Vernon

Arrest In Okanagan Murder

The mystery behind the discovery of human bones in the North Okanagan during the 2003 forest fire season is beginning to unravel. The remains of Matthew Antoine Hobbs, 18, were found while crews were fighting the Cedar Hills forest fire near Falkland. Hobbs, who resided in Armstrong, was...

Highway 97 Expands

Transportation Minister Kevin Falcon and Okanagan-Westside MLA Rick Thorpe will officially open an expanded section of Highway 97 Monday afternoon. Falcon says the newly expanded corridor will greatly improve transportation safety and efficiency. The work has been done around the north entrance...

Horning Takes Lake Country

City Councillor Al Horning has won the Liberal nomination in Kelowna-Lake Country. The former Conservative MP won with 613 of 978 ballots cast at Saturday's meeting to replace outgoing Liberal MLA John Weisbeck. Second place finisher was Kit Bell with 155, Michele Rule got 119 votes and Sarina...

Winfield Coopers Smoke Heist

Lake Country RCMP are looking for a possible witness to the theft of cigarettes from the Winfield Coopers early yesterday. Police say someone forced the lock on the front door of the grocery store about three am Friday and stole a quantity of cigarettes. Video surveillance shows a red pickup...

Lake Country Liberals Vote

A nomination meeting to replace outgoing Liberal MLA John Weisbeck in the Kelowna-Lake Country riding takes place today in Kelowna. An audited list of 2,014 potential voters are eligible to cast ballots at Rutland Senior Secondary School between one and six o'clock. Party officials launched an...

Okanagan Bank Robber

A North Okanagan bank robber is heading to jail. Ronald Bowers, 37, robbed the Rutland branch of the Toronto-Dominion Bank on May 31st. Tips from the public lead to his arrest and has been in custody for six months. The Armstrong man been sentenced to three years in prison.

Vernon Officer Improving

He's not out of the woods yet, but the Vernon RCMP officer seriously injured when his cruiser was struck by a stolen pick-up up truck two weeks ago, is showing signs of improvement. Constable Frank Grenier, 44, remains listed in serious condition at KGH. He's still in a coma but Vernon RCMP...

Bail Hearing For Accused Cop Killer

The young Vernon man charged in connection with the death of a Vernon RCMP auxiliary is due on court for his bail hearing. Michael Douglas O'Brien, 23, is accused of driving the stolen pick-up truck that smashed into Glen Evely's police cruiser at a Vernon intersection Nov. 13. Evely was...

Wants Helicopter Back

A Surrey man has claimed ownership of one of two helicopters found on the Penticton Indian Band reserve earlier this month. Hal John Levine contacted the PIB via fax through his lawyer November 19, and is convinced his Bell 47J2 was not involved in any criminal wrongdoing. Levine says in the...

Yankee Flats Search

Falkland and Vernon RCMP are asking for help in locating a mentally challenged twenty two year old male who went missing from the Yankee Flats Road area Saturday morning. The Alberta man is described as 5'6" tall, 160 pounds with short blonde hair, and no front teeth. Police say he was wearing a...

Evely Laid To Rest

RCMP Auxiliary Constable Glen Evely was laid to rest Saturday with a full regimental funeral in Vernon. More than 600 RCMP regular and Auxiliary members along with other retired officers, ambulance and fire crews honoured Evely with a march to the Alliance Church. It was a packed house as an...

Membership List Audited

The Liberal Party's membership list for Kelowna Lake Country will be audited after complaints about irregularities. Provincial party president Mickey Patryluk says she has received many complaints about signing up young people. There have been allegations that Sarina Sandana-Weisbeck's workers...

Evely Funeral Today

RCMP Auxiliary Constable Glen Evely will be laid to rest this afternoon with full regimental honours. He died in an accident a week ago in downtown Vernon when the patrol car he was riding in was broad sided by a stolen pickup truck. Officials expect at least 1,500 current and retired RCMP...

Construction Of Westside Multiplex

News Release Construction of Westside Multiplex underway Donated excavation services will surpass $150,000 The construction of the new Westside Multiplex will officially begin tomorrow. Over a dozen local engineering and excavation companies will donate their expertise and machinery over the...

Lake Country Liberals Debate

Tonight Lake Country Liberals will hear from four candidates who wish to replace BC Liberal MLA John Weisbeck. Weisbeck has indicated he will not seek re-election in the forthcoming May election. The Candidates throwing their hats into the race are Weisbeck's former wife, Sarina Sandana-Weisbeck,...

Lake Country Armed Robbery

Woody's Pub in Lake Country was the scene of an armed robbery Thursday. RCMP say a man, armed with a knife, robbed the place shortly after 1:30 p.m. The suspect matches the same description as the man who robbed a Kelowna wine and beer store also on Thursday. In that robbery, a man armed with...

Update On Osoyoos Fire

Fire has destroyed a home in Osoyoos. It happened late Wednesday morning in the town's industrial area. Osoyoos Fire Chief Ross Driver says the home was gutted. "We just had a very rapid fire on top of the Osoyoos Self-Storage building where there's a residence and it has been totally...

Fire In Osoyoos

Officials in Osoyoos are dealing with an industrial fire. Witnesses say they heard a large explosion at around 11:30 Wednesday morning followed by flames. "There was a huge explosion, black smoke and flames. It leveled a house and a mini-storage and now it's just burning," says one witness....

Vernon Hatchet Robbers Busted

RCMP are hoping they have put an end to a series of recent armed robberies in the Vernon area. Last night around 5:30 two men entered a Vernon convenience store and managed to get away with some cash. As the thieves drove away, a witness managed to get the license plate of the 1990's burgundy...

Coquihalla Fatality IDed

The victim of a deadly Coquihalla crash has now been identified. 67-year old David Cramer of Peachland died in a crash 8 km’s north of Merritt on Monday afternoon. His wife Laura Cramer was behind the wheel of the vehicle went it left the highway. She was treated for her injuries at Nicola...