in Kelowna. Beginning Jan 10, the Montreal based airline will begin offering daily flights -- to and from -- Kelowna to Calgary and Toronto. One-way fares start at $49 and $155...

Monday Night Crashes

Local body shops and mechanics are the big winners following Monday's fiasco on the roads in Kelowna. Black ice caught a number of drivers off guard on the drive home. Kelowna RCMP say they dealt with 30 reported collisions. Fortunately, there were no serious injuries. One officer and a tow...

Jetsgo Landing In Kelowna

News Release Jetsgo expands to Kelowna -- Non-stop flights to Calgary and ongoing to Toronto begin Jan. 10 Jetsgo today announced that Kelowna is part of the airline's major expansion into Western Canada, which includes six new year-round destinations and the introduction of 46 new city pairs to...